*1
maruntu _avaṉ, vāṉavar tāṉavarkkum
peruntakai, piṟaviṉoṭu _iṟavum _āṉāṉ,
_aruntava muṉivaroṭu _ālniḻalkīḻ
_iruntavaṉ, vaḷa nakar---_iṭaimarutē.
*2
tōṟṟu _avaṉ kēṭu _avaṉ, tuṇaimulaiyāḷ
kūṟṟavaṉ, kol pulit tōl _acaitta
nīṟṟavaṉ, niṟaipuṉal nīḷcaṭaimēl
_ēṟṟavaṉ, vaḷa nakar---_iṭaimarutē.
*3
paṭai _uṭai maḻuviṉaṉ, pālveṇnīṟṟaṉ,
naṭai navil _ēṟṟiṉaṉ, ñālam_ellām
_uṭaitalai _iṭu pali koṇṭu _uḻalvāṉ---
_iṭaimarutu _iṉitu _uṟai _em _iṟaiyē.
*4
paṇaimulai _umai _orupaṅkaṉ, _oṉṉār
tuṇai matilmūṉṟaiyum cuṭaril mūḻkak
kaṇai turantu, _aṭu tiṟal kālaṟ ceṟṟa
_iṇai_ili, vaḷa nakar---_iṭaimarutē.
*5
poḻil _avaṉ, puyal _avaṉ, puyal _iyakkum
toḻil _avaṉ, tuyar _avaṉ, tuyar _akaṟṟum
kaḻalavaṉ, kari_uri pōrttu _ukanta
_eḻilavaṉ, vaḷa nakar---_iṭaimarutē.
*6
niṟai _avaṉ, puṉaloṭu matiyum vaitta
poṟaiyavaṉ, pukaḻ _avaṉ, pukaḻa niṉṟa
maṟai _avaṉ, maṟikaṭalnañcai _uṇṭa
_iṟaiyavaṉ, vaḷa nakar---_iṭaimarutē.
*7
naṉi vaḷar matiyoṭu nākam vaitta
paṉimalarkkoṉṟai _am paṭarcaṭaiyaṉ,
muṉivaroṭu _amararkaḷ muṟai vaṇaṅka,
_iṉitu _uṟai vaḷa nakar---_iṭaimarutē.
*8
tarukkiṉa _arakkaṉa tāḷum tōḷum
nerittavaṉ, neṭuṅkaimāmatakari _aṉṟu
_urittavaṉ, _oṉṉalar puraṅkaḷmūṉṟum
_erittavaṉ, vaḷa nakar---_iṭaimarutē.
*9
periyavaṉ, peṇṇiṉoṭu _āṇum _āṉāṉ,
vari_aravu_aṇai maṟikaṭal-tuyiṉṟa
kariyavaṉ _alaravaṉ kāṇpu _ariya
_eriyavaṉ, vaḷa nakar---_iṭaimarutē.
*10
cintai _il camaṇoṭu tērar coṉṉa
punti _il _urai_avai poruḷ koḷātē,
_antaṇar _ōttiṉoṭu _aravam _ōvā,
_entaitaṉ vaḷa nakar---_iṭaimarutē.
*11
_ilai mali poḻil _iṭaimarutu _iṟaiyai
nalam miku ñāṉacampantaṉ coṉṉa
palam miku tamiḻ _ivaipattum vallār
_ulaku _uṟu pukaḻiṉoṭu _ōṅkuvarē.