*1
paṇintavar _aruviṉai paṟṟu_aṟuttu _aruḷceyat
tuṇintavaṉ, tōloṭu nūl tutai mārpiṉil
piṇintavaṉ, _aravoṭu pēr _eḻil _āmai koṇṭu
_aṇintavaṉ, vaḷa nakar---_am taṇ _aiyāṟē.
*2
kīrtti mikkavaṉ nakar kiḷar _oḷi_uṭaṉ _aṭap
pārttavaṉ; paṉimati paṭarcaṭai vaittu,
pōrttavaṉ kari_uri; puli_ataḷ, _aravu, _arai
_ārttavaṉ; vaḷa nakar---_am taṇ _aiyāṟē.
*3
varinta veñcilai piṭittu, _avuṇartam vaḷa nakar
_erintu _aṟa _eytavaṉ; _eḻil tikaḻ malarmēl
_iruntavaṉ ciram_atu, _imaiyavar kuṟaikoḷa,
_arintavaṉ;vaḷa nakar---_am taṇ _aiyāṟē.
*4
vāynta val_avuṇartam vaḷa nakar _eri_iṭai
māyntu _aṟa _eytavaṉ, vaḷarpiṟai viripuṉal
tōyntu _eḻu caṭaiyiṉaṉ, tolmaṟai _āṟu_aṅkam
_āyntavaṉ, vaḷa nakar---_am taṇ _aiyāṟē.
*5
vāṉ _amar mati pulku caṭai_iṭai _aravoṭu
tēṉ _amar koṉṟaiyaṉ, tikaḻtaru mārpiṉaṉ,
māṉ _aṉa meṉ viḻi maṅkai _orpākamum
_āṉavaṉ, vaḷa nakar---_am taṇ _aiyāṟē.
*6
muṉpaṉai, muṉivaroṭu _amararkaḷ toḻutu _eḻum
_iṉpaṉai, _iṇai _ila _iṟaivaṉai, _eḻil tikaḻ
_eṉ poṉai, _ētam _il vētiyartām toḻum
_aṉpaṉa vaḷa nakar---_am taṇ _aiyāṟē.
*7
vaṉtiṟal _avuṇartam vaḷa nakar _eri_iṭai
ventu _aṟa _eytavaṉ, viḷaṅkiya mārpiṉil
pantu_amarmelviral pākam_atu_āki, taṉ
_antam _il vaḷa nakar---_am taṇ _aiyāṟē.
*8
viṭaitta val_arakkaṉ nal veṟpiṉai _eṭuttalum,
_aṭittalattāl _iṟai _ūṉṟi, maṟṟu _avaṉatu
muṭittalai tōḷ_avai neritara, muṟai muṟai
_aṭarttavaṉ vaḷa nakar---_am taṇ _aiyāṟē.
*9
viṇṇavartammoṭu, veṅkatirōṉ, _aṉal,
_eṇ_ilitēvarkaḷ, _intiraṉ, vaḻipaṭa,
kaṇṇaṉum piramaṉum kāṇpu _aritu _ākiya
_aṇṇaltaṉ vaḷa nakar---_am taṇ _aiyāṟē.
*10
maruḷ _uṭai maṉattu vaṉcamaṇarkaḷ, mācu _aṟā
_iruḷ _uṭai _iṇaittuvarppōrvaiyiṉārkaḷum,
teruḷ _uṭai maṉattavar; tēṟumiṉ, tiṇṇamā
_aruḷ _uṭai _aṭikaḷtam _am taṇ _aiyāṟē!
*11
nalam mali ñāṉacampantaṉatu _iṉtamiḻ
_alai mali puṉal malkum _am taṇ _aiyāṟṟiṉaik
kalai mali tamiḻ_ivai kaṟṟu vallār mika
nalam mali pukaḻ miku naṉmaiyartāmē.