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baduku baḷina ḍamba eḷitaiti manavana

baduku baḷina ḍamba i baduku baḷina ḍamba

1.koṭyadipatiyanta ivaru koṭyadipatiyanta

heḷtarappa koṭi suḷḷu lekkacaravanta

maneyavarige mosamaḍi manas’sa kollatara (baduku)

2.kaṭṭara noṭina saraṇi tumbtara kaḷina bharaṇi

maggaḷadaga nintaiti noḍo

musuku hakida maraṇa maṇṇinoḷage ni serida myale (baduku)

elloto ninna saraṇi bharaṇi

3.yesu svamiya nambo ni yesu svamiya nambo

sattaru ninu badukuvi endu

heḷatara yesu mokṣava niḍi vajra kiriṭava

todisuvanu ninage (baduku)