*1
virumpum tiṅkaḷum kaṅkaiyum vimmavē,
curumpum tumpiyum cūḻ caṭaiyārkku _iṭam---
karumpum cennelum kāy kamukiṉ vaḷam
neruṅkum taṇṭalai nīṇeṟi; kāṇmiṉē!
*2
_ikaḻum kālaṉ _itayattum, _eṉ_uḷum,
tikaḻum cēvaṭiyāṉ tiruntum(m) _iṭam---
pukaḻum pūmakaḷum puṇar pūcurar
nikaḻum taṇṭalai nīṇeṟi; kāṇmiṉē!
*3
paranta nīlap paṭar_erivalviṭam
karanta kaṇṭattiṉāṉ karutum(m) _iṭam---
curanta mēti tuṟai paṭintu _ōṭaiyil
niranta taṇṭalai nīṇeṟi; kāṇmiṉē!
*4
tavanta _eṉpum, tavaḷappoṭiyumē,
_uvanta mēṉiyiṉāṉ _uṟaiyum(m) _iṭam---
civanta poṉṉum ceḻun taraḷaṅkaḷum
nivanta taṇṭalai nīṇeṟi; kāṇmiṉē!
*5
_ilaṅkai vēntaṉ _irupatutōḷ _iṟa,
vilaṅkalil _aṭarttāṉ virumpum(m) _iṭam---
calam koḷ _ippi taraḷamum caṅkamum
nilam koḷ taṇṭalai nīṇeṟi; kāṇmiṉē!
*6
karu varu _untiyiṉ nāṉmukaṉ, kaṇṇaṉ, _eṉṟu
_iruvarum teriyā _oruvaṉ(ṉ) _iṭam---
ceru varuntiya cempiyaṉkōcceṅkaṇ-
nirupar taṇṭalai nīṇeṟi; kāṇmiṉē!
*7
kalavu cīvarattār, kaiyil _uṇpavar,
kulavamāṭṭāk kuḻakaṉ _uṟaivu_iṭam---
culavu mā matilum, cutai māṭamum,
nilavu taṇṭalai nīṇeṟi; kāṇmiṉē!
*8
nīṟṟar, taṇṭalai nīṇeṟi nātaṉai,
tōṟṟum mēṉmaiyar tōṇipurattu _iṟai---
cāṟṟu ñāṉacampantaṉ---tamiḻ valār
māṟṟu _il celvar; maṟappar, piṟappaiyē.