*1
caṭaiyāy! _eṉumāl; caraṇ nī! _eṉumāl;
viṭaiyāy! _eṉumāl; veruvā viḻumāl;---
maṭai _ār kuvaḷai malarum marukal
_uṭaiyāy!---takumō, _ivaḷ _uḷ melivē?
*2
cintāy! _eṉumāl; civaṉē! _eṉumāl;
muntāy! _eṉumāl; mutalvā! _eṉumāl;---
kontu _ār kuvaḷai kulavum marukal
_entāy!---takumō, _ivaḷ _ēcaṟavē?
*3
_aṟai _ār kaḻalum, _aḻal vāy _aravum,
piṟai _ār caṭaiyum(m), _uṭaiyāy! periya
maṟaiyār marukal makiḻvāy! _ivaḷai
_iṟai _ār vaḷai koṇṭu, _eḻil vavviṉaiyē?
*4
_olinīr caṭaiyil karantāy! _ulakam
pali nī tirivāy! paḻi _il pukaḻāy!
mali nīr marukal makiḻvāy! _ivaḷai
meli nīrmaiyaḷ _ākkavum vēṇṭiṉaiyē?
*5
tuṇi nīlavaṇṇam mukil tōṉṟiyaṉṉa
maṇinīlakaṇṭam(m) _uṭaiyāy, marukal!
kaṇi nīlavaṇṭu _ār kuḻalāḷ_ivaḷtam
_aṇi nīla_oṇkaṇ _ayarvu _ākkiṉaiyē?
*6
palarum paravappaṭuvāy! caṭaimēl
malarum piṟai _oṉṟu _uṭaiyāy, marukal!
pularumtaṉaiyum tuyilāḷ, puṭai pōntu
_alarum paṭumō, _aṭiyāḷ_ivaḷē?
*7
vaḻuvāḷ; perumāṉkaḻal vāḻka! _eṉā
_eḻuvāḷ; niṉaivāḷ, _iravum pakalum;---
maḻuvāḷ _uṭaiyāy! marukal perumāṉ!---
toḻuvāḷ_ivaḷait tuyar _ākkiṉaiyē?
*8
_ilaṅkaikku _iṟaivaṉ vilaṅkal(l) _eṭuppa,
tulaṅka(v) viral _ūṉṟalum, tōṉṟalaṉāy;
valamkoḷ matil cūḻ marukal perumāṉ!
_alaṅkal(l)_ivaḷai _alar _ākkiṉaiyē?
*9
_eri _ār caṭaiyum(m), _aṭiyum(m), _iruvar
teriyātatu _or tīttiraḷ _āyavaṉē!
mariyār piriyā marukal perumāṉ!
_ariyāḷ_ivaḷai _ayarvu _ākkiṉaiyē?
*10
_aṟivu _il camaṇum(m) _alar cākkiyarum
neṟi_allaṉa ceytaṉar, niṉṟu _uḻalvār;
maṟi _ēntu kaiyāy! marukal perumāṉ!
neṟi _ār kuḻali niṟai nīkkiṉaiyē?
*11
vayañāṉam vallār marukal perumāṉ
_uyar ñāṉam _uṇarntu, _aṭi _uḷkutalāl,
_iyal ñāṉacampantaṉa pāṭal vallār,
viyaṉñālam_ellām viḷaṅkum, pukaḻē.