nĕlā vaṭṭam... nĕñjuk kuḻi... ( isai )
tāṉe tandāṉe tandāṉeṉe
tandāṉāṉeṉā
tāṉe tāṉā tandāṉeṉe
tāṉe taṉadaṉaṉe tandāṉeṉe tā
kŏllaiya kūṭṭa paḻaguṉeṉ
kūḍatta kūṭṭa paḻaguṉeṉ
uṅgaḽa kūṭṭa paḻagalaiye muṉṉāḍi
nīṅga kŏllaiya kūṭṭa varuvīgaḽo
piṉṉāḍi
vĕttala maḍikka paḻaguṉeṉ
veṭṭiya maḍikka paḻaguṉeṉ
maṟandiḍa paḻagalaiye muṉṉāḍi
nī pŏḍava maḍikka kĕḽambuṟiye ĕṉṉāḍi
nī pŏḍava maḍikka kĕḽambuṟiye ĕṉṉāḍa
nĕlā vaṭṭam nĕttiyile
nĕñjuk kuḻi mattiyila
ŏre ŏru muttam vaccā podala
anda muttadukku īḍu illa ūrula
nĕlā vaṭṭam... nĕñjuk kuḻi...
e... e... e...
o ele ele ṉāṉe ele ele ṉāṉe
ele ele ṉāṉe ele ele ( isai )
o elelā tandāṉe tandāṉe tandāṉe
tandāṉe elelā
o elelā tandāṉe tandāṉe tandāṉe
tandāṉe elelā
o elelā tandāṉe elelā tandāṉe
tandāṉe elā tandāṉe elā
tandāṉe elelā
vĕṅgāyam naṟukka paḻaguṉeṉ
vĕḽḽari naṟukka paḻaguṉeṉ
uṅgaḽa naṟukka paḻagalaiye muṉṉāḍi
nīṅga ŏṟava naṟukka varuvadĕṉṉa ammāḍi
kaṭṭilu vāṅga paḻaguṉeṉ
mĕttaiya vāṅga paḻaguṉeṉ
ŏṟaṅgiḍa paḻagalaye muṉṉāḍi
nī usura vāṅgi tŏlaikkiṟiye ammāḍi
nī usura vāṅgi tŏlaikkiṟiye yammāḍi
nĕlā vaṭṭam nĕttiyile
nĕñjuk kuḻi mattiyila
ŏre ŏru muttam vaiyyi kosala
anda muttadukku īḍā tareṉ kādala
kĕḍā vĕṭṭi pŏṅgaiyile
keppak kūḻu kiṇḍaiyila
ŏre ŏru muttam tandā podala
anda muttadukku īḍu illa ūrula
anda muttadukku īḍu illa ūrula
tā tandā ṉaṉā ṉaṉāṉāṉā ṉāṉaṉā
tāṉa tandā tandā ṉaṉāṉāṉā ṉāṉaṉā