pandiru suṭruṁ paccolappandaliṇakki
pandaliṇakki, pandaliṇakki, pandaliṇakki
paḻukkāppākkugĕṭṭi tŏṅṅaludūkki
tŏṅṅaludūkki, tŏṅṅaludūkki, tŏṅṅaludūkki
tāvaḻi taravaḻi toraṇaṁ sārtti
nāḍuvāḻuṁ tambrānṟĕ maṁgalyatterŏrukki
ālinuṇḍŏru ver - ver, ver
veriṟaṅṅiya maṇṇ - maṇṇ, maṇṇ
veriṟaṅṅiya maṇṇinuṇḍŏru manass
manassil niṟaññŏru tāyambagayuṇḍe
tāyambagayuṇḍe....
naga taragāṁ taragāṁ naga taragāṁ
tiruguḍu taragāṁ taragāṁ taragāṁ
tiruguḍu tiruguḍu naga taragāṁ
tevarillāttutsavattinnĕḻunnĕḽḽikkān
ŏru tanittaṅgattiḍambuṇḍe... o...
ā tiḍamp ī tiḍamp arumattiḍamballo
ī tamburān - ī tamburān ñaṅṅaḍĕ tamburān
(pandiru)
kiḽiye kiḽimagaḽe - magaḽe magaḽe
kiḽindubĕṇṇinṟĕ pŏḍagŏḍa
pŏḍagŏḍa... pŏḍagŏḍa...
kiḽindubĕṇṇinṟĕ pŏḍagŏḍaykkŏru sadass
sadassil niṟaññadu tāḽakkŏḻuppallo
tāḽakkŏḻuppallo......
naga taragāṁ taragāṁ naga taragāṁ
tiruguḍu taragāṁ taragāṁ taragāṁ
tiruguḍu tiruguḍu naga taragāṁ
ārumoruṁ piriyādĕ aḍaṅṅādĕyŏduṅṅādĕ
araśśāṇḍŏrarasanuṇḍe o...
ā arasan ī arasan arumayāyarasanallo
ī tamburān - ī tamburān, ñaṅṅaḍĕ tamburān
(pandiru)