Verse 1
Niⁿnaⁿnu, Yēsu, baᶥlevu
Yenḍhēḷa hyāge shaktharu?
Prapanchakimbu koᵗtadhu
Sujñānaᵏkaᵈdiyāyithu.
Nin prīthi, thrāṇa, Karthane,
Thōrpadisiⁿnu sabhege.
Verse 2
Thaᵏkanthe bhaya paᵗtevu
Yenḍhēḷa hyāge shaktharu?
Naᵐmeᶥla kṛuthya, manaˢsu
Nī baᶥli yendhu marthevu.
Yī māthu kalisemage
Niⁿnakshi naᵐma mēladhe.
Verse 3
Thaᵏkanthe prīthisidhevu
Yenḍhēḷa hyāge shaktharu?
Niⁿnaⁿnu yeᶥlaᵏkinthalū
Yiⁿnoᵇbanaⁿneᵐmantheyū
Nāviⁿnu prīthi mādalu
Nī, Karthā, naᵐma prērisu.
Verse 4
Thaᵏkanthe sēvisidhevu
Yenḍhēḷa hyāge shaktharu?
Karthavya chinthe yiᶥladhe
Āsakthi ninthu hōgidhe.
Naᵐmaⁿnu yōgya sēvege
Nī bala padisāḷmanē.
Verse 5
Shrī Yēsu, niⁿna jñānava,
Ningiᵈdha bhaya, prīthiya
Sampūrṇavāgi swargadhi
Samsēvegāgi koduvi.
Kaṇṇāre niⁿna nōdalu
Yīgeᵐma siᵈḍha padisu.