Hē coḻali aḻakē velaki kalakaṭṭip pōṟavaḷē

Hē coḻali aḻakē velaki
kalakaṭṭip pōṟavaḷē
iruṭi tiruṭi aḻakūṭṭittāṉ nakarum araḷi
noṟataḷḷi pōṉēṉ veṭkam koṟaṭi
uṉ vayacattāṉ tittippā tiṇṇēṉ
ucurattāṉ katti coṉṉēṉ
poṭṭakkōḻi aḻakula
eṉṉa kotti alaiyiṟa
viṭṭā koñcam poḻaikkiṟēṉ viṭuṭi……
muṭṭa pōṭṭu maṉacula kaṇṇattūkki eriyiṟa
viṭṭā eṭṭi cetaṟuṟēṉ eṟali
hē coḻali aḻakē velaki
kalakaṭṭip pōṟavaḷē
iruṭitiruṭi keṭamāṭṭukku uṇavā aḻali
vetaipōṭṭa kāṭṭa tiṅka kuṭuṭi
nī maṉacōṭa kalveṭṭā niṉṉa kaṇ veṭṭi
veṭṭikkoṉṉa
poṭṭakkōḻi aḻakula
eṉṉa kotti alaiyiṟa
viṭṭā koñcam poḻaikkiṟēṉ viṭuṭi……
muṭṭa pōṭṭu maṉacula kaṇṇattūkki eriyiṟa
viṭṭā eṭṭi cetaṟuṟēṉ eṟali eṉ coḻali

ālaṅkāṭṭu kara āttil nīntum; peṟa
uṭaiyiṭa alli ularutu nittam
kātala vaṇṭu kātula kattum
poḻaṅkuṟa vaṇṭu muḻuṅkutu muttam
pūvula tatti tāvuṟa cattam poḻiyitu tēṉu
potaiyuṟēṉ nāṉu aṭaimaḻai koṭṭuccā
kaṉavula māṭṭi koḻampula mīṉu muḻiccatum tappiccā
poṭṭakkōḻi aḻakula
eṉṉa kotti alaiyiṟa
viṭṭā koñcam poḻaikkiṟēṉ viṭuṭi……
muṭṭa pōṭṭu maṉacula kaṇṇattūkki eriyiṟa
viṭṭā eṭṭi cetaṟuṟēṉ eṟali hē coḻali
hē coḻali, hē coḻali, hē coḻali, hē coḻali