mānattĕ kanalugĕṭṭu..kanalugĕṭṭu
svarggamāḽigaccumarinmel karibiḍiccu
bhūmi pĕṭra pūvugaḽkku samayamaṟiyuvān
kālaṁ pŏnnugŏṇḍŏru nāḻigamaṇi sumaril vaccu
nāḻiga maṇittiṅgaḽe..neramĕndāyī..
neramĕndāyī..neramĕndāyī
vĕḽḽimeghattāḍivĕcca vṛddhanāṁ daivame - ninṟĕ
sillugaṇṇaḍa uḍaññu poyo?
nakṣatra pĕṇṇu vannu nin munnil kŏḽuttiya
navarātri dībaṅṅaḽ kŏḻiññuboyo?
kaḍalttirayil ī kaḍalttirayil kŏḻiññu pŏyo?
tĕnnalinṟĕ toṇiyilĕ kaṇṇunīr paiṅgiḽī - ninṟĕ
kāmugi piriññuboyo?
kaṇṇāḍi vādil vaccu svapnaṅṅaḽ paṇiñña nin
kaḍalāssu koṭṭagaḽ tagarnnu poyo?
kŏḍuṅgāṭril ī kŏḍuṅgāṭril tagarnnuboyo?
(mānattĕ kanalugĕṭṭu)