Kaalam kaadam yaanam [kaalam marubhoomiyaakkum]

kālaṁ... kādaṁ... yānaṁ

kālaṁ marubhūmiyākkuṁ manassin vaḻittāradoṟuṁ
ŏrunīṇḍarātridan iḍanāḻidāṇḍuvān
ŏrujanmajīvidaṁ piḻamūḽiyendiḍuṁ
kālaṁ......

puṇarunna maḻameghaṁ pŏḻiyumboḽ pūmānaṁ
maṟakkillĕnnŏrugaḽḽaṁ paṟayumbŏḻuṁ
viḍarunnŏridaḽinmel vaḻiyunna madhuvuṇṇuṁ
niṟamuḽḽaśalabhaṅṅaḽ maṟayumbŏḻuṁ
ŏrunertta nŏmbaraṁ manassinṟĕ sippiyil
uṟagūṭṭumāyiraṁ miḻinīrin muttugaḽ

vasandaṅṅaḽ maṟayumboḽ sugandhaṅṅaḽagalumboḽ
hṛdayattilŏru duḥkhaṁ uṟayunnaduṁ
taḻugunna viral vīśī viḍasŏlliyŏḻugumboḽ
karayoḍu tirasŏlluṁ kadanaṅṅaḽuṁ
pŏḻiyunna kaṇṇunīr kaḽamāyi māṟiyāl
iṇadannilegumo ŏrudīrghasuṁbanaṁ