*1
_eritara _aṉal kaiyil _ēnti, _elliyil,
nari tiri kāṉ_iṭai, naṭṭam_āṭuvar---
_aricil _am poru puṉal _ampar mā nakar,
kuricilceṅkaṇṇavaṉ kōyil cērvarē.
*2
maiya kaṇ malaimakaḷ pākam_āy, _iruḷ,
kaiyatu _ōr kaṉal-_eri kaṉal _āṭuvar---
_aiya naṉ poru puṉal _ampar, cempiyar
ceyyakaṇ_iṟai ceyta kōyil cērvarē.
*3
maṟai puṉai pāṭalar, cuṭar kai malka, _ōr
piṟai puṉai caṭaimuṭi peyara, _āṭuvar---
_aṟai puṉal niṟai vayal _ampar mā nakar,
_iṟai puṉai _eḻil vaḷar _iṭam_atu _eṉparē.
*4
_iravu malku _iḷamati cūṭi, _īṭu _uyar
parava malku _arumaṟai pāṭi, _āṭuvar---
_aravamōṭu _uyar cemmal _ampar, kompu _alar
maravam malku _eḻil nakar, maruvi vāḻvarē.
*5
caṅku _aṇi kuḻaiyiṉar, cāmam pāṭuvar,
veṅkaṉal kaṉaltara vīci _āṭuvar---
_aṅku _aṇi viḻavu _amar _ampar mā nakar,
ceṅkaṇnal_iṟai ceyta kōyil cērvarē.
*6
kaḻal vaḷar kāliṉar, cuṭar kai malka, _ōr
cuḻal vaḷar kuḷirpuṉal cūṭi, _āṭuvar---
_aḻal vaḷar maṟaiyavar _ampar, paimpoḻil
niḻal vaḷar neṭu nakar, _iṭam_atu _eṉparē.
*7
_ikal _uṟu cuṭar_eri _ilaṅka vīciyē,
pakal _iṭam pali koḷap pāṭi _āṭuvar---
_akaliṭam mali pukaḻ _ampar, vampu _aviḻ
pukal_iṭam neṭu nakar pukuvarpōlumē.
*8
_eri _aṉa maṇi muṭi _ilaṅkaikkōṉtaṉa
kari _aṉa taṭakkaikaḷ _aṭartta kāliṉar,
_ariyavar---vaḷa nakar_ampar _iṉpoṭu
puriyavar, pirivu _ilāp pūtam cūḻavē.
*9
veṟi kiḷar malarmicaiyavaṉum, ven toḻil
poṟi kiḷar _aravu_aṇaip pulku celvaṉum,
_aṟikila _ariyavar---_ampar, cempiyar
ceṟi kaḻal _iṟai ceyta kōyil cērvarē.
*10
vaḻi talai, paṟi talai, _avarkaḷ kaṭṭiya
moḻitalaip payaṉ _eṉa moḻiyal! vammiṉō!
_aḻitu _alai poru puṉal _ampar mā nakar,
_uḻitalai _oḻintu _uḷar, _umaiyum tāmumē.
*11
_aḻakarai, _aṭikaḷai, _ampar mēviya
niḻal tikaḻ caṭaimuṭi nīlakaṇṭarai,
_umiḻ tirai _ulakiṉil _ōtuvīr! koṇmiṉ---
tamiḻ keḻu virakiṉaṉ tamiḻceymālaiyē!