Pāṭṭu colli pāṭa colli kuṅkumam vantatam'mā
kēṭṭu koḷḷa kiṭṭa vantu maṅkalam tantatam'mā
kuṅkumamum maṅkaḷamum oṭṭi vanta reṭṭai kuḻantaiyaṭi
cantaṉattu cintu oṉṟu kaṭṭi koṇṭu meṭṭōṉṟu tantataṭi
pāṭṭu colli pāṭa colli kuṅkumam vantatam'mā
kēṭṭu koḷḷa kiṭṭa vantu maṅkalam tantatam'mā
kuṅkumamum maṅkaḷamum oṭṭi vanta reṭṭai kuḻantaiyaṭi
cantaṉattu cintu oṉṟu kaṭṭi koṇṭu meṭṭōṉṟu tantataṭi
iḷamaiyilē kaṉavukaḷil mitantu ceṉṟēṉ
taṉimaiyilē alaiyaṭittu otuṅki vantēṉ
vāṉavilliṉ varavutaṉai yār aṟivār
vāḻkai cellum pātaitaṉai yār uraippār
iruḷ toṭaṅkiṭum mēṟku aṅku iṉṉum iruppatu etaṟku
oli toṭaṅkiṭum kiḻakku uṇṭu potuviṉil oru viḷakku
oli irukkumiṭam kiḻakkumillai mēṟkumillai
pāṭṭu colli pāṭa colli kuṅkumam vantatam'mā
kēṭṭu koḷḷa kiṭṭa vantu maṅkalam tantatam'mā
kuṅkumamum maṅkaḷamum oṭṭi vanta reṭṭai kuḻantaiyaṭi
cantaṉattu cintu oṉṟu kaṭṭi koṇṭu meṭṭōṉṟu tantataṭi
putiya icai katavu iṉṟu tiṟantatam'mā
cevi uṇara icaiyai maṉam uṇarntatam'mā
iṭam koṭutta teyvam atai aṟintu koṇṭēṉ
vāḻtti atai vaṇaṅki niṉṟē vāḻntiṭuvēṉ
aṉṟu ceṉṟa iḷam paruvam atai eṇṇa eṇṇa maṉam niṟaiyum
aṉṟu iḻantatu mīṇṭum entaṉ kaiyil kiṭaittatu varamē
atai kai piṭittē toṭarntu celvēṉ kalakkamillai