*1
cīr maruvu tēciṉoṭu tēcam mali celva maṟaiyōrkaḷ paṇiya,
tār maruvu koṉṟai _aṇi tāḻcaṭaiyiṉāṉ _amar cayam koḷ patitāṉ---
pār maruvu paṅkayam _uyarnta vayal cūḻ paḻaṉam nīṭa, _arukē
kār maruvu veṇkaḷapa māḷikai kaviṉ peruku vīḻinakarē.
*2
paṭṭa muḻavu, _iṭṭa paṇilattiṉoṭu, palmaṟaikaḷ _ōtu paṇi nal
ciṭṭarkaḷ cayattutikaḷ ceyya, _aruḷcey taḻal koṉ mēṉiyavaṉ _ūr----
maṭṭu _ulavu ceṅkamala vēli vayal cennel vaḷar, maṉṉu poḻilvāy
viṭṭu _ulavu teṉṟal virai nāṟu, pati vētiyarkaḷ vīḻinakarē.
*3
maṇ _iḻi curarkku vaḷam mikka pati---maṟṟum _uḷa maṉ_uyirkaḷukku
_eṇ _iḻivu _il _iṉpam nikaḻvu _eyta, _eḻil _ār poḻil _ilaṅku _aṟupatam
paṇ _iḻivu _ilāta vakai pāṭa, maṭamaññai naṭam_āṭa, _aḻaku _ār
viṇ_iḻivimāṉam _uṭai viṇṇavarpirāṉ maruvu vīḻinakarē.
*4
centamiḻar, teyvamaṟai nāvar, ceḻu naṉkalai terinta_avarōṭu
_antam _il kuṇattavarkaḷ _arccaṉaikaḷ ceyya _amarkiṉṟa _araṉ _ūr---
kontu _alar poḻil paḻaṉa vēli kuḷir-taṇpuṉal vaḷam perukavē,
ven tiṟal viḷaṅki vaḷar vētiyar virumpu pati vīḻinakarē.
*5
pūtapati _ākiya purāṇamuṉi puṇṇiyanalmātai maruvi,
pētam_atu _ilāta vakai pākam mika vaitta perumāṉatu _iṭam_ām---
mātavarkaḷ _aṉṉa maṟaiyāḷarkaḷ vaḷartta mali vēḷvi_ataṉāl,
_ētam_atu _ilāta vakai _iṉpam _amarkiṉṟa _eḻil vīḻinakarē.
*6
maṇṇil maṟaiyōr maruvu vaitikamum, mā tavamum, maṟṟum _ulakattu
_eṇ _il poruḷ_āyavai paṭaitta _imaiyōrkaḷperumāṉatu _iṭam_ām---
naṇṇi varu nāvalarkaḷ nāḷtoṟum vaḷarkka nikaḻkiṉṟa pukaḻ cēr
viṇ _ulavu māḷikai neruṅki vaḷar nīḷpuricai vīḻinakarē.
*7
mantira nalmāmaṟaiyiṉōṭu vaḷar vēḷvimicai mikka pukai pōy,
_antara-vicumpu _aṇavi, _aṟputam _eṉap paṭarum _āḻi _iruḷvāy,
mantara nal māḷikai nilāvu maṇi nīṭu katirviṭṭa _oḷi pōy,
ventaḻal viḷakku _eṉa virumpiṉar tiruntu pati---vīḻinakarē.
*8
_āṉa valiyiṉ tacamukaṉ talai _araṅka, _aṇi _āḻiviralāl,
_ūṉ _amar _uyarnta kurutippuṉalil vīḻtara _uṇarnta paraṉ _ūr---
tēṉ _amar tiruntu poḻil, ceṅkaṉaka māḷikai, tikaḻnta matilōṭu,
_āṉa tiru _uṟṟu vaḷar, _antaṇar niṟainta _aṇi vīḻinakarē.
*9
_ēṉa_uru _āki maṇ _iṭanta _imaiyōṉum, _eḻil _aṉṉa_uruvam
_āṉavaṉum, _ātiyiṉoṭu _antam _aṟiyāta _aḻalmēṉiyavaṉ _ūr---
vāṉ _aṇavum mā matil maruṅku _alar neruṅkiya vaḷam koḷ poḻilvāy
vēṉal _amarvu _eytiṭa, viḷaṅku _oḷiyiṉ mikka pukaḻ vīḻinakarē.
*10
kuṇṭu_amaṇar_āki, _oru kōlam miku pīliyoṭu kuṇṭikai piṭittu,
_eṇticaiyum _illatu _oru teyvam _uḷatu _eṉpar; _atu _eṉṉa poruḷ _ām?
paṇṭai _ayaṉ _aṉṉavarkaḷ pāvaṉai virumpu paraṉ mēvu pati---cīr
veṇtaraḷavāḷnakai nal mātarkaḷ viḷaṅkum _eḻil vīḻinakarē.
*11
mattam mali koṉṟai vaḷarvārcaṭaiyil vaitta paraṉ, vīḻinakar cēr
vittakaṉai, veṅkuruvil vētiyaṉ virumpu tamiḻmālaikaḷ valār,
cittira vimāṉam _amar celvam malikiṉṟa civalōkam maruvi,
_attaku kuṇattavarkaḷ _āki, _aṉupōkamoṭu yōku _avaratē.