*1
kāṭṭu mā_atu _urittu, _uri pōrttu _uṭal,
nāṭṭammūṉṟu _uṭaiyāy! _uraiceyvaṉ, nāṉ:
vēṭṭu, vēḷvi ceyyā _amaṇkaiyarai
_ōṭṭi vātuceyat tiru_uḷḷamē?
*2
mattayāṉaiyiṉ _īr_uri mūṭiya
_attaṉē! _aṇi _ālavāyāy! paṇi---
poytta vaṉ tavavēṭattar _ām camaṇ-
cittarai _aḻikkat tiru_uḷḷamē?
*3
maṇṇakattilum vāṉilum _eṅkum _ām
tiṇṇakat tiru _ālavāyāy! _aruḷ---
peṇ _akattu _eḻil cākkiyappēy, _amaṇ-
teṇṇar kaṟpu _aḻikkat tiru_uḷḷamē?
*4
_ōti _ōttu _aṟiyā _amaṇ_ātarai
vātil veṉṟu _aḻikkat tiru_uḷḷamē?---
_ātiyē! tiru _ālavāy _aṇṇalē!---
nīti_āka niṉaintu, _aruḷceytiṭē!
*5
vaiyam _ār pukaḻāy! _aṭiyār toḻum
ceykai _ār tiru _ālavāyāy! ceppāy---
kaiyil _uṇṭu _uḻalum _amaṇkaiyaraip
paiya vātuceyat tiru_uḷḷamē?
*6
nāṟu cēr vayal-taṇṭalai miṇṭiya
tēṟal _ār tiru _ālavāyāy! ceppāy---
vīṟu _ilāt tava mōṭṭu _amaṇvēṭaraic
cīṟi, vātuceyat tiru_uḷḷamē?
*7
paṇṭu _aṭittavattār payilvāl-toḻum
toṇṭarukku _eḷiyāy! tiru _ālavāy
_aṇṭaṉē! _amaṇ kaiyarai vātiṉil
ceṇṭu_aṭittu, _uḷaṟat tiru_uḷḷamē?
*8
_arakkaṉtāṉ kiri _ēṟṟavaṉtaṉ muṭic
cerukkiṉait tavirttāy! tiru _ālavāy
parakkum māṇpu _uṭaiyāy! _amaṇpāvarai,
karakka, vātuceyat tiru_uḷḷamē?
*9
mālum nāṉmukaṉum(m) _aṟiyā neṟi
_ālavāy _uṟaiyum(m) _aṇṇalē! paṇi---
mēlaivīṭu _uṇarā veṟṟu _araiyaraic
cāla vātuceyat tiru_uḷḷamē?
*10
kaḻik karaip paṭu mīṉ kavarvār _amaṇ-
_aḻipparai _aḻikkat tiru_uḷḷamē?---
teḻikkum pūmpuṉal cūḻ tiru _ālavāy
maḻuppaṭai _uṭai maintaṉē!---nalkiṭē!
*11
centu _eṉā muralum tiru _ālavāy
maintaṉē! _eṉṟu, val_amaṇ _ācu _aṟa,
cantam _ār tamiḻ kēṭṭa meyñ ñāṉacam-
pantaṉ col pakarum, paḻi nīṅkavē!