ñāṭruvelakkiḽiye nī pāṭṭubāḍivarumo
kŏnnabūttavaḻiyil pūvĕḽḽumūttavayalil
kāttunilppuñānī puttilaññiccoṭṭil taniye
(ñāṭruvelakkiḽiye)
aṇayū nīyĕnnambiḽī kuḽirusŏriyumaḻagāy varū
mugilin selattumbilāy ariya kasavumalardunnivā
tāḻambūvinuḽḽil tāṇiṟaṅṅuṁ kāṭruṟaṅṅavĕ..(2)
kadaḽī kuḽirnnī tiriyil śalabhamidaṇaye..
(ñāṭruvelakkiḽiye)
puḻayil nin pŏnnoḍamo alagaḽ taḻugumarayannamāy
adin nin gānaṁ keḽkkayo
madhuramŏḻigaḽ nura sinniyo
maññin nīrkkaṇaṅṅaḽ māṟiloluṁ pūvuṇarnnidā (2)
varumo kanivārnnŏrunāḽ priyadamanidile
(ñāṭruvelakkiḽiye)