*1
caṭai _ār puṉal _uṭaiyāṉ, _oru cari kōvaṇam _uṭaiyāṉ,
paṭai _ār maḻu _uṭaiyāṉ, palapūtappaṭai _uṭaiyāṉ,
maṭamāṉviḻi _umaimātu _iṭam _uṭaiyāṉ, _eṉai _uṭaiyāṉ,
viṭai _ār koṭi _uṭaiyāṉ, _iṭam---vīḻi(m)miḻalaiyē.
*2
_īṟu_āy, mutal _oṉṟu_āy, _iru peṇ _āṇ, kuṇammūṉṟu_āy,
māṟā maṟaināṉku_āy, varu pūtam(m)_avai _aintu_āy,
_āṟu _ār cuvai, _ēḻ_ōcaiyoṭu _eṭṭutticaitāṉ_āy,
vēṟu_āy, _uṭaṉ_āṉāṉ, _iṭam---vīti(m)miḻalaiyē.
*3
vammiṉ(ṉ), _aṭiyīr, nāḷmalar _iṭṭut toḻutu _uyya!
_um _aṉpiṉoṭu _em _aṉpu ceytu, _īcaṉ(ṉ) _uṟai kōyil---
mummeṉṟu _icai mural vaṇṭukaḷ keṇṭit ticai _eṅkum
vimmum poḻil cūḻ taṇvayal---vīḻi(m)miḻalaiyē.
*4
paṇṇum, patam_ēḻum, pala_ōcait tamiḻ_avaiyum
_uḷ-niṉṟatu _or cuvaiyum(m), _uṟu tāḷattu _olipalavum,
maṇṇum, puṉal, _uyirum, varu kāṟṟum, cuṭarmūṉṟum,
viṇṇum, muḻutu_āṉāṉ _iṭam---vīḻi(m)miḻalaiyē.
*5
_āyātaṉa camayampala _aṟiyātavaṉ, neṟiyiṉ
tāy_āṉavaṉ, _uyirkaṭku muṉ talai_āṉavaṉ, maṟai mut-
tī_āṉavaṉ, civaṉ, _em _iṟai, celvat tiru _ārūr
mēyāṉ_avaṉ, _uṟaiyum(m) _iṭam---vīḻi(m)miḻalaiyē.
*6
kallālniḻalkīḻāy! _iṭar kāvāy! _eṉa vāṉōr-
_ellām _oru tēr_āy, _ayaṉ maṟai pūṭṭi niṉṟu _uyppa,
vallāy _eri kāṟṟu _īrkku, _ari kōl, vācuki nāṇ, kal-
villāl, _eyil _eytāṉ _iṭam---vīḻi(m)miḻalaiyē.
*7
karattāl mali cirattāṉ; kari _urittu _āyatu _or paṭattāṉ;
purattār poṭipaṭa, taṉ _aṭi paṇi mūvarkaṭku _ōvā
varattāṉ mika _aḷittāṉ; _iṭam---vaḷar puṉṉai muttu_arumpi,
virait tātu poṉ maṇi _īṉṟu, _aṇi---vīḻi(m)miḻalaiyē.
*8
muṉ niṟpavar _illā muraṇ _arakkaṉ, vaṭakayilai-
taṉṉaip piṭittu _eṭuttāṉ, muṭi taṭantōḷ _iṟa _ūṉṟi,
piṉṉaip paṇintu _ētta, peru vāḷ pēroṭum koṭutta
miṉṉiṉ poli caṭaiyāṉ _iṭam--vīḻi(m)miḻalaiyē.
*9
paṇṭu _ēḻ_ulaku _uṇṭāṉ, _avai kaṇṭāṉum, muṉ _aṟiyā
_oṇtī_uru _āṉāṉ _uṟai kōyil---niṟai poykai
vaṇtāmaraimalarmēl maṭa_aṉṉam naṭai payila,
veṇtāmarai cen tātu _utir---vīḻi(m)miḻalaiyē.
*10
macaṅkal camaṇ, maṇṭaik kaiyar, kuṇṭak kuṇam_ilikaḷ,
_icaṅkum piṟappu _aṟuttāṉ _iṭam---_iruntēṉ kaḷittu _iraittu,
pacumpoṉkiḷi kaḷi maññaikaḷ _oḷi koṇṭu _eḻu pakalōṉ
vicumpaip polivikkum poḻil---vīḻi(m)miḻalaiyē.
*11
vīḻi(m)miḻalai(m) mēviya vikirtaṉtaṉai, virai cēr
kāḻi(n)nakar kalai ñāṉacampantaṉ tamiḻpattum
yāḻiṉ(ṉ) _icai vallār, colak kēṭṭār, _avar_ellām
_ūḻiṉ mali viṉai pōyiṭa, _uyarvāṉ _aṭaivārē.