Eṅkē eṅkē maṉitaṉ eṅkē
maṉitaṉ uṭalil mirukam iṅkē
ōnāy kūṭṭam nariyiṉ kaḷḷam oṉṟāy cērnta ulakam eṅkē
valikaḷā anta varaṅkaḷā
vāḻkkai ñāṉam koṇṭēṉ
ō hō hō
kātal eṉṟāl kaṇṇil yuttam
kaṇṇīr ellām veḷḷai rattam
uṟavu naṭpum
ō hō hō
pimpam pimpam
ō hō hō
uḷḷam eṅkē nampum nampum
poykaḷiṉ karaikku naṭuvilē pōkutē vāḻkkai nati
hō hō hō hō hō hō hō hō hō
hō hō hō hō hō hō hō
jaṉaṉam uṇmai maraṇam uṇmai
tantāṉē kaṭavuḷ tantāṉē
anta reṇṭai tavira
yō yō
ellām poyyā
yō yō
ceytāṉē maṉitaṉ ceytāṉē
kaṭukai piḷantu kāṇum pōtu
vāṇam iruntiṭa kaṇṭēṉ
nām uṟavai tiṟantu kāṇum pōtu
ulakam terintiṭa kaṇṭēṉ
eṉ uṭalait toṭṭāl nāṉ maṉitaṉ āṉēṉ
eṉ uyirait toṭṭāl nāṉ kaṭavuḷ āṉēṉ
hō hō hō hō hō hō hō hō hō
hō hō hō hō hō hō hō
iṅkē iṅkē maṉitaṉ iṅkē
imayam tāṇṭum itayam iṅkē
kāṭum maramum eṉ kālil pūkkaḷ
kuṉṟum malaiyum kūḻāṅkaṟkaḷ
cāmpalil uyirkkum paṟavai pōl
cātikkavē paṟakkiṉṟēṉ
cātikkavē paṟakkiṉṟēṉ