kaḍaliḽagi karayŏḍu sŏlli puṇarānŏru mohaṁ
kara pāḍi - karagaviyunnu tīrāttŏru dāhaṁ
(kaḍal...)
kaḍalkkāṭrŏru dūdāy vīṇḍuṁ karayoḍadu mūḽippāḍi
puṣpiṇiyāṁ bhūmippĕṇṇe melāḽin āśagaḽalle
kaḍalalle.. kāmuganalle...sereṇḍavaralle...
iṇa sereṇḍavaralle...iṇa sereṇḍavaralle...
piṇiyāḽāṁ pūdakkāṭre pūdiykkuṁ mānyada veṇḍe
nĕṟigĕṭṭoru vyāmohattin praṇayattin seruvayĕndye
āḻattil kĕṭṭittāḻttāṁ alagaḍalin āśagaḽĕllāṁ
iniyŏnnuṁ mŏḻiyānilla viḍasŏllāṁ piṇiyāḽe
kaḍalalaṟi... tira sidaṟi...nura padacc... kāṭraḍicc...
kara viṟacc... mala viṟacc..kaḍabuḻaṅṅi māmaraṅṅaḽ...
maḻameghaṁ mānatt māṟattalaykkumboḽ
tāḻekkarayilĕ jīvan piḍayumboḽ
alagaḍalāṁ melāḽanṟĕ nĕṟigĕṭṭŏru praṇayattin
kabaḍakkathabāḍi tiragaḽ kara mūḍi, māmala mūḍi
praḽayaṁ... praḽayaṁ.... praḽayaṁ....
niṟasandhya niraguṟi sārttiya praṇayattinnāmodattil
arayālilattoṇiyilūḍĕ yugaburuṣan nīndiyaṇaññu
muḽaṅguḻalin rāgalayattil yāmaṅṅaḽ māṟimaṟiññu
pudubularippuḽagamaṇiññu puttan yugabhāvaṁ kaṇḍ
pududāyŏru sedana kaṇḍ...
(kaḍal...)