*1
naṉavilum kaṉavilum, nāḷum, taṉ _oḷi,
niṉaivilum _eṉakku vantu _eytum niṉmalaṉ---
kaṉaikaṭal vaiyakam toḻu karukkuṭi,
_aṉal-_eri_āṭum _em _aṭikaḷ; kāṇmiṉē!
*2
vētiyaṉ, viṭai _uṭai vimalaṉ, _oṉṉalar
mūteyil _eri _eḻa muṉinta mukkaṇaṉ,
kātu _iyal kuḻaiyiṉaṉ, karukkuṭi _amar
_ātiyai, _aṭi toḻa _allal _illaiyē.
*3
mañcu _uṟu poḻil vaḷam mali karukkuṭi---
nañcu _uṟu tirumiṭaṟu _uṭaiya---nātaṉār,
_am curumpu _ār kuḻal _arivai _añcavē,
veñcuramtaṉil viḷaiyāṭal _eṉkolō?
*4
_ūṉ _uṭaip piṟaviyai _aṟukka _uṉṉuvīr!
kāṉ_iṭai _āṭalāṉ payil karukkuṭik
kōṉ _uyar kōyilai vaṇaṅki, vaikalum,
vāṉavar toḻu kaḻal vāḻtti, vāḻmiṉē!
*5
cūṭuvar, caṭai_iṭaik kaṅkainaṅkaiyai;
kūṭuvar, _ulaku_iṭai _aiyam koṇṭu; _oli
pāṭuvar, _icai; paṟai koṭṭa, naṭṭiruḷ
_āṭuvar; karukkuṭi _aṇṇal vaṇṇamē!
*6
_iṉpu_uṭaiyār, _icai vīṇai; pūṇ _arā,
_eṉpu, _uṭaiyār; _eḻil mēṉimēl _eri
muṉpu _uṭaiyār; mutal _ēttum _aṉparukku
_aṉpu_uṭaiyār---karukkuṭi _em _aṇṇalē!
*7
kālamum ñāyiṟum tīyum _āyavar;
kōlamum muṭi _aravu _aṇinta koḷkaiyar;
cīlamum _uṭaiyavar; tiruk karukkuṭi,
cālavum _iṉitu, _avar _uṭaiya taṉmaiyē!
*8
_eṟikaṭal puṭai taḻuvu _ilaṅkai maṉṉaṉai
muṟipaṭa varai_iṭai _aṭartta mūrttiyār,
kaṟai paṭu poḻil mati tavaḻ, karukkuṭi
_aṟivoṭu toḻumavar _āḷvar, naṉmaiyē.
*9
pū maṉum ticaimukaṉtāṉum, poṟpu _amar
vāmaṉaṉ, _aṟikilā vaṇṇam _ōṅku _eri-
_ām _eṉa _uyarntavaṉ _aṇi karukkuṭi
nā maṉaṉiṉil vara niṉaital naṉmaiyē.
*10
cākkiyar, camaṇ paṭu kaiyar, poymmoḻi
_ākkiya _urai koḷēl! _arun tiru(n) namakku
_ākkiya _araṉ _uṟai _aṇi karukkuṭip
pūk kamaḻ kōyilē puṭaipaṭṭu _uymmiṉē!
*11
kāṉalil viraimalar vimmu kāḻiyāṉ,
vāṉavaṉ karukkuṭi maintaṉtaṉ _oḷi
_āṉa, meyñ ñāṉacampantaṉ, colliya
_ūṉam _il moḻi valārkku _uyarum, _iṉpamē.