*1
_aruttaṉai, _aṟavaṉai, _amutaṉai,---nīr---
viruttaṉai, pālaṉai, viṉavutirēl,
_oruttaṉai, _allatu _iṅku _ulakam _ēttum
karuttavaṉ, vaḷa nakar---kaṭaimuṭiyē.
*2
tirai poru tirumuṭi tiṅkaḷ vimmum
_arai poru puli_ataḷ _aṭikaḷ _iṭam,
tiraiyoṭu nurai poru teṇcuṉainīr
karai poru vaḷa nakar---kaṭaimuṭiyē.
*3
_āl _iḷamatiyiṉoṭu, _aravu, kaṅkai,
kōla veṇnīṟṟaṉait toḻutu _iṟaiñci,
_ēlanalmalaroṭu virai kamaḻum
kālaṉa vaḷa nakar---kaṭaimuṭiyē.
*4
koy _aṇi naṟumalarkkoṉṟai_amtār
mai _aṇi miṭaṟu _uṭai maṟaiyavaṉ _ūr,
pai _aṇi _aravoṭu māṉ maḻuvāḷ
kai _aṇipavaṉ _iṭam---kaṭaimuṭiyē.
*5
maṟai _avaṉ, _ulaku _avaṉ, māyam _avaṉ,
piṟaiyavaṉ, puṉal _avaṉ, _aṉalum _avaṉ,
_iṟaiyavaṉ _eṉa _ulaku _ēttum kaṇṭam-
kaṟaiyavaṉ vaḷa nakar---kaṭaimuṭiyē.
*6
paṭa_aravu _ēr _alkul palvaḷaikkai
maṭavaralāḷai _orpākam vaittu,
kuṭaticai mati_atu cūṭu ceṉṉik
kaṭavuḷtaṉ vaḷa nakar---kaṭaimuṭiyē.
*7
poṭi pulku mārpiṉil puri pulku nūl,
_aṭi pulku paiṅkaḻal, _aṭikaḷ _iṭam;
koṭi pulku malaroṭu kuḷircuṉainīr
kaṭi pulku vaḷa nakar---kaṭaimuṭiyē.
*8
nōtalceytu _arakkaṉai, nōkku _aḻiyac
cātalceytu, _avaṉ, _aṭi caraṇ! _eṉalum,
_ātaravu _aruḷceyta _aṭikaḷ_avar
kātalcey vaḷa nakar---kaṭaimuṭiyē.
*9
_aṭi muṭi kāṇkilar _ōr_iruvar
puṭaipulki, _aruḷ! _eṉṟu pōṟṟu_icaippa,
caṭai_iṭaip puṉal vaitta caturaṉ _iṭam---
kaṭaimuṭi; _ataṉ _ayal kāviriyē.
*10
maṇṇutal paṟittalum māyam _ivai;
_eṇṇiyakāl, _avai _iṉpam _alla;
_oṇnutal _umaiyai _orpākam vaitta
kaṇṇutal vaḷa nakar---kaṭaimuṭiyē.
*11
poṉ tikaḻ kāvirp poru puṉal cīr
ceṉṟu _aṭai kaṭaimuṭic civaṉ _aṭiyai
naṉṟu _uṇar ñāṉacampantaṉ coṉṉa
_iṉtamiḻ_ivai cola, _iṉpam _āmē.