Kākki caṭṭa pōṭṭa maccāṉ

Kaḻavu ceyya kaṉṉam veccāṉ

Kaṉṉam vaikka vanta maccāṉ

Kaṉṉattula kaṉṉam veccāṉ

Pakkam vantu pakkam vantu pāvi maṉaca patta veccāṉ

Eṅka vīṭṭu tiṇṇaiyila itukku tāṉā kuttaveccāṉ

Kākki caṭṭa pōṭṭa maccāṉ

Kaḻavu ceyya kaṉṉam veccāṉ

Kaṉṉam vaikka vanta maccāṉ

Kaṉṉattula kaṉṉam veccāṉ

Pakkam vantu pakkam vantu pāvi maṉaca patta veccāṉ

Uṅka vīṭu tiṇṇaiyila atukku tāṉē kuttaveccāṉ

Kākki caṭṭa pōṭṭa maccāṉ

Kaḻavu ceyya kaṉṉam veccāṉ

Antikki piṉṉē cantippateṅkē cinticcu pārttu oṉṉum'milla

Āttukku vaṭakkē ayyappaṉ tōppu atukkuḷḷa vāṭi yārum'millē

Tōppukkuḷḷa cattam irukku

Āmā neñcil accam irukku

Māṉē eṉṉa accam uṉakku

Māmaṉ kiṭṭa maccam irukku

Kākki caṭṭa pōṭṭa maccāṉ

Kaḻavu ceyya kaṉṉam veccāṉ

Kaṉṉam vaikka vanta maccāṉ

Kaṉṉattula kaṉṉam veccāṉ

Viḷakka aṉaccā vevaram eṉṉa ottikai pāttā tappu illa

Ottikai iṅkē uṇmaiyā pōṉā kalyāṇam naṭattum nampa puḷḷa

Iṉṉum eṉṉa nampavillaiyā

Kaṉṉam tara eṇṇam illaiyā

Tāli iṉṉum ceyyavillaiyā

Cēti colla tēti cellaiyā

Kākki caṭṭa pōṭṭa maccāṉ

Kaḻavu ceyya kaṉṉam veccāṉ

Kaṉṉam vaikka vanta maccāṉ

Kaṉṉattula kaṉṉam veccāṉ

Pakkam vantu pakkam vantu

Pāvi maṉaca patta veccāṉ

Eṅka vīṭṭu tiṇṇaiyila itukku tāṉā kuttaveccāṉ

Kākki caṭṭa pōṭṭa maccāṉ

Kaḻavu ceyya kaṉṉam veccāṉ

Kaṉṉam vaikka vanta maccāṉ

Kaṉṉattula kaṉṉam veccāṉ