*1
_iyal _icai _eṉum poruḷiṉ tiṟam_ām
puyal _aṉa miṭaṟu _uṭaip puṇṇiyaṉē!
kayal _aṉa varineṭuṅkaṇṇiyoṭum
_ayal _ulaku _aṭi toḻa _amarntavaṉē!---
kalaṉ _āvatu veṇtalai; kaṭipoḻil pukalitaṉṉuḷ,
nilaṉ nāḷtoṟum _iṉpu_uṟa, niṟai mati _aruḷiṉaṉē.
*2
nilai_uṟum _iṭar nilaiyāta vaṇṇam
_ilai _uṟu malarkaḷ koṇṭu _ēttutum, yām;
malaiyiṉil _arivaiyai veruva, vaṉ tōl
_alaivaru matakari _urittavaṉē!
_imaiyōrkaḷ niṉ tāḷ toḻa, _eḻil tikaḻ poḻil pukali
_umaiyāḷoṭu maṉṉiṉai---_uyar tiruvaṭi_iṇaiyē.
*3
pāṭiṉai, _arumaṟai varalmuṟaiyāl;
_āṭiṉai, kāṇa muṉ _aruvaṉattil;
cāṭiṉai, kālaṉai; tayaṅku _oḷi cēr
nīṭu veṇpiṟai muṭi niṉmalaṉē!
niṉaiyē _aṭiyār toḻa, neṭumatil pukali(n)nakar-
taṉaiyē _iṭam mēviṉai; tavaneṟi _aruḷ, _emakkē!
*4
niḻal tikaḻ maḻuviṉai! yāṉaiyiṉtōl
_aḻal tikaḻ mēṉiyil _aṇintavaṉē!
kaḻal tikaḻ cilampu _oli _alampa, nalla
muḻavoṭum _arunaṭam muyaṟṟiṉaṉē!
muṭimēl mati cūṭiṉai! muruku _amar poḻil pukali
_aṭiyār_avar _ēttu_uṟa, _aḻakoṭum _iruntavaṉē!
*5
karumaiyiṉ _oḷir kaṭalnañcam _uṇṭa
_urimaiyiṉ, _ulaku_uyir _aḷitta niṉtaṉ
perumaiyai nilattavar pēciṉ_allāl,
_arumaiyil _aḷappu _aritu_āyavaṉē!
_aravu _ēr _iṭaiyāḷoṭum, _alaikaṭal mali pukali,
poruḷ cērtara nāḷtoṟum puvimicaip polintavaṉē!
*6
_aṭai _arimāvoṭu, vēṅkaiyiṉtōl,
puṭai paṭa _araimicaip puṉaintavaṉē!
paṭai _uṭai neṭumatil paricu _aḻitta,
viṭai _uṭaik koṭi malku, vētiyaṉē!
vikirtā! paramā!---niṉṉai viṇṇavar toḻa, pukalit
takuvāy, maṭamātoṭum, tāḷ paṇintavartamakkē.
*7
_aṭiyavar toḻutu _eḻa, _amarar _ētta,
ceṭiya valviṉaipala tīrppavaṉē!
tuṭi_iṭai _akal_alkul-tūmoḻiyaip
poṭi _aṇi mārpu _uṟap pulkiṉaṉē!
puṇṇiyā! puṉitā! pukar _ēṟṟiṉai! pukalinnakar
naṇṇiṉāy!---kaḻal _ēttiṭa, naṇṇakilā, viṉaiyē.
*8
_iravoṭu, pakal_atu, _ām _emmāṉ! _uṉṉaip
paravutal _oḻikilēṉ, vaḻi_aṭiyēṉ;
kura, viri naṟuṅkoṉṟai, koṇṭu _aṇinta
_ara viricaṭaimuṭi _āṇṭakaiyē!
_aṉameṉnaṭaiyāḷoṭum, _atirkaṭal _ilaṅkai maṉṉai
_iṉam _ārtaru tōḷ _aṭarttu, _iruntaṉai, pukaliyuḷē.
*9
_urukiṭa _uvakai tantu _uṭaliṉuḷḷāl,
parukiṭum _amutu _aṉa paṇpiṉaṉē!
porukaṭalvaṇṇaṉum pū_uḷāṉum
perukiṭum maruḷ _eṉap piṟaṅku _eri_āy
_uyarntāy! _iṉi, nī _eṉai _oṇmalar_aṭi_iṇaikkīḻ
vayantu _āṅku _uṟa nalkiṭu, vaḷarmatil pukali maṉē!
*10
kaiyiṉil _uṇpavar, kaṇikanōṉpar,---
ceyvaṉa tavam _alāc cetumatiyār,
poyyavar---_uraikaḷaip poruḷ _eṉāta
meyyavar _aṭi toḻa virumpiṉaṉē!
viyantāy, veḷ_ēṟṟiṉai viṇṇavar toḻu pukali
_uyarntu _ār peruṅkōyiluḷ _oruṅku_uṭaṉ _iruntavaṉē!
*11
puṇṇiyar toḻutu _eḻu pukali(n)nakar,
viṇṇavar _aṭi toḻa viḷaṅkiṉāṉai,
naṇṇiya ñāṉacampantaṉ vāymai
paṇṇiya _aruntamiḻpattum vallār,
naṭalai_avai _iṉṟip pōy naṇṇuvar, civaṉ_ulakam;
_iṭar_āyiṉa _iṉṟit tām _eytuvar, tavaneṟiyē.