*1
paṭaiyiṉār, veṇmaḻu; pāy pulittōl _arai
_uṭaiyiṉār; _umai _orukūṟaṉār; _ūrvatu _ōr
viṭaiyiṉār; veṇpoṭip pūciyār; viripuṉal
caṭaiyiṉār; _uṟaivu_iṭam---cakkarappaḷḷiyē.
*2
pāṭiṉār, _arumaṟai; paṉimati caṭaimicaic
cūṭiṉār, paṭutalai tuṉ _erukku_ataṉoṭum;
nāṭiṉār, _iṭu pali; naṇṇi _ōr kālaṉaic
cāṭiṉār; vaḷa nakar---cakkarappaḷḷiyē.
*3
miṉṉiṉ _ār caṭaimicai viri katir matiyamum,
poṉṉiṉ _ār koṉṟaiyum, poṟi kiḷar _aravamum,
tuṉṉiṉār; _ulaku_elām toḻutu _eḻa nālmaṟai-
taṉṉiṉār; vaḷa nakar---cakkarappaḷḷiyē.
*4
nalam mali koḷkaiyār, nālmaṟai pāṭalār,
valam mali maḻuviṉār, makiḻum _ūr---vaṇṭu _aṟai
malar mali calamoṭu vantu _iḻi kāviri
calacala maṇi koḻi cakkarappaḷḷiyē.
*5
ventaveṇpoṭi _aṇi vētiyar, viripuṉal,
_antam _il _aṇi malaimaṅkaiyōṭu, _amarum _ūr---
kantam _ār malaroṭu, kār_akil, palmaṇi,
cantiṉōṭu, _aṇai puṉal cakkarappaḷḷiyē.
*6
pāṅkiṉāl muppuram pāḻpaṭa veñcilai
vāṅkiṉār, vāṉavar tāṉavar vaṇaṅkiṭa
_ōṅkiṉār, _umai _orukūṟoṭum _olipuṉal
tāṅkiṉār, _uṟaivu_iṭam---cakkarappaḷḷiyē.
*7
pāriṉār toḻutu _eḻu paravu pal_āyiram-
pēriṉār; peṇ _orukūṟaṉār; pēr_oli-
nīriṉār, caṭaimuṭi; nirai malarkkoṉṟai_am-
tāriṉār; vaḷa nakar---cakkarappaḷḷiyē.
*8
mutir _ilā veṇpiṟai cūṭiṉār; muṉṉanāḷ
_etir _ilā muppuram _ericeytār, varaitaṉāl;
_atir _ilā val_arakkaṉ vali vāṭṭiya
catiriṉār; vaḷa nakar---cakkarappaḷḷiyē.
*9
tuṇi paṭu kōvaṇam, cuṇṇaveṇpoṭiyiṉar,
paṇi paṭu mārpiṉar, paṉimatic caṭaiyiṉar,
maṇivaṇaṉ_avaṉoṭu malarmicaiyāṉaiyum
taṇiviṉar, vaḷa nakar---cakkarappaḷḷiyē.
*10
_uṭampu pōr cīvarar, _ūṇtoḻil camaṇarkaḷ,
viṭam paṭum _urai_avai mey _ala; viripuṉal
vaṭam paṭu malarkoṭu vaṇaṅkumiṉ, vaikalum,
taṭam puṉal cūḻtaru cakkarappaḷḷiyē!
*11
taṇvayal puṭai _aṇi cakkarappaḷḷi _em
kaṇnutalavaṉ _aṭi, kaḻumala vaḷa nakar
naṇṇiya centamiḻ ñāṉacampantaṉ col
paṇṇiya _ivai cola, paṟaiyum, meyp pāvamē.