*1
maṇṇiṉ nalla vaṇṇam vāḻal _ām, vaikalum;
_eṇṇiṉ nalla katikku yātum _ōr kuṟaivu _ilai---
kaṇṇiṉ nalla(ḵ)tu _uṟum kaḻumala vaḷa nakar,
peṇṇiṉnallāḷoṭum peruntakai _iruntatē!
*2
pōtai _ār poṉ kiṇṇattu _aṭicil pollātu _eṉat
tātaiyār muṉivu_uṟa, tāṉ _eṉai _āṇṭavaṉ;
kātai _ār kuḻaiyiṉaṉ; kaḻumala vaḷa nakar,
pētaiyāḷ_avaḷoṭum peruntakai _iruntatē!
*3
toṇṭu _aṇaicey toḻil-tuyar _aṟuttu _uyyal _ām---
vaṇṭu _aṇai koṉṟaiyāṉ, matumalarc caṭaimuṭi;
kaṇ tuṇai neṟṟiyāṉ; kaḻumala vaḷa nakar,
peṇ tuṇai_āka _ōr peruntakai _iruntatē!
*4
_ayarvu _uḷōm! _eṉṟu nī _acaivu _oḻi, neñcamē!---
niyar vaḷai muṉkaiyāḷ nēriḻai_avaḷoṭum,
kayal vayal kutikoḷum kaḻumala vaḷa nakar,
peyarpala tuticeya, peruntakai _iruntatē!
*5
_aṭaivu _ilōm _eṉṟu nī _ayarvu _oḻi, neñcamē!---
viṭai _amar koṭiyiṉāṉ, viṇṇavar toḻutu _eḻum,
kaṭai _uyar māṭam _ār kaḻumala vaḷa nakar,
peṭainaṭai_avaḷoṭum peruntakai _iruntatē!
*6
maṟṟu _oru paṟṟu _ilai, neñcamē!---maṟaipala
kaṟṟa nal vētiyar kaḻumala vaḷa nakar,
ciṟṟiṭaip pēr_alkul tiruntiḻai_avaḷoṭum
peṟṟu _eṉai _āḷ_uṭaip peruntakai _iruntatē!
*7
kuṟai vaḷaivatu moḻi kuṟaivu _oḻi, neñcamē!---
niṟai vaḷai muṉkaiyāḷ nēriḻai_avaḷoṭum,
kaṟai vaḷar poḻil _aṇi kaḻumala vaḷa nakar,
piṟai vaḷar caṭaimuṭip peruntakai _iruntatē!
*8
_arakkaṉār---_aru varai _eṭuttavaṉ---_alaṟiṭa,
nerukkiṉār, viraliṉāl; nīṭu yāḻ pāṭavē,
karukku vāḷ _aruḷceytāṉ; kaḻumala vaḷa nakar,
perukkum nīravaḷoṭum peruntakai _iruntatē!
*9
neṭiyavaṉ, piramaṉum, niṉaippu _aritu_āy, _avar
_aṭiyoṭu muṭi _aṟiyā _aḻal_uruviṉaṉ;
kaṭi kamaḻ poḻil _aṇi kaḻumala vaḷa nakar,
piṭinaṭai_avaḷoṭum peruntakai _iruntatē!
*10
tār _uṟu taṭṭu _uṭaic camaṇar cākkiyarkaḷtam
_ār _uṟu col kaḷaintu, _aṭi_iṇai _aṭaintu _uymmiṉ!---
kār _uṟu poḻil vaḷar kaḻumala vaḷa nakar,
pēr_aṟattāḷoṭum peruntakai _iruntatē!
*11
karun taṭan tēṉ malku kaḻumala vaḷa nakarp
peruntaṭaṅkoṅkaiyoṭu _irunta _empirāṉtaṉai
_aruntamiḻ ñāṉacampantaṉa centamiḻ
virumpuvār_avarkaḷ, pōy, viṇṇulaku _āḷvarē.