Ā vantālakkarai ōrattilē
nam'ma vaṇṇārappēṭṭaiyilē
kamiṭṭi rōṭu cikṉalilē
nam'ma emkēpi nakarilē
mottam iṅka āyiram kuṭumpam taṅkam
inta kōṭṭaikkuḷḷa tavaḷai nāṉ
vētāṉṉu oru ciṅkam
ā eppā nam'ma ēriyā hailaiṭṭellām
pāṭla colṉum
yārāla muṭiyum
āyiram rūvā peṭṭu
ā aṭiṅ āyiram rūvāya viṭa
pāṭṭak kēḷu
ā ē… ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭum ṭum
ē… ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭum ṭum
ē kuṭikka kuṭikka kuturai kutikkum
oṭampukkuḷḷa eṅka aruma peruma
terama terikkum kataiya colla
ē… ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭum ṭum
ē… ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭacakku ṭum ṭum
ā cantu pontellām caṅkam vaḷarppōm
mallukku nippōm
eṅka conta ūṭuṉṉu
inta ūruṉṉu colli vacciṭṭō…m kettā
aṉpakkoṭuttā naṭpakkoṭukkum kaṇṇukkukkaṇṇā
āṉā, kaiyum paṟakkum kālum paṟakkum
caṇṭaikki nīyum vantā
kili pala kiri illa puli vaṉamaṭā puḷḷa
aticayam itu vantu pārttā
aṭitaṭi eṉa vantā poṭikalum aṭa illa
veṭikaḷai veṭittiṅkē vēṭṭā
enta etirikkum iṅku iṭamillai ṭāṭṭā (ē ṭacakku)
ā enta īrōvukkum eṅka maṉcula
pōsṭṭaru illa… illa
ā eṅkalap patti attappaṭappōkum
āskāra vella… vella
ā cariṅkappā
paṭṭappērattāṉ vaccikkiṭuvōm
cottukku cottā varaimuṟaikaḷē illā
talaimuṟaikaḷai pārtta talainakarilē
vāḻuṟōm kūṭṭā
oru muṟai paḻakiṭṭā maṟu noṭiyila contam
ucurattāṉ taruvōm kēṭṭā
kēṭṭā etirikkum iṅka iṭamilla