kaḍaṁ katha paṟayunna kaḍamiḻigaḽ ninṟĕ
kavidagaḽ sŏriyunna madhumiḻigaḽ
anurāga saduraṁgageḽiyil nin munnil
aḍiyaṟavāyi poyĕn hṛdayaṁ (kaḍaṁ katha...)
kaḽḽaṁ paṟayuṁ nin suṇḍugaḽuṁ rāga
kallolamiḽaguṁ nin kaṇṇugaḽuṁ
aṅṅoṭṭumiṅṅoṭṭumūññālilāḍunnĕn
saṅgalba malar vana devada
mandravādinī nin nīlanayanaṁ
mayilppīlikkĕṭṭugaḽ vīśumboḽ
māmaga jīvanāṁ pāḻmuḽaṁ kuḻalŏru
māṇikyamuraḽiyāy māṟiyallo
premagāyagā nin vana muraḽi tan
ī mugddha saṁgīda mādhuriyāl
vāḍikkiḍannorĕn jīvidamŏru nava
vāsanda śalabhamāy māṟiyallo (kaḍaṁ katha..)