kanninilā kaivaḽayuṁ kaḽabhamugil kasavŏḽiyuṁ
miḻiyiṇayil maṣiyaḻaguṁ sārtti
kaṇimalarāy aṇiññŏruṅṅi
virunnu varānāre munnil
avaḽĕn manassil aḻagin vadhuvāy
kanavin naḍayil tĕḽiyuṁ viḽakkāy
( kanninilā kaivaḽayuṁ...)
pāḍunna pāṭṭil paribhavamuṇḍo
nokkunna nokkil tĕḽiminnaluṇḍo
pīlimiḻikkoṇugaḽil kuññumaṇiprāvugaḽ pol
premamĕnna nŏmbaramuṇḍŏ
kāṭrulaykkuṁ tāmarayil tāḽamiḍuṁ narttanamay
ĕn janmaṁ paṅgiḍuvān ŏru devīśilbaṁ teḍunnu ñān
( kanninilā kaivaḽayuṁ...)
kāṇādĕyuḽḽil kavidagaḽ mūḽūṁ
maṇvīṇa polĕ mayaṅṅunna snehaṁ
pŏnviralin dumbugaḽil pūvidaḽāy pūttuṇaruṁ
puṣyarāga vaira modiraṁ
ŏnnu tŏḍān vĕmbiḍave maññudaḽaṁ polurugān
ĕn svapnaṁ pūvaṇiyān ŏru māyārūbaṁ teḍunnu ñān
( kanninilā kaivaḽayuṁ...)