kuḍiccu ñān duḥkhaṅṅaḽĕ uṟakkunnu vīṇḍuṁ
siriccu ñān svapnaṅṅaḽĕ uṇarttunnu vīṇḍuṁ
manassilĕ vraṇaṅṅaḽkku marunnāya toḻī
ĕnṟĕ uṣassinuṁ uṇarvinuṁ uṟavinnu nīyāy
(kuḍiccu ñān...)
dinaṅṅaḽkku niṟaṁ kūṭṭān paṭhiccadĕn śābaṁ
svaraṅṅaḽil rūbaṁ kāṇān duniññadĕn pābaṁ
janiccadin śikṣa kālaṁ kaḻiyuṁ varĕykkuṁ
naḍakkaṇo sukhaṁ teḍi maṇalppāda toṟuṁ
kuḍiccu ñān duḥkhaṅṅaḽĕ uṟakkunnu vīṇḍuṁ
(kuḍiccu ñān...)
karaṅṅaḽil ĕllāṁ ĕnnu manuṣyanṟĕ bhāvaṁ
manassinṟĕ varṇṇaṁ poluṁ aṟiyātta pāvaṁ
iḍaykkalbaneraṁ pokkān aḍukkunnu tammil
ŏḍukkamo tuḍakkaṁ pol taniccuḽḽa yātra
kuḍiccu ñān duḥkhaṅṅaḽĕ uṟakkunnu vīṇḍuṁ
(kuḍiccu ñān..)
