nīlakkarimbinṟĕ nāṭṭil - ŏru
nīla tāmarappŏyga
tāmarappŏygayil pūnuḽḽān vanna
taṅgakkuḍattinĕ kaṇḍavaruṇḍo
taṅgakkuḍattinĕ kaṇḍavaruṇḍo oho
nīlakkarimbinṟĕ nāṭṭil
nīlakkarimbinṟĕ nāṭṭil - ŏru
nīla tāmarappŏyga
tāmarappūnuḽḽuṁ toḻiyĕ teḍuṁ
premasvarūbanĕ kaṇḍavaruṇḍo - āhā
nīlakkarimbinṟĕ nāṭṭil
svarṇṇakkinnari sāriyuḍuttu
svapnaṁ polavaḽ īvaḻi vannāl
svarggaṁ bhūmiyil pūttu viḽayāḍuṁ - hŏy
tāḻambūvugaḽ pūmaṇaṁ nalguṁ
taṇṇīrscolagaḽ nūburaṁ nalguṁ
pūvālan kiḽi pāṭṭugaḽ pāḍīḍuṁ
āha (nīlakkarimbinṟĕ nāṭṭil)
pŏygayil pūvugaḽ tuḽḽunna kālaṁ
pūvanaṁ romāñjaṁ kŏḽḽunna kālaṁ
omana tāmara polĕ viḍarnnallo hŏy
pūvil pūmbŏḍi tiṅṅunna kālaṁ
pūmbāṭra pūmbŏḍi teḍunna kālaṁ
devan pūmbŏḍi teḍiyaṇaññallo
(nīlakkarimbinṟĕ nāṭṭil)