*1
_ēr _icaiyum vaṭa-_āliṉkīḻ _iruntu, _aṅku
_īr-_iruvarkku _iraṅki niṉṟu,
nēriya nālmaṟaipporuḷai _uraittu, _oḷi cēr
neṟi _aḷittōṉ niṉṟa kōyil---
pār _icaiyum paṇṭitarkaḷ pal-nāḷum
payiṉṟu _ōtum _ōcai kēṭṭu,
vēri mali poḻil, kiḷḷai vētaṅkaḷ
poruḷ collum miḻalai_āmē.
*2
poṟi_aravam_atu cuṟṟi, poruppē mattu_āka,
puttēḷir kūṭi,
maṟikaṭalaik kaṭaintiṭṭa viṭam _uṇṭa
kaṇṭattōṉ maṉṉum kōyil---
ceṟi _itaḻt tāmaraittavicil-tikaḻntu _ōṅkum
_ilaikkuṭaikkīḻ, cey _ār cennel
veṟi katirccāmarai _iraṭṭa,_iḷa _aṉṉam
vīṟṟirukkum miḻalai_āmē.
*3
_eḻuntu _ulakai nalintu _uḻalum _avuṇarkaḷtam
purammūṉṟum, _eḻil kaṇṇāṭi
_uḻuntu _uruḷum _aḷavaiyiṉ, _oḷ_eri koḷa, veñcilai
vaḷaittōṉ _uṟaiyum kōyil---
koḻun taraḷam nakai kāṭṭa, kōkanatam
mukam kāṭṭa, kutittu nīrmēl
viḻunta kayal viḻi kāṭṭa, vil pavaḷam
vāy kāṭṭum miḻalai_āmē.
*4
_urai cērum _eṇpattunāṉkunūṟu_āyiram _ām
yōṉi pētam
nirai cērap paṭaittu, _avaṟṟiṉ _uyirkku _uyir_āy,
_aṅku_aṅkē niṉṟāṉ kōyil---
varai cērum mukil muḻava, mayilkaḷpala
naṭam_āṭa, vaṇṭu pāṭa,
virai cēr poṉ _itaḻi tara, meṉkāntaḷ
kai _ēṟkum miḻalai_āmē.
*5
kāṇum_āṟu _ariya perumāṉ_āki,
kālam_āy, kuṇaṅkaḷmūṉṟu_āy,
pēṇu mūṉṟu _uru_āki, pēr_ulakam
paṭaittu _aḷikkum perumāṉ kōyil---
tāṇu_āy niṉṟa paratattuvaṉai,
_uttamaṉai, _iṟaiñcīr! _eṉṟu
vēṇu vārkoṭi viṇṇōrtamai viḷippa
pōl _ōṅku miḻalai_āmē.
*6
_akaṉ _amarnta _aṉpiṉarāy, _aṟupakai ceṟṟu,
_aimpulaṉum _aṭakki, ñāṉap
pukal _uṭaiyōrtam _uḷḷappuṇṭarikattuḷ
_irukkum purāṇar kōyil---
takavu _uṭai nīr maṇittalattu, caṅku _uḷa varkkam
tikaḻa, calacattīyuḷ,
mika _uṭaiya puṉku malarppori _aṭṭa,
maṇam ceyyum miḻalai_āmē.
*7
_āṟu _āṭu caṭaimuṭiyaṉ, _aṉal _āṭu
malarkkaiyaṉ, _imayappāvai
kūṟu _āṭu tiru_uruvaṉ, kūttu_āṭum
kuṇam _uṭaiyōṉ, kuḷirum kōyil---
cēṟu _āṭu ceṅkaḻunīrt tātu_āṭi,
matu _uṇṭu, civanta vaṇṭu
vēṟu _āya _uru_āki, cevvaḻinalpaṇ
pāṭum miḻalai_āmē.
*8
karuppam mikum _uṭal _aṭarttu, kāl _ūṉṟi,
kai maṟittu, kayilai _eṉṉum
poruppu _eṭukkal_uṟum _urakkaṉ poṉmuṭi tōḷ
neritta viral puṉitar kōyil---
taruppam miku calantaraṉtaṉ _uṭal taṭinta
cakkarattai vēṇṭi, _īṇṭu
viruppoṭu māl vaḻipāṭu ceyya, _iḻi
vimāṉam cēr miḻalai_āmē.
*9
centaḷir mā malarōṉum tirumālum,
_ēṉamōṭu _aṉṉam _āki,
_antam _aṭi kāṇātē, _avar _ētta,
veḷippaṭṭōṉ _amarum kōyil---
puntiyiṉ nālmaṟaivaḻiyē pul parappi,
ney camitai kaiyil koṇṭu,
ventaḻaliṉ vēṭṭu, _ulakil mika _aḷippōr
cērum(m) _ūr miḻalai_āmē.
*10
_eṇ _iṟanta _amaṇarkaḷum, _iḻi toḻil cēr
cākkiyarum, _eṉṟum taṉṉai
naṇṇa (_a)riya vakai mayakki, taṉ _aṭiyārkku
_aruḷpuriyum nātaṉ kōyil---
paṇ _amarum meṉmoḻiyār pālakaraip
pārāṭṭum _ōcai kēṭṭu,
viṇṇavarkaḷ viyappu _eyti, vimāṉattōṭum(m)
_iḻiyum miḻalai_āmē.
*11
miṉ _iyalum maṇi māṭam miṭai vīḻi-
miḻalaiyāṉ virai _ār pātam
ceṉṉimicaik koṇṭu _oḻukum cirapurak kōṉ---
ceḻumaṟaikaḷ payilum nāvaṉ,
paṉṉiya cīr miku ñāṉacampantaṉ---
parintu _uraitta pattum _ētti,
_iṉ_icaiyāl pāṭa vallār, _irunilattil
_īcaṉ _eṉum _iyalpiṉōrē.