Verse 1
Ondhu nūru kuriyu
Haᵗtiyoḷagiᵈdhavu.
Kāyuvava prīthiyindha
Kuri nadisiᵈdharindha,
Sukha kshēma padedhu
Chinthe yiᶥladhiᵈdhavu.
Verse 2
Ondhu kuri māthrave
Yēnū sukha kāṇadhe,
Thanage swathanthravaⁿnu
Baisikondu, haᵗtiyaⁿnu
Biᵗtu, hata hididhu,
Dhūra ōdi hōyithu.
Verse 3
"Aᵖpā, thombhaᵗthombhaᵗthu,
Haᵗtiyoḷagiralu,
Ondhu hōdharēnu naşhta?
Tharaliᵏkū yeşhto kaşhta."
Yentha janareᶥlaru
Buᵈḍhi hēḷa hōdharu.
Verse 4
Ādharoᶩḷe Kuruba
Anṭha māthu lālisa,
Kuri hindhe hōgi, thāne
Kuri heʲje hidyuthāne,
Ōdi bēsarāgadhe—
"Kuri Yeᶥli biᵈdhadhe?"
Verse 5
Haᵗti biᵗta kūdale
Kaşhta banthu kurige,
Guᵈda yēri, korkaḷaᶥli
Biᵈdhukondu, muᶩḷinaᶥli,
Gāyavāgi sāyalu,
Kurubange siᵏkithu.
Verse 6
Buᵈḍhi geᵗta kuriya
Yeᵗthikondu, Kuruba
Yenṭha gāda kaᵗthalaⁿnū,
Guᵈda thaᵍgu haᶩḷavaⁿnū,
Dhāti bandhanembadhu,
Yarigū goᵗthiᶥlavu.
Verse 7
"Yāke guᵈda dhāriyu
Thumba raktha haniyu?"
"Thaᵖpi hōdha kurigāgi,
Nānu ōduthiralāgi,
Bandegaliu thāgalu
Naⁿna raktha sōrithu."
Verse 8
"Yāke niⁿna kaigaḷu
Yişhtu gāyavādhavu?"
"Kuri siᵏkuvaşhtaraᶥli
Rāthriyāgi, kādinaᶥli
Thirugāduthiralu
Muᶩḷu nange chuᶜʰchithu."
Verse 9
Āga bhūmi mēleyū
Paralōkadhaᶥliyū
Dhūtha sainya harşhavāgi,
Kurubana sthōthrakāgi—
"Thaⁿna kuri thandhanu"
Yemba gītha hādithu.