*1
_ayil _uṟu paṭaiyiṉar; viṭaiyiṉar; muṭimēl
_aravamum matiyamum viraviya _aḻakar;
mayil _uṟu cāyala vaṉamulai _orupāl
makiḻpavar; vāṉ_iṭai mukil pulkum miṭaṟar;
payilvu_uṟu caritaiyar; _erutu _ukantu _ēṟip
pāṭiyum _āṭiyum pali koḷvar; vali cēr
kayilaiyum potiyilum _iṭam _eṉa _uṭaiyār---
kaḻumalam niṉaiya, nam viṉaikaricu _aṟumē.
*2
koṇṭalum nīlamum purai tirumiṭaṟar;
koṭumuṭi _uṟaipavar; paṭutalaik kaiyar;
paṇṭu _alar_ayaṉ ciram _arintavar; poruntum
paṭarcaṭai _aṭikaḷār---pati_ataṉ _ayalē
vaṇṭalum vaṅkamum caṅkamum cuṟavum
maṟikaṭal-tirai koṇarntu _eṟṟiya karaimēl
kaṇṭalum kaitaiyum neytalum kulavum
kaḻumalam niṉaiya, nam viṉaikaricu _aṟumē.
*3
_eṇ_iṭai _oṉṟiṉar; _iraṇṭiṉar _uruvam;
_eri_iṭai mūṉṟiṉar; nālmaṟaiyāḷar;
maṇ_iṭai _aintiṉar; _āṟiṉar _aṅkam;
vakuttaṉar _ēḻ_icai; _eṭṭu _iruṅkalai cēr
paṇ_iṭai _oṉpatum _uṇarntavar; pattar
pāṭi niṉṟu _aṭi toḻa, mataṉaṉai vekuṇṭa
kaṇ_iṭaik kaṉaliṉar---karutiya kōyil
kaḻumalam niṉaiya, nam viṉaikaricu _aṟumē.
*4
_eri _oru karattiṉar; _imaiyavarkku _iṟaivar;
_ēṟu _ukantu _ēṟuvar; nīṟu mey pūcit
tiritarum _iyalpiṉar; _ayalavar puraṅkaḷ
tī _eḻa viḻittaṉar; vēy purai tōḷi,
vari taru kaṇ_iṇai maṭavaral, _añca,
mañcu _uṟa nimirntatu _ōr vaṭivoṭum vanta
kari _uri maruviya _aṭikaḷukku _iṭam_ām
kaḻumalam niṉaiya, nam viṉaikaricu _aṟumē.
*5
_ūr _etirntu _iṭu pali, talai kalaṉ_āka
_uṇpavar; viṇ polintu _ilaṅkiya _uruvar;
pār _etirntu _aṭi toḻa, virai tarum mārpil
paṭa_aravu _āmai _akku _aṇintavarkku _iṭam_ām---
nīr _etirntu _iḻi maṇi, nittala-muttam
nirai cori caṅkamoṭu, _oṇmaṇi varaṉṟi,
kār _etirntu _ōtam vaṉ tirai karaikku _ēṟṟum---
kaḻumalam niṉaiya, nam viṉaikaricu _aṟumē.
*6
muṉ _uyirt tōṟṟamum _iṟutiyum _āki,
muṭi _uṭai _amararkaḷ _aṭi paṇintu _ētta,
piṉṉiya caṭaimicaip piṟai niṟaivitta
pēr_aruḷāḷaṉār pēṇiya kōyil---
poṉ _iyal naṟumalar puṉaloṭu tūpam
cāntamum _ēntiya kaiyiṉar _āki,
kaṉṉiyar nāḷtoṟum vēṭamē paravum---
kaḻumalam niṉaiya, nam viṉaikaricu _aṟumē.
*7
kolaikku _aṇittā varu kūṟṟu _utaiceytār,
kuraikaḻal paṇintavarkku _aruḷiya poruḷiṉ
nilaikku _aṇittā vara niṉaiya vallārtam
neṭun tuyar tavirtta _em nimalarukku _iṭam_ām---
malaikku _aṇittā vara vaṉ tirai murala,
matu viri puṉṉaikaḷ muttu _eṉa _arumpa,
kalaikkaṇam kāṉaliṉ nīḻalil vāḻum---
kaḻumalam niṉaiya, nam viṉaikaricu _aṟumē.
*8
puyampala _uṭaiya teṉ_ilaṅkaiyarvēntaṉ,
poruvarai _eṭuttavaṉ, poṉmuṭi tiṇtōḷ
payampala paṭa _aṭarttu, _aruḷiya perumāṉ
parivoṭum _iṉitu _uṟai kōyil_atu _ākum---
viyaṉpala viṇṇiṉum maṇṇiṉum _eṅkum
vēṟuvēṟu _ukaṅkaḷil peyar _uḷatu _eṉṉa,
_iyampala paṭak kaṭal-tirai karaikku _eṟṟum---
kaḻumalam niṉaiya, nam viṉaikaricu _aṟumē.
*9
vilaṅkal _oṉṟu _ēnti vaṉmaḻai taṭuttōṉum,
veṟi kamaḻ tāmaraiyōṉum, _eṉṟu _ivar tam
palaṅkaḷāl nēṭiyum _aṟivu _aritu_āya
pariciṉaṉ maruvi niṉṟu _iṉitu _uṟaikōyil---
malaṅki vaṉ tirai varai _eṉap parantu, _eṅkum
maṟikaṭal _ōṅki, veḷ_ippiyum cumantu,
kalaṅkaḷ tam carakkoṭu nirakka vantu _ēṟum---
kaḻumalam niṉaiya, nam viṉaikaricu _aṟumē.
*10
_ām palatavam muyaṉṟu _aṟa_urai collum
_aṟivu _ilāc camaṇarum, tērarum, kaṇi cēr
nōm palatavam _aṟiyātavar noṭinta
mūturai koḷkilā mutalvar---tam mēṉic
cāmpalum pūci, veṇtalai kalaṉ_ākat
taiyalār _iṭu pali vaiyakattu _ēṟṟu,---
kāmpu _aṉa tōḷiyoṭu _iṉitu _uṟai kōyil,
kaḻumalam niṉaiya, nam viṉaikaricu _aṟumē.
*11
kali keḻu pār_iṭai _ūr _eṉa _uḷatu_ām
kaḻumalam virumpiya kōyil koṇṭavarmēl,
vali keḻu maṉam mika vaittavaṉ, maṟai cēr-
varum kalai ñāṉacampantaṉa tamiḻiṉ
_olikeḻumālai _eṉṟu _uraiceyta pattum
_uṇmaiyiṉāl niṉaintu _ētta vallārmēl
meli keḻu tuyar _aṭaiyā; viṉai cintum;
viṇṇavar _āṟṟaliṉ mikap peṟuvārē.