Neela kamaladalam alagin alagalil

nīlagamaladaḽamaḻaginnalagaḽil viriyunnu
śāradendugala mandahāsamadhuvĕṇṇilāmaḻa tūvunnu
samayadīramuṇarunnu! sāmagānamŏḻugunnu!
saitravīṇāvādiniyāṁ śil‌paganyagayuṇarunnu
ĕn praṇayanāyigayĕviḍe? ĕviḍĕ?
(nīlagamala...)

gandhar‌vvayāmaṅṅaḽ viḍarunnu
haṁsaṅṅaḽ nīndunnu pŏn‌kanavil
nīhārarāvinṟĕ sārudayil
saṅgal‌pasāmrājyamuṇarunnu
arigilaṇayān dāmasamĕnde?
ĕnnoḍiniyuṁ paribhavamarude
ŏnnu kāṇānĕn ātmarāgaṅṅaḽ
teṅṅiyŏḻugunnu
(nīla...)

maunaṅṅaḽ pāḍunnu taraḽidamāy
māyāvasandaṅṅaḽāḍunnu
nin divya saundaryalahariyumāy
svarlogamĕn munnil viḍarunnu
miḻigaḽ niṟayĕ malarśaraṅṅaḽ
ninṟĕ mŏḻiyil svarasugandhaṁ
pŏnnaśogaṅṅaḽ pūttuviḍarunnu
ninṟĕ pŏn‌vaniyil
(nīlagamala...)