*1
vari vaḷar _avir_oḷi _aravu _arai tāḻa,
vārcaṭaimuṭimicai vaḷarmati cūṭi,
kari vaḷartaru kaḻalkāl valaṉ _ēnti,
kaṉal_eri_āṭuvar, kāṭu _araṅku_āka;
viri vaḷartaru poḻil _iṉamayil _āla,
veṇniṟattu _aruvikaḷ tiṇṇeṉa vīḻum,
_eri vaḷar _iṉamaṇi puṉam _aṇi cāral
_iṭaiccuram mēviya _ivar vaṇam _eṉṉē?
*2
_āṟṟaiyum _ēṟṟatu _ōr _avircaṭai _uṭaiyar;
_aḻakiṉai _aruḷuvar; kuḻaku_alatu _aṟiyār;
kūṟṟu _uyir cekuppatu _ōr koṭumaiyai _uṭaiyar;
naṭu_iruḷ _āṭuvar; koṉṟai_amtārār;
cēṟṟu _ayal miḷirvaṉa kayal _iḷavāḷai
ceruc ceya, _ōrppaṉa cemmuka manti
_ēṟṟaiyoṭu _uḻitarum _eḻil tikaḻ cāral
_iṭaiccuram mēviya _ivar vaṇam _eṉṉē?
*3
kāṉamum, cuṭalaiyum, kal paṭu nilaṉum,
kātalar; tītu _ilar; kaṉal maḻuvāḷar;
vāṉamum nilamaiyum _irumaiyum _āṉār;
vaṇaṅkavum _iṇaṅkavum vāḻttavumpaṭuvārā;
nāṉamum pukai _oḷi viraiyoṭu kamaḻa,
naḷirpoḻil _iḷa maññai maṉṉiya pāṅkar,
_ēṉamum piṇaiyalum _eḻil tikaḻ cāral
_iṭaiccuram mēviya _ivar vaṇam _eṉṉē?
*4
kaṭa maṇi mārpiṉar; kaṭaltaṉil _uṟaivār
kātalar; tītu _ilar; kaṉal maḻuvāḷar;
viṭam _aṇi miṭaṟiṉar; miḷirvatu _ōr _aravar;
vēṟum _ōr caritaiyar; vēṭamum _uṭaiyar;
vaṭam _ulai _ayalaṉa karuṅkuruttu _ēṟi,
vāḻaiyiṉ tīmkaṉi vārttu tēṉ _aṭṭum
_iṭam mulai _arivaiyar _eḻil tikaḻ cāral
_iṭaiccuram mēviya _ivar vaṇam _eṉṉē?
*5
kār koṇṭa kaṭi kamaḻ virimalarkkoṉṟaik-
kaṇṇiyar; vaḷarmati katirviṭa, kaṅkai-
nīr koṇṭa caṭaiyiṉar; viṭai_uyar koṭiyar;
niḻal tikaḻ maḻuviṉar; _aḻaltikaḻ niṟattar;
cīr koṇṭa meṉciṟaivaṇṭu paṇceyyum
ceḻum puṉal _aṉaiyaṉa ceṅkulai vāḻai
_ēr koṇṭa palaviṉoṭu _eḻil tikaḻ cāral
_iṭaiccuram mēviya _ivar vaṇam _eṉṉē?
*6
tōṭu _aṇi kuḻaiyiṉar; cuṇṇaveṇnīṟṟar;
cuṭalaiyiṉ _āṭuvar; tōl _uṭai_ākap
pīṭu _uyarceytatu _ōr perumaiyai _uṭaiyavar;
pēy_uṭaṉ _āṭuvar; periyavarperumāṉ;
kōṭalkaḷ _oḻukuva, muḻukuva tumpi,
kuravamum maravamum maṉṉiya pāṅkar,
_ēṭu _aviḻ putumalar kaṭi kamaḻ cāral
_iṭaiccuram mēviya _ivar vaṇam _eṉṉē?
*7
kaḻal malku kāliṉar; vēliṉar; nūlar;
kavartalai_aravoṭu kaṇṭiyum pūṇpar;
_aḻal malkum _eriyoṭum _aṇi maḻu _enti
_āṭuvar; pāṭuvar; _ār_aṇaṅku _uṭaiyar;
poḻil malku nīṭiya _aravamum maravam
maṉṉiya kavaṭṭu_iṭaip puṇarkuyil _ālum
_eḻil malku cōlaiyil vaṇṭu _icai pāṭum
_iṭaiccuram mēviya _ivar vaṇam _eṉṉē?
*8
tēm kamaḻkoṉṟai_amtirumalar puṉaivār;
tikaḻtaru caṭaimicait tiṅkaḷum cūṭi,
vīntavar cuṭalai veṇnīṟu mey pūci,
vēṟum _ōr caritaiyar; vēṭamum _uṭaiyar;
cāntamum _akiloṭu mukil potintu _alampi,
tavaḻ kaṉa maṇiyoṭu miku paḷiṅku _iṭaṟi,
_ēntu veḷ_aruvikaḷ _eḻil tikaḻ cāral
_iṭaiccuram mēviya _ivar vaṇam _eṉṉē?
*9
pala_ilam _iṭu pali kaiyil _oṉṟu _ēṟpar;
palapukaḻ_allatu paḻi _ilar, tāmum;
talai _ilaṅku _avir_oḷi neṭu muṭi _arakkaṉ
taṭakkaikaḷ _aṭarttatu _ōr taṉmaiyai _uṭaiyar;
malai _ilaṅku _aruvikaḷ maṇamuḻavu_atira,
maḻai tavaḻ _iḷa maññai malkiya cāral,
_ilai _ilavaṅkamum _ēlamum kamaḻum
_iṭaiccuram mēviya _ivar vaṇam _eṉṉē?
*10
perumaikaḷ tarukki _ōr pētu_uṟukiṉṟa
peruṅkaṭalvaṇṇaṉum piramaṉum _ōrā
_arumaiyar; _aṭiniḻal paravi niṉṟu _ēttum
_aṉpu _uṭai _aṭiyavarkku _aṇiyarum _āvar;
karumai koḷ vaṭivoṭu cuṉai vaḷar kuvaḷaik
kayal_iṉam vayal _iḷavāḷaikaḷ _iriya,
_erumaikaḷ paṭitara, _iḷa _aṉam _ālum
_iṭaiccuram mēviya _ivar vaṇam _eṉṉē?
*11
maṭaiccuram maṟivaṉa vāḷaiyum kayalum
maruviya vayaltaṉil varupuṉal kāḻic
caṭaiccurattu _uṟaivatu _ōr piṟai _uṭai _aṇṇal
caritaikaḷ paravi niṉṟu _uruku campantaṉ,
puṭaic curattu _aru varaip pūk kamaḻ cāral
puṇar maṭanaṭaiyavar puṭai _iṭai _ārnta
_iṭaiccuram _ēttiya _icaiyoṭu pāṭal,
_ivai cola vallavar piṇi _ilartāmē.