*1
taṭa nilaviya malai niṟuvi, _or taḻal _umiḻtaru paṭa_aravukoṭu,
_aṭal _acuraroṭu _amararkaḷ, _alaikaṭal kaṭaivuḻi _eḻum miku ciṉa
viṭam _aṭaitarum miṭaṟu _uṭaiyavaṉ; viṭaimicai varumavaṉ; _uṟai pati---
tiṭam malitaru maṟai muṟai _uṇar maṟaiyavar niṟai tiru miḻalaiyē.
*2
taraiyoṭu tivitalam nalitaru taku tiṟal _uṟu calataraṉatu
varai _aṉa talai vicaiyoṭu varu tikiriyai _ari peṟa _aruḷiṉaṉ;
_urai malitaru curanati, mati, poti caṭaiyavaṉ; _uṟai pati---miku
tirai mali kaṭal maṇal _aṇitaru peṟu tiṭar vaḷar tiru miḻalaiyē.
*3
malaimakaḷtaṉai _ikaḻvu_atu ceyta mati _aṟu ciṟumaṉavaṉatu _uyar
talaiyiṉoṭu _aḻal_uruvaṉa karam _aṟa muṉivu ceytavaṉ _uṟai pati---
kalai nilaviya pulavarkaḷ _iṭar kaḷaitaru koṭai payilpavar miku,
cilai mali matil puṭai taḻuviya, tikaḻ poḻil vaḷar, tiru miḻalaiyē.
*4
maruvalar puram _eriyiṉil maṭitara _oru kaṇai cela niṟuviya
peru valiyiṉaṉ, nalam malitaru karaṉ, _uram miku piṇam _amar vaṉa
_iruḷ_iṭai _aṭai _uṟavoṭu naṭa vicai _uṟu paraṉ, _iṉitu _uṟai pati---
teruviṉil varu peru viḻavu _oli malitara vaḷar tiru miḻalaiyē.
*5
_aṇi peṟu vaṭamaraniḻaliṉil, _amarvoṭum _aṭi_iṇai _iruvarkaḷ
paṇitara, _aṟaneṟi maṟaiyoṭum _aruḷiya paraṉ _uṟaivu_iṭam---_oḷi
maṇi poruvu _aru marakatanilam mali puṉal _aṇaitaru vayal _aṇi,
tiṇi poḻil taru maṇam matu nukar _aṟupatam mural, tiru miḻalaiyē.
*6
vacai _aṟu vali vaṉacara_uru_atukoṭu, niṉaivu _arutavam muyal
vicaiyaṉa tiṟal malaimakaḷ _aṟivu_uṟu tiṟal _amar miṭalkoṭu ceytu,
_acaivu _ila paṭai _aruḷ puritarumavaṉ _uṟai pati_atu---mikutaru
ticaiyiṉil malar kulaviya ceṟi poḻil malitaru tiru miḻalaiyē.
*7
nalam malitaru maṟaimoḻiyoṭu, nati_uṟupuṉal, pukai, _oḷi mutal,
malar_avaikoṭu, vaḻipaṭu tiṟal maṟaiyavaṉ _uyir_atu koḷa varu
calam malitaru maṟalitaṉ _uyirkeṭa, _utaiceyta _araṉ _uṟai pati---
tilakam _itu! _eṉa _ulakukaḷ pukaḻtaru, poḻil _aṇi, tiru miḻalaiyē.
*8
_araṉ _uṟaitaru tayilaiyai nilaikulaivu_atu ceyta tacamukaṉatu
karam_irupatum neritara viral niṟuviya kaḻal_aṭi _uṭaiyavaṉ;
varalmuṟai _ulaku_avai taru, malar vaḷar, maṟaiyavaṉ vaḻi vaḻuviya
ciram_atukoṭu pali tiritaru civaṉ; _uṟai pati---tiru miḻalaiyē.
*9
_ayaṉoṭum _eḻil _amar malarmakaḷ makiḻ kaṇaṉ, _aḷaviṭal _oḻiya, _or
payam _uṟu vakai taḻal nikaḻvatu _or paṭi _uru_atu vara, varalmuṟai,
caya caya! _eṉa miku tuticeya, veḷi _uruviya_avaṉ _uṟai pati---
ceyam nilaviya matil mati_atu tavaḻtara _uyar tiru miḻalaiyē.
*10
_ikaḻ _uruvoṭu paṟi talaikoṭum _iḻi toḻil mali camaṇvirakiṉar,
tikaḻ tuvar_uṭai _uṭal potipavar, keṭa, _aṭiyavar mika _aruḷiya
pukaḻ _uṭai _iṟai _uṟai pati---puṉal _aṇi kaṭalpuṭai taḻuviya puvi
tikaḻ curartaru nikar koṭaiyiṉar ceṟivoṭu tikaḻ tiru miḻalaiyē.
*11
ciṉam mali kari _uriceyta civaṉ _uṟaitaru tiru miḻalaiyai, miku
taṉa maṉar, cirapuranakar _iṟai---tamiḻvirakaṉatu---_urai_orupatum
maṉa makiḻvoṭu payilpavar, _eḻil malarmakaḷ, kalaimakaḷ, cayamakaḷ,
_iṉam mali pukaḻmakaḷ, _icaitara, _iru nilaṉ_iṭai _iṉitu _amarvarē.