mandārappūvĕnde pulariyŏḍu
kinnāraṁ sodiccu - sindūraṁ porĕnno?
sŏḍiyidaḽil sammānaṁ veṇanno?
puḻayilalagaḽĕḻuduṁ kavida keḽkkaṇḍe
kasavu kuḍayuṁ śalabhagaḽigaḽ kāṇaṇḍe
iḽavĕyilināl taḽirnāmbugaḽkka-
mṛtānnamegaṇḍe - porū
(mandāra)
naḽināyaga nermiḻibāle
kaḽiyāḍuga tenmŏḻi sāle
kaḽavāṇigaḽ vaḽagaḽaṇiññila-
karadāḽaṁ meḽaṁ.....
iḽandiṇṇappāyayil rāmagatha
nuṇaññugŏṇḍāśagaḽ sāyaṇaṁ
tŏḍiyilĕ viḽagaḽil pŏnnāy minnān
maṇṇinu viṇṇilĕ varṇṇamiṇakkān
kaṇṇinu pŏnkaṇi bhaṁgi viḍarttān
tiriyiḍumudirvĕṭṭaṁ niṟagadiraṇiyaṭṭĕ
manassugaḽ niṟayaṭṭĕ
(mandārappūvĕnde)
marattaṇal kuḍayāyi, tāḻĕyŏru
gurugulamāgaṇaṁ - nīyini
pudiyŏru talamuṟa nannāy vannāl
uḽḽilĕ nanmagaḽ akṣaramuttāy
vĕḽḽiviḽakkāy nanma tiḽakkān ĕriyuga
kanalandittiragaḽil niḽa nīndi
pagaruga manaḥśāndi
(mandārappūvĕnde)