paṇḍu paṇḍu paṇḍŏru mañjaleṟi
nāḍu kaṇḍu kaṇḍu kaṇḍŏru tamburān vannū
ambalattirumuṭratt tŏḻudu ninnū
ŏru sambagattaimaraṁ pūtta selil ninnū
kāḍu vaḻuṁ veḍarājāvŏnnu mohiccū ā
nāḍuvāḻittamburānĕ taḍaññu vĕccū
kāṭṭil taḍavil vĕccū
ĕn magaḽkk pŏn magaḽkk
puḍava nalgāmo
ĕṅgil ninnĕ viṭṭayakkāmĕnnaṟiyiccu
puḍa kŏḍaykku sammadiccū tamburān sŏllī
ĕnṟĕ uḍayavarkkuṁ uṭravarkkuṁ kuṟiyayakkaṇaṁ
veḽikkuṟiyayakkaṇaṁ
tirimaṟigaḽaṟiyātta veḍa rājāvo
tiruvĕḻuttayaccu kŏḽḽān sammadaṁ sŏllī (paṇḍu paṇḍŏru...)
taṅgattiruvolayilā tamburānĕḻudī tanṟĕ
taḍavu vārtta tiruvĕḻuttāy paṟannu sĕnnū
nāṭṭil paṟannu sĕnnū
tamburānṟĕ paḍayaṇigaḽ irambi vannū
ambumaḻa pĕydū veḍar pŏrudi vīṇu (paṇḍu paṇḍŏru...)
nāḍuvāḻittamburānīkkāḍu kaiyyeṟi
kāḍu vāṇa veḍa rājāvaḍimayāyī makkaḽ
aḍimagaḽāyi
kāragilinnaḻaguḽḽŏru veḍappĕṇṇin
kādalanāṁ veḍanĕyavar taḍavilākki
enuḻuda maṇṇĕviḍĕ avan sodiccu
enu vanna pĕṇṇĕviḍĕ avan sodiccu
kāṭṭubĕṇṇuṁ kannimaṇṇuṁ kāttirunn
vārtta kaṇṇīr kāṭṭāṟāyŏḻugi vannū (paṇḍu paṇḍŏru...)