tĕnnippāyuṁ tĕnnale ninṟĕ teril keṟān vanniḍāṁ
tuḽḽiccāḍuṁ puḽḽimānuḽḽa mele meṭṭil sĕnniḍāṁ
nīlaviṇṇin vĕṇṇilāve ninnĕ ñānŏnnu kai tŏḍāṁ
ninṟĕ mĕyyil serumaḻagin māninoḍŏnnu sernnīḍāṁ
kūḍu viṭṭu meññiḍunna kuḽire vā
mīṭṭān vā meṭṭilo kūḍāṁ viḽayāḍāṁ pāḍiḍāṁ
mayile vā kūṭṭamāy āḍāṁ kuyile vā keṭṭiḍāṁ
(tĕnnippāyuṁ..)
kunnimaṇigaḽ meni mĕḻuguṁ
aruṇaśobhayĕ vāṅṅiḍāṁ (2)
kannimŏḻigaḽ sŏlliyuṇaruṁ
premalāḽanaṁ keṭṭiḍāṁ
tatte ninṟĕ kūḍĕ sūḽaṁ mūḽi pāḍiḍāṁ
mutte ninṟĕ sārĕ pŏnnālinu sāññiḍāṁ
vĕḽḽimalayil sāḍi maṟiyāṁ
nalla kanigaḽ teḍi nuṇayāṁ
paccappullin mĕttappāyil mayaṅṅiḍāṁ
oḍi kidaccu kidaccŏnnu vā
(tĕnnippāyuṁ..)
mullavaniyil nīḽĕ viriyuṁ
pudiya mŏṭṭugaḽ nuḽḽiḍāṁ (2)
allimagaḽuṁ tumbimagaḽuṁ mĕyyurummiyo kaṇḍiḍāṁ
puttan maññilūḍĕ sūḍu teḍi poyiḍāṁ
kattuṁ nĕñjamoḍĕ kaṇṇil kaṇṇu nokkiḍāṁ
taṅgavĕyilin mālayaṇiyāṁ
koḍamaḻayil kūññi nanayāṁ
ŏnniccinnī vĕḽḽikkiṇṇaṁ ĕḍuttiḍāṁ mutti
kŏdiccu kŏdiccŏnnu vā
(tĕnnippāyuṁ..)