*1
vaṉṉiyum mattamum mati poti caṭaiyiṉaṉ,
poṉ _iyal tiruvaṭi putumalar_avaikoṭu
maṉṉiya maṟaiyavar vaḻipaṭa, _aṭiyavar
_iṉ_icaipāṭal _ār _ēṭakattu _oruvaṉē.
*2
koṭi neṭumāḷikai, kōpuram, kuḷirmati
vaṭivu _uṟa _amaitara, maruviya _ēṭakattu
_aṭikaḷai _aṭi paṇintu _araṟṟumiṉ, _aṉpiṉāl!
_iṭipaṭum viṉaikaḷ pōy _illai_atu _ākumē.
*3
kuṇṭalam tikaḻtaru kātu _uṭaik kuḻakaṉai---
vaṇṭu _alampum malarkkoṉṟai, vāṉmati, _aṇi
ceṇṭu _alampum viṭaic cēṭaṉ---_ūr_ēṭakam
kaṇṭu kaitoḻutalum, kavalainōy kaḻalumē.
*4
_ēlam _ārtaru kuḻal _ēḻaiyōṭu _eḻil peṟum
kōlam _ārtaru viṭaik kuḻakaṉār _uṟaivu_iṭam---
cāla(m) mātavikaḷum, cantaṉam, caṇpakam,
cīlam _ār---_ēṭakam cērtal _ām, celvamē.
*5
vari _aṇi nayaṉi nal malaimakaḷ maṟukiṭa,
kariyiṉai _uriceyta kaṟai _aṇi miṭaṟiṉaṉ;
periyavaṉ; peṇṇiṉōṭu _āṇ _ali _ākiya
_eriyavaṉ; _uṟaivu_iṭam---_ēṭakak kōyilē.
*6
poykaiyiṉ poḻil _uṟu putumalart teṉṟal _ār
vaikaiyiṉ vaṭakarai maruviya _ēṭakattu
_aiyaṉai _aṭi paṇintu, _araṟṟumiṉ! _aṭartarum
veyya vaṉpiṇi keṭa, vīṭu _eḷitu _ākumē.
*7
taṭavarai _eṭuttavaṉ tarukku _iṟa, tōḷ _aṭar-
paṭa, viral _ūṉṟiyē, parintu _avaṟku _aruḷceytāṉ;
maṭavaral, _erukkoṭu, vaṉṉiyum, mattamum,
_iṭam _uṭaic caṭaiyiṉaṉ---_ēṭakattu _iṟaivaṉē.
*8
poṉṉum, mā maṇikaḷum, porutiraic cantu _akil
taṉṉuḷ _ār vaikaiyiṉ karaitaṉil camaivu_uṟa;
_aṉṉam _ām _ayaṉum, māl, _aṭi muṭi tēṭiyum
_iṉṉa_āṟu _eṉa _oṇāṉ---_ēṭakattu _oruvaṉē.
*9
kuṇṭikaik kaiyiṉar, kuṇam _ilāt tērarkaḷ,
paṇṭiyaip perukkiṭum paḷakarkaḷ paṇikilar---
vaṇṭu _iraikkum malarkkoṉṟaiyum vaṉṉiyum
_iṇṭai cērkkum caṭai _ēṭakattu _entaiyē.
*10
kōṭu, cantaṉam, _akil, koṇṭu _iḻi vaikainīr
_ēṭu ceṉṟu _aṇaitarum _ēṭakattu _oruvaṉai,
nāṭu teṉpukaliyuḷ ñāṉacampantaṉa
pāṭal pattu_ivai valārkku _illai_ām, pāvamē.