*1
tirut tikaḻ malaicciṟumiyōṭu miku tēcar,
_urut tikaḻ _eḻil kayilaiveṟpil _uṟaitaṟkē
viruppu _uṭaiya _aṟputar, _irukkum _iṭam---_ēr _ār
marut tikaḻ poḻil kulavu vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟē.
*2
kantu _amara _untu pukai _untal _il viḷakku _ēr
_intiraṉ _uṇarntu paṇi _entai _iṭam---_eṅkum
cantam maliyum taru miṭainta poḻil cāra,
vanta vaḷi nantu _aṇavu vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟē.
*3
kaṭṭu vaṭam_eṭṭum _uṟu vaṭṭamuḻavattil
koṭṭu karam _iṭṭa _oli taṭṭum vakai nantikku
_iṭṭam mika, naṭṭam_avai _iṭṭavar _iṭam---cīr
vaṭṭamatiluḷ-tikaḻum vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟē.
*4
naṇṇi _or vaṭattiṉniḻal nālvarmuṉivarkku, _aṉṟu,
_eṇ_ilimaṟaipporuḷ virittavar _iṭam---cīrt
taṇṇiṉ mali cantu _akiloṭu _unti varu poṉṉi
maṇṇiṉmicai vantu _aṇavu vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟē.
*5
veṉṟi miku tārukaṉatu _ār_uyir maṭaṅka,
kaṉṟi varu kōpam miku kāḷi katam _ōva,
niṉṟu naṭam_āṭi _iṭam---nīṭu malarmēlāl
maṉṟal maliyum poḻil koḷ vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟē.
*6
pūtamoṭu pēykaḷpala pāṭa naṭam_āṭi,
pāta mutal pai_aravu koṇṭu _aṇi peṟutti,
kōtaiyar _iṭum pali koḷum paraṉ _iṭam---pū
mātavi maṇam kamaḻum vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟē.
*7
tuṉṉu kuḻal maṅkai _umainaṅkai cuḷivu _eyta,
piṉ _oru tavam ceytu _uḻal piññakaṉum, _aṅkē,
_eṉṉa cati? _eṉṟu _uraicey _aṅkaṇaṉ _iṭam---cīr
maṉṉu koṭaiyāḷar payil vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟē.
*8
_irakkam _il kuṇattoṭu _ulaku _eṅkum nali vempōr
_arakkaṉ muṭipattu _alai puyattoṭum _aṭaṅkat
turakka, viraliṉ ciṟitu vaittavar _iṭam---cīr
varak karuṇaiyāḷar payil vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟē.
*9
paruttu_uru_atu _āki viṇ _aṭaintavaṉ, _or paṉṟip
perutta _uru_atu _āy _ulaku _iṭantavaṉum, _eṉṟum
karuttu _uru _oṇā vakai nimirntavaṉ _iṭam---kār
varuttu vakai nīr koḷ poḻil vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟē.
*10
pākkiyam_atu _oṉṟum _il camaṇpatakar, puttar-
cākkiyarkaḷ _eṉṟu _uṭal polintu tirivārtām,
nōkka(_a)riya tattuvaṉ _iṭam---paṭiyiṉmēlāl
mā(k)kam_uṟa nīṭu poḻil vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟē.
*11
vācam maliyum poḻil koḷ vaṇ tiru _aiyāṟṟuḷ
_īcaṉai, _eḻil pukali maṉṉavaṉ---meyññāṉap
pūcuraṉ---_uraitta tamiḻ pattum_ivai vallār,
nēcam mali pattar_avar, niṉmalaṉ _aṭikkē.