*1
miṉ _aṉa _eyiṟu _uṭai viravalōrkaḷtam
tuṉṉiya puram _ukac cuḷinta toṉmaiyar---
puṉṉai_ampoḻil _aṇi pūntarāynakar,
_aṉṉa _aṉṉa(n) naṭai _arivai paṅkarē.
*2
mūtaṇi muppurattu _eṇṇilōrkaḷai,
vētu _aṇi carattiṉāl, vīṭṭiṉār_avar---
pōtu _aṇi poḻil _amar pūntarāynakar,
tātu _aṇi kuḻal _umai talaivar; kāṇmiṉē!
*3
tarukkiya tiripurattavarkaḷtām _uka,
perukkiya cilaitaṉaip piṭitta peṟṟiyar---
poru(k) kaṭal puṭai taru pūntarāynakar,
karu(k)kiya kuḻal _umai kaṇavar; kāṇmiṉē!
*4
nākamum varaiyumē nāṇum villumā,
mākam _ār puraṅkaḷai maṟitta māṇpiṉar---
pūkam _ār poḻil _aṇi pūntarāynakar,
pāku _amar moḻi _umai paṅkar; kāṇmiṉē!
*5
veḷ_eyiṟu _uṭaiya _av viravalārkaḷ _ūr
_oḷ_eriyūṭṭiya _oruvaṉār---_oḷir
puḷ _aṇi puṟaviṉil pūntarāynakar,
kaḷ _aṇi kuḻal _umai kaṇavar; kāṇmiṉē!
*6
tuṅku _iyal tāṉavar tōṟṟam mā nakar
_aṅkiyil vīḻtara _āynta _ampiṉar---
poṅkiya kaṭal _aṇi pūntarāynakar,
_am kayal _aṉa kaṇi _arivai paṅkarē.
*7
_aṇṭarkaḷ _uyntiṭa, _avuṇar māytarak
kaṇṭavar; kaṭalviṭam _uṇṭa kaṇṭaṉār---
puṇṭarīka(v) vayal pūntarāynakar,
vaṇṭu_amarkuḻalitaṉ maṇāḷar; kāṇmiṉē!
*8
mā ciṉa _arakkaṉai varaiyiṉ vāṭṭiya,
kāyciṉa _eyilkaḷaik kaṟutta kaṇṭaṉār---
pūcurar politaru pūntarāynakar,
kācai cey kuḻal _umai kaṇavar; kāṇmiṉē!
*9
tām mukam _ākkiya _acurartam pati
vēm mukam _ākkiya vikirtar---kaṇṇaṉum,
pūmakaṉ, _aṟikilā---pūntarāynakark
kōmakaṉ, _eḻilpeṟum_arivai kūṟarē.
*10
muttara _acurarkaḷ moytta muppuram
_at takum _aḻal_iṭai vīṭṭiṉār---_amaṇ
puttarum _aṟivu _oṇāp pūntarāynakar,
kottu _aṇi kuḻal _umai kūṟar; kāṇmiṉē!
*11
puram _ericeytavar, pūntarāynakarp
param mali kuḻal _umainaṅkai paṅkaraip
paraviya pantaṉ meyp pāṭal vallavar
ciram mali civakati cērtal tiṇṇamē.