*1
_av viṉaikku _iv viṉai _ām _eṉṟu collum _aḵtu _aṟivīr!
_uyviṉai nāṭātu _iruppatum _umtamakku _ūṉam_aṉṟai?
kai viṉai ceytu _empirāṉ kaḻal pōṟṟatum, nām_aṭiyōm;
ceyviṉai vantu _emait tīṇṭappeṟā;---tirunīlakaṇṭam!
*2
kāviṉai _iṭṭum, kuḷampala toṭṭum, kaṉi maṉattāl,
_ē viṉaiyāl _eyilmūṉṟu _erittīr _eṉṟu, _irupoḻutum,
pūviṉaik koytu, malar_aṭi pōṟṟatum, nām_aṭiyōm;
tīviṉai vantu _emait tīṇṭappeṟā;---tirunīlakaṇṭam!
*3
mulaittaṭam mūḻkiya pōkaṅkaḷum maṟṟu _evaiyum _ellām,
vilaittalai _āvaṇam koṇṭu _emai _āṇṭa viricaṭaiyīr!
_ilaittalaiccūlamum taṇṭum maḻuvum _ivai _uṭaiyīr!
cilaittu _emait tīviṉai tīṇṭappeṟā;---tirunīlakaṇṭam!
*4
viṇṇulaku _āḷkiṉṟa viccātararkaḷum vētiyarum,
puṇṇiyar _eṉṟu _irupōtum toḻappaṭum puṇṇiyarē!
kaṇ_imaiyātaṉamūṉṟu _uṭaiyīr! _um kaḻal _aṭaintōm;
tiṇṇiya tīviṉai tīṇṭappeṟā;---tirunīlakaṇṭam!
*5
maṟṟu _iṇai _illā malai tiraṇṭaṉṉa tiṇtōḷ _uṭaiyīr!
kiṟṟu _emai _āṭkoṇṭu kēḷātu _oḻivatum taṉmaikollō?
col-tuṇai vāḻkkai tuṟantu _um tiruvaṭiyē _aṭaintōm;
ceṟṟu _emait tīviṉai tīṇṭappeṟā;---tirunīlakaṇṭam!
*6
maṟakkum maṉattiṉai māṟṟi, _em _āviyai vaṟpuṟutti,
piṟappu _il perumāṉ tiruntu _aṭikkīḻp piḻaiyāta vaṇṇam,
paṟitta malarkoṭuvantu, _umai _ēttum paṇi _aṭiyōm;
ciṟappu_ilit tīviṉai tīṇṭappeṟā;---tirunīlakaṇṭam!
*7
karuvaik kaḻittiṭṭu, vāḻkkai kaṭintu, _um kaḻal_aṭikkē
_uruki, malar koṭuvantu, _umai _ēttutum, nām_aṭiyōm;
ceru _il _arakkaṉaic cīril _aṭarttu _aruḷceytavarē!
tiru_ilit tīviṉai tīṇṭappeṟā;---tirunīlakaṇṭam!
*8
nāṟṟamalarmicai nāṉmukaṉ nāraṇaṉ vātuceytu,
tōṟṟam _uṭaiya _aṭiyum muṭiyum toṭarvu _ariyīr!
tōṟṟiṉum tōṟṟum, toḻutu vaṇaṅkutum, nām_aṭiyōm;
cīṟṟam_atu_ām viṉai tīṇṭappeṟā;---tirunīlakaṇṭam!
*9
cākkiyappaṭṭum, camaṇ_uru_āki _uṭai _oḻintum,
pākkiyam _iṉṟi _irutalaip pōkamum paṟṟuviṭṭār;
pūkkamaḻkoṉṟaip puricaṭaiyīr! _aṭi pōṟṟukiṉṟōm;
tīkkuḻit tīviṉai tīṇṭappeṟā;---tirunīlakaṇṭam!
*10
piṟanta piṟaviyil pēṇi _em celvaṉ kaḻal _aṭaivāṉ,
_iṟanta piṟavi _uṇṭākil, _imaiyavarkōṉ _aṭikkaṇ
tiṟam payil ñāṉacampantaṉ centamiḻpattum vallār
niṟainta _ulakiṉil vāṉavarkōṉoṭum kūṭuvarē.