*1
piṟai _aṇi paṭarcaṭaimuṭi_iṭaip perukiya puṉal _uṭaiyavaṉ; niṟai
_iṟai _aṇi vaḷai, _iṇaimulaiyavaḷ, _iṇaivaṉatu _eḻil _uṭai _iṭa vakai---
kaṟai _aṇi poḻil niṟai vayal _aṇi---kaḻumalam _amar kaṉal_uruviṉaṉ;
naṟai _aṇi malar naṟuvirai pulku nalam mali kaḻal toḻal maruvumē.
*2
piṇi paṭu kaṭalpiṟavikaḷ _aṟal _eḷitu; _uḷatu _atu perukiya tirai;
_aṇi paṭu kaḻumalam _iṉitu _amar _aṉal_uruviṉaṉ, _avircaṭaimicai
taṇipaṭu katir vaḷar _iḷamati puṉaivaṉai, _umaitalaivaṉai, niṟa
maṇi paṭu kaṟaimiṭaṟaṉai, nalam mali kaḻal_iṇai toḻal maruvumē!
*3
vari _uṟu puli_ataḷ_uṭaiyiṉaṉ, vaḷarpiṟai _oḷi kiḷar katir poti
viri_uṟu caṭai,---virai puḻai poḻil viḻavu _oli mali---kaḻumalam _amar
_eri _uṟu niṟa _iṟaivaṉatu _aṭi _iravoṭu pakal paravuvartamatu
_eri_uṟu viṉai, ceṟikatir muṉai _iruḷ keṭa, naṉi niṉaivu _eytumatē.
*4
viṉai keṭa maṉaniṉaivu_atu muṭika _eṉiṉ, naṉi toḻutu _eḻu---kulamati
puṉai koṭi_iṭai poruḷ taru paṭu kaḷiṟiṉatu _uri putai _uṭaliṉaṉ,
maṉai kuṭavayiṟu _uṭaiyaṉacila varu kuṟaḷpaṭai _uṭaiyavaṉ, mali
kaṉaikaṭal _aṭai kaḻumalam _amar katir matiyiṉaṉ, _atirkaḻalkaḷē!
*5
talaimati, puṉal, viṭa_aravu, _ivai talaimaiyatu _oru caṭai_iṭai _uṭaṉ-
nilai maruva _or _iṭam _aruḷiṉaṉ; niḻal maḻuviṉoṭu _aḻalkaṇaiyiṉaṉ;
malai maruviya cilaitaṉil matil _eriyuṇa maṉam maruviṉaṉ---nala
kalai maruviya puṟavu _aṇitaru kaḻumalam _iṉitu _amar talaivaṉē.
*6
varai porutu _iḻi _aruvikaḷpala paruku _orukaṭal vari maṇal_iṭai,
karai poru tirai _oli keḻumiya kaḻumalam _amar kaṉal_uruviṉaṉ;
_arai poru puli_ataḷ_uṭaiyiṉaṉ; _aṭi_iṇai toḻa, _aruviṉai _eṉum
_urai poṭipaṭa _uṟu tuyar keṭa, _uyar_ulaku _eytal _orutalaimaiyē.
*7
mutir_uṟu katir vaḷar _iḷamati caṭaiyaṉai, naṟa niṟai talaitaṉil;
_utir_uṟu mayir piṇai tavir tacai _uṭai puli_ataḷ _iṭai; _iruḷ kaṭi
katir _uṟu cuṭar_oḷi keḻumiya kaḻumalam _amar---maḻu mali paṭai,
_atir_uṟu kaḻal,---_aṭikaḷatu _aṭi toḻum _aṟivu_alatu _aṟivu _aṟiyamē.
*8
kaṭal _eṉa niṟa neṭumuṭiyavaṉ _aṭutiṟal teṟa, _aṭi caraṇ! _eṉa,
_aṭal niṟai paṭai _aruḷiya pukaḻ _aravu _araiyiṉaṉ, _aṇi kiḷar piṟai,
viṭam niṟai miṭaṟu _uṭaiyavaṉ, viricaṭaiyavaṉ, viṭai _uṭaiyavaṉ, _umai-
_uṭaṉ _uṟai pati---kaṭal maṟuku _uṭai _uyar kaḻumala viyalnakar_atē.
*9
koḻu malar _uṟai pati _uṭaiyavaṉ, neṭiyavaṉ, _eṉa _ivarkaḷum, _avaṉ
viḻumaiyai _aḷavu _aṟikilar, _iṟai; virai puṇar poḻil _aṇi viḻavu _amar
kaḻumalam _amar kaṉal_uruviṉaṉ _aṭi_iṇai toḻumavar _aruviṉai
_eḻumaiyum _ila, nila vakaitaṉil; _eḷitu, _imaiyavar viyaṉ_ulakamē.
*10
_amaivaṉa tuvar _iḻukiya tukil _aṇi _uṭaiyiṉar, _amaṇ_uruvarkaḷ,
camaiyamum, _oru poruḷ _eṉum_avai,---calaneṟiyaṉa,---_aṟa_uraikaḷum;
_imaiyavar toḻu kaḻumalam _amar _iṟaivaṉatu _aṭi paravuvartamai
namaiyala viṉai; nalaṉ _aṭaitalil _uyarneṟi naṉi naṇukuvarkaḷē!
*11
perukiya tamiḻvirakiṉaṉ, mali peyaravaṉ,---_uṟai piṇar tiraiyoṭu
karukiya niṟa virikaṭal _aṭai---kaḻumalam _uṟaivu_iṭam _eṉa naṉi
perukiya civaṉ_aṭi paraviya, piṇai moḻiyaṉa, _orupatum _uṭaṉ-
maruviya maṉam _uṭaiyavar mati_uṭaiyavar; viti_uṭaiyavarkaḷē.