*1
tirai taru pavaḷamum, cīr tikaḻ vayiramum,
karai tarum _akiloṭu kaṉa vaḷai pukutarum,
varaivilāl _eyil _eyta, mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ,
_aravu _arai, _aḻakaṉai _aṭi_iṇai paṇimiṉē!
*2
koṇṭal cēr kōpuram, kōlam _ār māḷikai,
kaṇṭalum kaitaiyum kamalam _ār vāviyum,
vaṇṭu _ulām poḻil, _aṇi mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ,
ceṇṭu cēr viṭaiyiṉāṉ tiruntu _aṭi paṇimiṉē!
*3
kōṅku _iḷa vēṅkaiyum, koḻu malarppuṉṉaiyum,
tāṅku tēṉ koṉṟaiyum, taku malarkkuravamum,
māṅ karumpum, vayal mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ
_āṅku _iruntavaṉ kaḻal_aṭi_iṇai paṇimiṉē!
*4
vaṅkam _ār cēṇ _uyar varu kuṟiyāl miku
caṅkam _ār _oli, _akil taru pukai kamaḻtarum
maṅkai _ōrpaṅkiṉaṉ, mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ
_eṅkaḷnāyakaṉtaṉatu _iṇai_aṭi paṇimiṉē!
*5
nittilattokaipala nirai taru malar _eṉac
cittirap puṇari cērttiṭa, tikaḻntu _iruntavaṉ,
mait tikaḻ kaṇṭaṉ, nal mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ
kaittalam maḻuvaṉaik kaṇṭu, _aṭi paṇimiṉē!
*6
cantiraṉ, katiravaṉ, taku pukaḻ _ayaṉoṭum,
_intiraṉ, vaḻipaṭa _irunta _em _iṟaiyavaṉ---
mantiramaṟai vaḷar mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ
_antam _il _aḻakaṉai---_aṭi paṇintu _uymmiṉē!
*7
caṭaimuṭi muṉivarkaḷ camaivoṭum vaḻipaṭa
naṭam navil puriviṉaṉ, naṟavu _aṇi malaroṭu
paṭarcaṭai matiyiṉaṉ, mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ
_aṭal viṭai _uṭaiyavaṉ _aṭi paṇintu _uymmiṉē!
*8
ciram_orupatum _uṭaic ceru vali _arakkaṉaik
karam_irupatum _iṟak kaṉavarai _aṭarttavaṉ,
maravu _amar pūmpoḻil mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ
_aravu _amar caṭaiyaṉai _aṭi paṇintu _uymmiṉē!
*9
nāka(_a)ṇait tuyilpavaṉ, nalam miku malaravaṉ,
_āka(_a)ṇaintu _avar kaḻal _aṇaiyavum peṟukilar;
māku _aṇaintu _alarpoḻil mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ
yōku _aṇaintavaṉ kaḻal _uṇarntu _iruntu _uymmiṉē!
*10
_uṭai tuṟantavarkaḷum, _uṭai tuvar_uṭaiyarum,---
paṭu paḻi _uṭaiyavar---pakarvaṉa viṭumiṉ, nīr!
maṭai vaḷar vayal _aṇi mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ
_iṭam _uṭai _īcaṉai _iṇai_aṭi paṇimiṉē!
*11
vampu _ulām poḻil _aṇi mayēntirappaḷḷiyuḷ
nampaṉār kaḻal_aṭi ñāṉacampantaṉ col,
nam param _itu _eṉa, nāviṉāl navilpavar,
_umparār _etirkoḷa, _uyar pati _aṇaivarē.