*1
maṟam payam malintavar matil paricu _aṟuttaṉai;
niṟam pacumai cemmaiyoṭu _icaintu, _uṉatu nīrmai
tiṟam payaṉ _uṟum poruḷ terintu _uṇarum nālvarkku
_aṟampayaṉ _uraittaṉai---puṟampayam _amarntōy!
*2
virittaṉai, tiruccaṭai; _arittu _oḻuku veḷḷam
tarittaṉai; _atu _aṉṟiyum, mikap periya kālaṉ
_eruttu _iṟa _utaittaṉai; _ilaṅkiḻai _orpākam
poruttutal karuttiṉai---puṟampayam _amarntōy!
*3
virintaṉai; kuvintaṉai; viḻuṅku _uyir _umiḻntaṉai;
tirintaṉai; kuruntu _oci peruntakaiyum nīyum
pirintaṉai; puṇarntaṉai; piṇam puku mayāṉam
purintaṉai; makiḻntaṉai---puṟampayam _amarntōy!
*4
vaḷam keḻu kaṭumpuṉaloṭum caṭai _oṭuṅka,
tuḷaṅku _amar _iḷampiṟai cumantatu viḷaṅka,
_uḷam koḷa _aḷaintavar cuṭum cuṭalai nīṟu
puḷam koḷa viḷaṅkiṉai---puṟampayam _amarntōy!
*5
perum piṇi piṟappiṉoṭu _iṟappu _ilai; _orpākam,
karumpoṭupaṭumcoliṉmaṭantaiyai makiḻntōy;
curumpu _uṇa _arumpu _aviḻ tirunti _eḻu koṉṟai
virumpiṉai---puṟampayam _amarnta _iṟaiyōṉē!
*6
_aṉal paṭu taṭakkaiyavar, _et toḻilarēṉum,
niṉaippu _uṭai maṉattavar viṉaippakaiyum nīyē;
taṉal paṭu cuṭarac caṭai taṉip piṟaiyoṭu _oṉṟap
puṉal paṭu kiṭakkaiyai---puṟampayam _amarntōy!
*7
maṟattuṟai maṟuttavar, tavattu _aṭiyar, _uḷḷam
_aṟattuṟai _oṟuttu _uṉatu _aruḷkiḻamai peṟṟōr,
tiṟattu _uḷa tiṟattiṉai matittu _akala niṉṟum,
puṟattu _uḷa tiṟattiṉai---puṟampayam _amarntōy!
*8
_ilaṅkaiyar _iṟaiñcu _iṟai, vilaṅkalil muḻaṅka
_ulam keḻu taṭakkaikaḷ _aṭarttiṭalum, _añci,
valamkoḷa _eḻuntavaṉ nalam kaviṉa, _añcu-
pulaṅkaḷai vilaṅkiṉai---puṟampayam _amarntōy!
*9
vaṭam keṭa nuṭaṅkuṇa _iṭanta _iṭai _allik
kiṭantavaṉ, _iruntavaṉ, _aḷantu _uṇaral_ākār
toṭarntavar, _uṭampoṭu nimirntu, _uṭaṉvaṇaṅka,
puḷ taṅku _aruḷceytu _oṉṟiṉai---puṟampayam _amarntōy!
*10
viṭaṅku _oruvar naṉṟu _eṉa, viṭakku _oruvar tītu _eṉa,
_uṭaṟku _uṭai kaḷaintavar, _uṭampiṉai maṟaikkum
paṭakkarkaḷ, piṭakku_urai paṭuttu, _umai _orpākam
_aṭakkiṉai---puṟampayam _amarnta _uravōṉē!
*11
karuṅkaḻi porum tirai karaik kulavu muttam
tarum kaḻumalattu _iṟai---tamiḻk kiḻamai ñāṉaṉ---
curumpu _aviḻ puṟampayam _amarnta tamiḻ vallār,
perum piṇi maruṅku _aṟa, _oruṅkuvar, piṟappē.