ŏttaiyila nikkiraṇḍi
uṉ nĕṉappil kattuṟanṭi
aḍiye aḻage
uṉ arumai tĕriyāma
alaiñjeṉ tiriñjeṉ
nāṉ tala kāl puriyāma
paṭṭeṉ putti kĕṭṭeṉ
uṉ pecca kekkāma
ŏttaiyila nikkiraṇḍi
uṉ nĕṉappil kattuṟanṭi
kaṇṇu maṇṇu tĕriyāma
kaṇḍabaḍi poṉeṉ
kūṭṭa maṟande paranda
kūṇḍu kiḽi āṉeṉ
kaṇ mūḍi paḍuttā tāṉ
kaṉavil uṉṉa pāppeṉ
ekkattula tūkkam varala
ĕppo kaiya korppeṉ
nāy nariyum suttum inda
pŏllāda ulagattula
ātti nī ĕṉṉa sĕyva
nĕṉaccāle tuyaram puḽḽa
paṭṭeṉ putti kĕṭṭeṉ
uṉ pecca kekkāma
ŏttaiyila nikkiraṇḍi
uṉ nĕṉappil kattuṟanṭi
ĕttaṉaiyo pādai iṅga
poṉeṉadaḍi muṉṉe
muṭṭu sanda teḍi poyi
muṭṭi kiṭṭu niṉṉeṉ
kŏttu kŏttā pūvā ĕllām
pākkala ĕṉ kaṇṇe
pūvuṉṉu tāṉ tīya mĕcci
suṭṭu kiṭṭeṉ pŏṉṉe
siṭṭeṟumbu pondu kuḽḽa
segaricca tāṉiyāma
sidagadi uṉ nĕṉappā
settu vacceṉ nāṉ tāṉ ammā
paṭṭeṉ putti kĕṭṭeṉ
uṉ pecca kekkāma
ŏttaiyila nikkiraṇḍi
uṉ nĕṉappil kattuṟanṭi