*1
cantam, _ār, _akiloṭu, cāti, tēkka(m)maram,
_untum mā mukaliyiṉ karaiyiṉil, _umaiyoṭum,
mantam _ār poḻil vaḷar malku vaṇ kāḷatti
_entaiyār _iṇai_aṭi, _eṉ maṉattu _uḷḷavē.
*2
_ālam, mā, maravamōṭu, _amainta cīrc cantaṉam,
cālam, mā pīliyum, caṇpakam, _untiyē,
kālam _ār mukali vantu _aṇaitaru kāḷatti,
nīlam _ār kaṇṭaṉai niṉaiyumā niṉaivatē!
*3
kōṅkamē, kuravamē, koṉṟai, _am pātiri,
mūṅkil, vantu _aṇaitaru mukaliyiṉ karaiyiṉil,
_āṅku _amar kāḷatti _aṭikaḷai _aṭi toḻa,
vīṅku ventuyar keṭum; vīṭu _eḷitu _ākumē.
*4
karumpu, tēṉ, kaṭṭiyum, kataliyiṉ kaṉikaḷum,
_arumpu nīr mukaliyiṉ karaiyiṉil, _aṇi mati
_oruṅku vārcaṭaiyiṉaṉ, kāḷatti _oruvaṉai,
virumpuvār_avarkaḷtām viṇṇulaku _āḷvarē.
*5
varai tarum _akiloṭu mā muttam _untiyē,
tirai taru mukaliyiṉ karaiyiṉil,-tēmalar
virai taru caṭaimuṭik kāḷatti viṇṇavaṉ
niraitaru kaḻal_iṇai nittalum niṉaimiṉē!
*6
muttum, mā maṇikaḷum, muḻumalarttiraḷkaḷum,
_ettu mā mukaliyiṉ karaiyiṉil, _eḻil peṟa,
kattiṭa _arakkaṉaik kālviral _ūṉṟiya
_attaṉtaṉ kāḷatti _aṇaivatu karumamē.
*7
maṇṇum, mā vēṅkaiyum, marutukaḷ, pīḻntu _unti
naṇṇu mā mukaliyiṉ karaiyiṉil, naṉmai cēr---
vaṇṇa mā malaravaṉ, māl_avaṉ, kāṇkilā---
_aṇṇalār kāḷatti_āṅku _aṇaintu _uymmiṉē!
*8
vīṅkiya _uṭaliṉar, viritaru tuvar_uṭaip
pāṅku_ilār, colai viṭum! paraṉ_aṭi paṇiyumiṉ!
_ōṅku vaṇ kāḷatti _uḷḷamōṭu _uṇartara,
vāṅkiṭum, viṉaikaḷai, vāṉavarkku _oruvaṉē.
*9
_aṭṭamācittikaḷ _aṇaitaru kāḷatti
vaṭṭavārcaṭaiyaṉai, vayal _aṇi kāḻiyāṉ---
ciṭṭa nālmaṟai vala ñāṉacampantaṉ---col
_iṭṭamāp pāṭuvārkku _illai_ām, pāvamē.