*1
varaittalaip pacumpoṉōṭu _aruṅ kalaṅkaḷ _unti vantu,
_iraittu, _alaic cumantu koṇṭu _eṟintu, _ilaṅku kāvirik
karaittalait turutti pukku _iruppatē karuttiṉāy!
_uraittalaip polinta _uṉakku _uṇarttum_āṟu vallamē?
*2
_aṭuttu_aṭuttu _akattiyōṭu, vaṉṉi, koṉṟai, kūviḷam,
toṭuttu_uṭaṉ caṭaip peytāy! turuttiyāy! _ōr kālaṉaik
kaṭuttu, _aṭippuṟattiṉāl niṟattu _utaitta kāraṇam
_eṭuttu_eṭuttu _uraikkum_āṟu vallam_ākil, nallamē.
*3
kaṅkul koṇṭa tiṅkaḷōṭu kaṅkai taṅku ceñcaṭaic
caṅku _ilaṅku veṇkuḻai carintu _ilaṅku kātiṉāy!
poṅku _ilaṅku pūṇanūl _uruttirā! turutti pukku,
_eṅkum niṉ _iṭaṅkaḷā _aṭaṅki vāḻvatu _eṉkolō?
*4
karuttiṉāl _or kāṇi _il; virutti _illai; toṇṭartam
_aruttiyāl,- tam(m) _allal colli, _aiyam _ēṟpatu _aṉṟiyum,
_oruttipāl porutti vaittu, _uṭampu viṭṭu yōkiyāy
_irutti nī, turutti pukku; _itu _eṉṉa māyam _eṉpatē!
*5
tuṟakkumā colappaṭāy! turuttiyāy! tiruntu _aṭi
maṟakkum_āṟu _ilāta _eṉṉai maiyal ceytu, _im maṇṇiṉmēl
piṟakkum_āṟu kāṭṭiṉāy! piṇippaṭum _uṭampu viṭṭu
_iṟakkum_āṟu kāṭṭiṉāykku _iḻukkukiṉṟatu _eṉṉaiyē?
*6
veyiṟku _etirntu _iṭam koṭātu _akam kuḷirnta paimpoḻil
tuyiṟku _etirnta puḷ_iṉaṅkaḷ malku taṇ turuttiyāy!
mayiṟku _etirntu _aṇaṅku cāyal mātu _orpākam _āka mū-
_eyiṟku _etirntu _or _ampiṉāl _eritta villi _allaiyē?
*7
kaṇicci_ampaṭaic celvā! kaḻintavarkku _oḻinta cīr
tuṇic cirak kirantaiyāy! karantaiyāy! turuttiyāy!
_aṇippaṭum taṉip piṟaip paṉik katirkku _avāvum nal
maṇip paṭum painākam nī makiḻnta _aṇṇal _allaiyē?
*8
cuṭap poṭintu _uṭampu _iḻantu _anaṅkaṉ _āya maṉmataṉ
_iṭarppaṭak kaṭantu, _iṭam turutti_āka _eṇṇiṉāy!
kaṭalpaṭai _uṭaiya _ak kaṭal _ilaṅkai maṉṉaṉai,
_aṭal paṭa, _aṭukkalil _aṭartta _aṇṇal _allaiyē?
*9
kaḷam kuḷirntu _ilaṅku pōtu kātalāṉum, mālum_āy,
vaḷam kiḷar poṉ_amkaḻal vaṇaṅki vantu kāṇkilār;
tuḷaṅku _iḷampiṟaic ceṉit turuttiyāy! tiruntu _aṭi,
_uḷam kuḷirntapōtu_elām, _ukantu_ukantu _uraippaṉē.
*10
puttar, tattuvam _ilāc camaṇ, _uraitta poytaṉai
_uttamam _eṉak koḷātu, _ukantu _eḻuntu, vaṇṭu_iṉam
tuttam niṉṟu paṇceyum cūḻ poḻil-turutti _em
pittarpittaṉait toḻa, piṟappu _aṟuttal peṟṟiyē.
*11
kaṟṟu muṟṟiṉār toḻum kaḻumalattu _aruntamiḻ
cuṟṟum muṟṟum _āyiṉāṉ_avaṉ pakarnta coṟkaḷāl,
peṟṟam _oṉṟu _uyarttavaṉ perun turutti pēṇavē,
kuṟṟam muṟṟum _iṉmaiyiṉ, kuṇaṅkaḷ vantu kūṭumē.