karu karu viḻigaḽāl ŏru kaṇ mai ĕṉṉai kaḍattude
tadumbiḍa tadumbiḍa siṟu amudam ĕṉṉai kuḍikkude
iraviṉil uṟaṅgaiyil ĕṉ tūkkam ĕṉṉai ĕḻuppude
ĕḻundiḍa niṉaikkayil ŏru miṉṉal vandu sāykka
nī.. ŏru malli sarame
nī.. ilai sindum marame
ĕṉ.. pudu vĕḽḽi kuḍame
uṉṉai teḍum kaṇgaḽ
e ..nī taṅga silaiyā
vĕṇ ..nurai pŏṅgum malaiyā
maṉ ..madaṉ piṉṉum valaiyā
uṉṉai teḍum kaṇgaḽ
pudu pudu varigaḽāl ĕṉ kavidai tāḽum niṟaiyude
kaṉavugaḽ kaṉavugaḽ vandu kaṇgaḽ tāṇḍi vaḻiyude
maṟandiḍa maṟandiḍa ĕṉ maṉamum kŏñjam muyalude
maṟubaḍi maṟubaḍi uṉ mugame ĕṉṉai sūḻa
tāmarai ilai nīr nī tāṉā
taṉi ŏru aṇḍril nī tāṉā
puyal tarum tĕṇḍral nī tāṉā
pudaiyal nī tāṉā
nī ..ŏru malli sarame
maṇṇil ..ilai sindum marame
miṉṉum ..pudu vĕḽḽi kuḍame
uṉṉai teḍum kaṇgaḽ
e ..nī taṅga silaiyā
vĕḽḽai ..nurai pŏṅgum malaiyā
ambāl ..madaṉ piṉṉum valaiyā
uṉṉai teḍum kaṇgaḽ
ŏru nāḽ ŏru nāḽ ĕṇḍre tiṉamum pogum
maṟu nāḽ varumā ĕṇḍre iravil idayam sāgum
pesum pode iṉṉum edo teḍum
kaiyiṉ regai pole kaḽḽattaṉam oḍum
nīre illā pālaiyile niṇḍru pĕyyum maḻai maḻai
uḽḽukkuḽḽe uccu kŏṭṭi tŏḍarndiḍum piḻai piḻai
karu karu viḻigaḽāl ŏru kaṇ mai ĕṉṉai kaḍattude
tadumbiḍa tadumbiḍa siṟu amudam ĕṉṉai kuḍikkude
iraviṉil uṟaṅgaiyil ĕṉ tūkkam ĕṉṉai ĕḻuppude
ĕḻundiḍa niṉaikkayil ŏru miṉṉal vandu sāykka
tāmarai ilai nīr nī tāṉā
taṉi ŏru aṇḍril nī tāṉā
puyal tarum tĕṇḍral nī tāṉā
pudaiyal nī tāṉā
tāmarai ilai nīr nī tāṉā (ŏru malli sarame)
taṉi ŏru aṇḍril nī tāṉā (ilai sindum marame)
puyal tarum tĕṇḍral nī tāṉā (nī taṅga silaiyā)
pudaiyal nī tāṉā (madaṉ piṉṉum valaiyā)
ŏru malli sarame..