Rasa sayang, hey!, Rasa sayang sayang hey, Hey lihat nona jauh, Rasa sayang sayang hey! Buah cempedak di luar pagar, Ambil galah tolong jolokkan, Saya budak baru belajar, Kalau salah tolong tunjukkan, Pulau pandan jauh ke tengah, Gunung daik bercabang tiga, Hancur badan dikandung tanah, Budi yang baik dikenang juga, Dua tiga kucing berlari, Mana sama si kucing belang, Dua tiga boleh ku cari, Mana sama abang seorang, Pisang emas dibawa berlayar, Masak sebiji di atas peti, Hutang emas boleh dibayar, Hutang budi dibawa mati,

I've got that loving feeling, hey!, I've got that loving feeling, hey!, See that girl in the distance, I've got that loving feeling hey!, The cempedak tree is across the fence, Please take a stick and poke it down for me, I'm just a new guy trying to learn, So if i'm wrong then please tell me. Pandan island far in midst, With the three peaked Daik mountain, While the body decomposes in earth, Good deeds remain to be remembered. Two or three cats are running around, With the striped one which can vie, Two or three men woo I may, Which of them with you can vie. Pisang emas brought on a journey, One ripens on a box, If gold is owed, it can be repaid, But if it is gratitude, it is carried to the grave.

Because this song is in Pantun form, for each quatrain, there is no relevance of the first two lines to the message conveyed by the last two except to provide the rhyming scheme. There are many version of the lyrics of "Rasa Sayang", but it usually starts with this refrain:

Rasa sayang, hey!

Rasa sayang-sayang hey,

Hey, lihat nona jauh,

Rasa sayang-sayang, hey

The refrain is then followed by a wide variety of popular Malay pantun.