ilamaiyai vaithu...

Nilal tharum maram endru
than unnai nenaithen,
aanal nee en savapateyai
marenayea! Nilavu endru than
unnai
nenaithen, aanal nee ennai virumbiya pin
amavasaiyaga marenayea!
Iraiva,
Ninaithathu maariyae pin
ennai mattum maaramal
vaithu irrukiraiyea, Mandirangal ennakum tha,
Ennaiyea marapatharku.
Kanneer Anjali
Eannaval Ninaivaga
Aval Thoduttha
Siridhu Malar Thuligal
Ean Kallaraiyil Kanneer
Anjaliyaga. Penney,
Vun naya vanjakathal,
nasugki ponathu yen kathal
mattum alla: nalai patriya yen
nampikkayum than! innum
yethanai perai
nasamakka pokirai,
mudiya pogum un elamayai
vaithu.