*1
tiruntu mā kaḷiṟṟu _iḷa maruppoṭu tiraḷ maṇic cantam _unti,
kuruntu mā kuravamum kuṭacamum pīliyum cumantu koṇṭu,
nirantu mā vayal puku nīṭu kōṭṭāṟu cūḻ koccai mēvip
poruntiṉār tiruntu _aṭi pōṟṟi vāḻ, neñcamē! pukal _atu _āmē.
*2
_ēlam _ār _ilavamōṭu _iṉamalarttokuti_āy _eṅkum nunti,
kōla mā miḷakoṭu koḻuṅ kaṉi koṉṟaiyum koṇṭu, kōṭṭāṟu
_āliyā, vayal pukum _aṇitaru koccaiyē nacci mēvum
nīlam _ār kaṇṭaṉai niṉai, maṭa neñcamē! _añcal, nīyē!
*3
poṉṉum mā maṇi koḻittu, _eṟi puṉal, karaikaḷvāy nuraikaḷ _unti,
kaṉṉimār mulainalam kavara vantu _ēṟu kōṭṭāṟu cūḻa
maṉṉiṉār mātoṭum maruvu _iṭamkoccaiyē maruviṉ, nāḷum
muṉṉainōy toṭarum_āṟu _illaikāṇ, neñcamē! _añcal, nīyē!
*4
kantam _ār kētakaic cantaṉakkāṭu cūḻ katalimāṭē
vantu, mā vaḷḷaiyiṉ pavar _aḷik kuvaḷaiyaic cāṭi _ōṭa,
kontu vārkuḻaliṉār kutikoḷ kōṭṭāṟu cūḻ koccai mēya
_entaiyār _aṭi niṉaintu, _uyyal _ām, neñcamē! _añcal, nīyē!
*5
maṟai koḷum tiṟaliṉār _ākutip pukaikaḷ vāṉ _aṇṭa miṇṭi,
ciṟaikoḷum puṉal _aṇi ceḻu mati tikaḻ matil koccaitaṉpāl,
_uṟaivu_iṭam _eṉa maṉam_atu koḷum, piramaṉārciram _aṟutta,
_iṟaivaṉatu _aṭi_iṇai _iṟaiñci vāḻ, neñcamē! _añcal, nīyē!
*6
cuṟṟamum makkaḷum tokka _at takkaṉaiccāṭi, _aṉṟē,
_uṟṟa mālvarai _umainaṅkaiyaip paṅkamā _uḷkiṉāṉ, _ōr
kuṟṟam _il _aṭiyavar kuḻumiya vīti cūḻ koccai mēvi
nal-tavam _aruḷpuri nampaṉai nampiṭāy, nāḷum, neñcē!
*7
koṇṭalār vantiṭa, kōla vār poḻilkaḷil kūṭi, manti
kaṇṭa vārkaḻai piṭittu _ēṟi, mā mukiltaṉaik katuvu koccai,
_aṇṭa vāṉavarkaḷum _amararum muṉivarum paṇiya, _ālam
_uṇṭa mā kaṇṭaṉārtammaiyē _uḷku, nī! _añcal, neñcē!
*8
_aṭal _eyiṟṟu _arakkaṉār nerukki, māmalai _eṭuttu, _ārtta vāykaḷ
_uṭal keṭa, tiruviral _ūṉṟiṉār _uṟaivu_iṭam---_oḷi koḷ veḷḷi
maṭal_iṭaip pavaḷamum muttamum tottu vaṇ puṉṉaimāṭē,
peṭaiyoṭum kuruku_iṉam peruku---taṇ koccaiyē pēṇu, neñcē!
*9
_araviṉil-tuyiltarum _ariyum, nal piramaṉum, _aṉṟu, _ayarntu,
kuraikaḻal, tirumuṭi, _aḷavu _iṭa _ariyavar---kōṅku cempoṉ
viri poḻil_iṭai miku malaimakaḷ makiḻtara vīṟṟirunta
kariya nal miṭaṟu _uṭaik kaṭavuḷār---koccaiyē karutu, neñcē!
*10
kaṭu mali _uṭal _uṭai _amaṇarum, kañci _uṇ cākkiyarum,
_iṭum _aṟa_uraitaṉai _ikaḻpavar karutum nam _īcar; vāṉōr
naṭu _uṟai nampaṉai; nālmaṟaiyavar paṇintu _ētta, ñālam
_uṭaiyavaṉ; koccaiyē _uḷki vāḻ, neñcamē! _añcal, nīyē!
*11
kāyntu tam kāliṉāl kālaṉaic ceṟṟavar, kaṭi koḷ koccai
_āyntu koṇṭu _iṭam _eṉa _irunta nal _aṭikaḷai, _ātarittē
_ēytta tolpukaḻ mikum _eḻilmaṟai ñāṉacampantaṉ coṉṉa
vāynta _im mālaikaḷ vallavar nallar, vāṉ_ulakiṉmēlē.