*1
mantira maṟaiyavar, vāṉavaroṭum,
_intiraṉ, vaḻipaṭa niṉṟa _em _iṟai;
ventaveṇnīṟṟar---veṇkāṭu mēviya,
_antamum mutal _uṭai, _aṭikaḷ _allarē!

*2
paṭai _uṭai maḻuviṉar, pāy pulittōliṉ
_uṭai viri kōvaṇam _ukanta koḷkaiyar,
viṭai _uṭaik koṭiyar---veṇkāṭu mēviya,
caṭai_iṭaip puṉal vaitta, caturar _allarē!

*3
pāloṭu, ney, tayir, palavum _āṭuvar;
tōloṭu nūl-_iḻai tutainta mārpiṉar---
mēlavar paravu veṇkāṭu mēviya,
_ālam_atu _amarnta, _em _aṭikaḷ _allarē!

*4
ñāḻalum ceruntiyum naṟumalarppuṉṉaiyum
tāḻai veṇkuruku _ayal tayaṅku kāṉalil,
vēḻam_aḻu _uritta, veṇkāṭu mēviya,
yāḻiṉatu _icai _uṭai, _iṟaivar _allarē!

*5
pūtaṅkaḷpala _uṭaip puṉitar, puṇṇiyar,
_ētaṅkaḷpala _iṭar tīrkkum _em _iṟai,
vētaṅkaḷ mutalvar---veṇkāṭu mēviya,
pātaṅkaḷ toḻa niṉṟa, paramar _allarē!

*6
maṇṇavar viṇṇavar vaṇaṅka, vaikalum
_eṇṇiya tēvarkaḷ _iṟaiñcum _em _iṟai---
viṇ _amar poḻil koḷ veṇkāṭu mēviya
_aṇṇalai---_aṭi toḻa, _allal _illaiyē.

*7
nayantavarkku _aruḷpala nalki, _intiraṉ
kayantiram vaḻipaṭa niṉṟa kaṇṇutal---
viyantavar paravu veṇkāṭu mēviya,
payam taru maḻu _uṭai, paramar _allarē!

*8
malai _uṭaṉ_eṭutta val_arakkaṉ nīḷ muṭi
talai_uṭaṉ nerittu, _aruḷceyta caṅkarar;
vilai _uṭai nīṟṟar---veṇkāṭu mēviya,
_alai _uṭaip puṉal vaitta, _aṭikaḷ _allarē!

*9
_ēṭu _aviḻ naṟumalar _ayaṉum mālum_āyt
tēṭavum, terintu _avar tērakiṟkilār---
vētam_atu _uṭaiya veṇkāṭu mēviya,
_āṭalai _amarnta, _em _aṭikaḷ _allarē!

*10
pōtiyar, piṇṭiyar,---poruttam_i(l)likaḷ---
nītikaḷ colliyum niṉaiyakiṟkilār;
vētiyar parava veṇkāṭu mēviya
_ātiyai _aṭi toḻa, _allal _illaiyē.

*11
nallavar pukaliyuḷ ñāṉacampantaṉ,
celvaṉ _em civaṉ _uṟai tiruveṇkāṭṭiṉmēl,
colliya _aruntamiḻpattum vallavar,
_allalōṭu _aruviṉai _aṟutal _āṇaiyē.