kaṇ mūḍum veḽaiyilum
kalai ĕṉṉa kalaiye
kaṇṇe uṉ peraḻagiṉ
vilai inda ulage
miṉṉāmal muḻaṅgāmal varugiṇḍra maḻai pol
sŏllāmal kŏḽḽāmal vandadu eṉ silaiye
kaṇ mūḍum.... kaṇ mūḍum veḽaiyilum
kalai kaṇḍu magiḻum
kaṇṇāḽaṉ kaṟpaṉaiyiṉ vilai inda ulage
tĕṉbāṅgiṉ ĕḻiloḍu pŏḻigiṇḍra aḻagā
sindāmal sidaiyāmal kaṇ kŏḽḽa vandeṉ
siṉṉa siṉṉa siṭṭu pola
vaṇṇam miṉṉum meṉi
kaṇḍu kaṇḍu niṇḍru niṇḍru
kŏṇḍa iṉbam koḍi
kaṇ mūḍum veḽaiyilum
kalai ĕṉṉa kalaiye
kaṇṇe uṉ peraḻagiṉ
vilai inda ulage
paṇ pāḍum nĕṟiyoḍu
vaḽargiṇḍra uṟavil
aṉbāgum tuṇaiyāle
pŏṉ vaṇṇam toṇḍrum
ĕṇṇi ĕṇṇi pārkkum podum
iṉba rāgam pāḍum
kŏñja neram pirinda podum
ĕṅge ĕṇḍru teḍum
kaṇ mūḍum veḽaiyilum
kalai ĕṉṉa kalaiye
kaṇṇe uṉ peraḻagiṉ
vilai inda ulage