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Kavi Kunjara Bharati (1810-1896)
(lyrics provided by Lakshman)

kAr ulAviya. rAgA: yadukulakAmbhOji. cApu tALA.

1: kAr ulAviya shOlaik-kuyilinam kAmavEL varuvAnekkUva
sIrulAviya mangaiyar enginum siTril kaTTi ninrinbuTrulAva
IramAmati veNkuDai nITTa ErparikkiLLai nEr mozhi kATTat-
tEril Eri vasantan mahOstavam sheyyum pANDi nannADengaL nADE

2: vanjiyar kuzharkkam cittiraipukki vAri nIruNDu kArikkaruttu
vinji vannamulaikku nigharaverp-paDandu nudarccilai pUNDu
kanja nUliDaiyAmena minniyE kaNNazhagar aruTkkiNaiyAga
manjinangaL pozhindu muccennel vaLarkkum pANDi nannADengaL nADE

3: mAdar shokkiNaiyO venriLaijnar madittup-pUvirp-padittiTTa kannal
kOdilAp-payir koNDu tazhaittadandak-kOdaiyar pashundOTkiNaiyAgik-
kAdalIyar tam mUralai venruDan kAmukhar manam tannaiyum vella
sIta mA mathan shen kai villAghiyaennan pANDi nannADengaL nADE

4: vaiyai nIrvaLam pongiya nADu madurai mAttalam tangiya nADu
poyyaghaTri meyyOdiDu nADu bhUmi muppalamOdiDu nADu
vaiyagar viyappeidiDu nADu mAda mummAri peidiDu nADu
deivam meyyoDu tangi vaLam perudennan pANDi nannADengaL nADE

5: karkkak-kANbadu shokkalai jnAnam kaTriDAdadu poikaravInam
virkkak-kANbadu vANibar shigai vilaiyilAdadu mikkavar naTpu
nirkkak-kANbad-aram sheyyum selvam nilaiyilAdadu kanjattu veLLam
porkkai kOdaNDa mAlazhagaEshar purakkum pANDi nannADengaL nADE

6: kaTTak-kANbadu nerkkadirk-kaTrai kavizhak-kANbadu vIrar kai villu
veTTak-kANbadu muttak-karumbu veruTTak-kANbadu mangaiyar shen kaN
koTTak-kANbadu bhErikai mELam kumurak-kANbadu viNNIDai mEgham
taTTak-kANbadu turukkum kanakam dhanam sirandaen pANDi nannADE

7: mAnkanigaL varukkaiyil tUngum vaLarum akkani vAzhaiyil tUngum
Ongum akkani kannalir-sAyum oDindu kannalum shen nelirccAyum
pAngu shen nelu manjaLai sAittiDap-pangaiyam tanir sankudir muttait-
tAngi mAda nilaikku viDundiDutaN paNai tigazh pANDi nannADE

8: mAduLam kaniyaik-karattirk-koNDu mandik-kUTTangaL pandaDittADum
pAdai vaNDugaL paNNishai kUriDap-pEDai mAmayil nATakamADum
kOdilAda puLinangaL tOrum kulAvi annangaLinruyil kUrum
sIta mAmati tangiya shOlai serinda pANDi nannADengaL nADE