ā...ā....ā....ā....
pāḍumŏru kiḽiyāy mānasaṁ
āḍumŏru mayilāy jīvidaṁ...
(pāḍumŏru...)
kālaṁ ŏru kāmugan
edo kathānāyagan
teḍunnavan egāgiyāy
teḍunnavan dan pādiyĕ
rāgārdra rajaniyilavanuḍĕ ninavugaḽ
malarugaḽāguṁ veḽayil...
(pāḍumŏru kiḽiyāy...)
nĕñjilŏru kaḍalin oḽaṁ
kaṇṇilŏru tiridan nāḽaṁ
rāgasudha pagarān vanno lāvaṇyame..
poruṁ mĕllĕ yauvvanaṁ
tūguṁ mĕyyil kuṅgumaṁ
ĕṅṅo pāṟuṁ sindagaḽ
pāguṁ pŏnnin pīligaḽ
janmaṅṅaḽ tan sammeḽanaṁ
svapnaṅṅaḽ tan unmīlanaṁ
egāndarajaniyil pathigarāyiviḍĕ
vannaṇaññavarŏnnāy māṟave..
suṇḍilŏru siridan dāḽaṁ
ĕṅṅumadinaladan meḽaṁ
nīlimayilaliyān vanno saൌrabhyame...
(pāḍumŏru kiḽiyāy...)
nammaḽ teḍuṁ mosanaṁ
ĕṅṅo pūguṁ pūvanaṁ
nammaḽ sŏlluṁ sāndvanaṁ
ĕṅṅo kāṇuṁ śādvalaṁ
varṇṇaṅṅaḽ tan sammeḽanaṁ
ĕṇṇaṅṅaḽ tan unmīlanaṁ
ātmāvilŏrubiḍi malarumāyiviḍĕ
vannaṇaññavarŏnnāy māṟave..
teniḻagaḽ muṟuguṁ neraṁ
maൌnamadiluḍayuṁ neraṁ
sedanagaḽ taḻugān vanno sāyūjyame...
(pāḍumŏru kiḽiyāy...)