*1
maru _amar kuḻal _umai paṅkar, vārcaṭai
_aravu _amar koḷkai _em _aṭikaḷ, kōyil_ām---
kuravu, _amar curapuṉai, kōṅku, vēṅkaikaḷ,
viraviya poḻil _aṇi vicayamaṅkaiyē.
*2
kītam muṉ _icaitarak kiḷarum vīṇaiyar,
pūtam muṉ _iyalpu _uṭaip puṉitar, poṉ nakar---
kōtaṉam vaḻipaṭa, kulavu nālmaṟai
vētiyar toḻutu _eḻu vicayamaṅkaiyē,
*3
_akku _aravu _araiyiṉar, _arivai pākamāt
tokka nal viṭai _uṭaic cōti, tol-nakar---
takka nal vāṉavar, talaivar, nāḷtoṟum
mikkavar, toḻutu _ēḻu vicayamaṅkaiyē.
*4
toṭai mali _itaḻiyum tuṉ _erukkoṭu
puṭai mali caṭaimuṭi _aṭikaḷ poṉ nakar---
paṭai mali maḻuviṉar, paiṅkaṇ mūri veḷ-
viṭai mali koṭi _aṇal, vicayamaṅkaiyē.
*5
tōṭu _amar kātiṉaṉ, tutainta nīṟṟiṉaṉ,
_ēṭu _amar kōtaiyōṭu _iṉitu _amarvu_iṭam---
kāṭu _amar mā kari kataṟap pōrttatu _ōr
vēṭam_atu _uṭai _aṇal---vicayamaṅkaiyē.
*6
maip purai kaṇ _umai paṅkaṉ, vaṇ taḻal
_oppu _urai mēṉi _em _uṭaiyavaṉ, nakar---
_appoṭu malarkoṭu _aṅku _iṟaiñci, vāṉavar
meyppaṭa _aruḷpuri vicayamaṅkaiyē.
*7
_irum poṉiṉmalaiviliṉ, _ericarattiṉāl,
varum puraṅkaḷaip poṭiceyta maintaṉ _ūr---
curumpu _amar koṉṟaiyum, tūya mattamum,
virumpiya caṭai _aṇal vicayamaṅkaiyē.
*8
_uḷaṅkaiyil, _irupatōṭu _oṉpatum koṭu, _āṅku
_aḷantu _arum varai _eṭuttiṭum _arakkaṉai,
taḷarntu _uṭal neritara, _aṭartta taṉmaiyaṉ
viḷaṅkiḻaiyoṭum pukum, vicayamaṅkaiyē.
*9
maṇṇiṉai _uṇṭavaṉ malariṉmēl _uṟai
_aṇṇalkaḷtamakku _aḷappu _ariya _attaṉ _ūr---
taṇnaṟuñcāntamum pūvum nīrkoṭu,
viṇṇavar toḻutu _eḻu vicayamaṅkaiyē.
*10
kañciyum kavaḷam _uṇ kavaṇar kaṭṭurai
nañciṉum koṭiyaṉa; namarkaḷ tērkilār;
ceñcaṭaimuṭi _uṭait tēvaṉ naṉnakar---
viñcaiyar toḻutu _eḻu vicayamaṅkaiyē.
*11
viṇṇavar toḻutu _eḻu vicayamaṅkaiyai,
naṇṇiya pukaliyuḷ ñāṉacampantaṉ,
paṇṇiya centamiḻpattum vallavar,
puṇṇiyar; civakati pukutal tiṇṇamē.