kaḍalaṟiyilla karayaṟiyilla
karaḽil niṟayuṁ praṇayonmādaṁ
aḻage ĕnnuṁ nī svandaṁ
kaḍalaṟiyādĕ karayaṟiyādĕ
pagarāṁ ñānĕn jīvidamadhuraṁ
niḻalāyu് kūḍĕ porāṁ ñān
ñān deḍiya sandrodayaṁ ī mukhaṁ
ñān deḍiya priyasāndvanaṁ ī mŏḻi
aṟiyādĕyŏridaḽ poyŏru pū nī
pŏḻi mūḍiya vilayeṟiya muttu nī
pagaramāyu് nalguvān suḍumiḻinīr -
ppūvuṁ teṅṅuṁ rāvuṁ mātraṁ
kanavugaḽ nurayuṁ tiragaḽil nī varū
uṁ...
kaḍalaṟiyilla karayaṟiyilla
karaḽil niṟayuṁ praṇayonmādaṁ
aḻage ĕnnuṁ nī svandaṁ
kanal māṟiya jvālāmukhamī manaṁ
ñān deḍiya sūryodayamī mukhaṁ
kaḽanūburamiḽagunnŏru kanavu് nī
vidhiyegiya kanivegiya pŏruḽu nī
pagaramāyu് nalguvān ŏru tīrā -
mohaṁ peṟuṁ nĕñjaṁ mātraṁ
ĕnnuṁ kaigaḽil niṟayuvān ñān varuṁ
uṁ...
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