*1
kōṅkamē, kuravamē, koḻu malarp puṉṉaiyē, kokuṭi, mullai,
vēṅkaiyē, ñāḻalē, vimmu pātirikaḷē, viravi _eṅkum
_ōṅku mā kāviri vaṭakarai _aṭai kuraṅkāṭutuṟai,
vīṅkunīrc caṭaimuṭi _aṭikaḷār _iṭam _eṉa virumpiṉārē.
*2
mantam_āy _iḻi matakkaḷiṟṟu _iḷa maruppoṭu poruppiṉ nalla
cantam _ār _akiloṭu cātiyiṉ palaṅkaḷum takaiya mōti,
_untu mā kāviri vaṭakarai _aṭai kuraṅkāṭutuṟai,
_entaiyār _iṇai_aṭi _imaiyavar toḻutu _eḻum _iyalpiṉārē.
*3
muttum mā maṇiyoṭu muḻai vaḷar _āramum mukantu nunti,
_ettu mā kāviri vaṭakarai _aṭai kuraṅkāṭutuṟai,
mattamāmalaroṭu mati poti caṭaimuṭi _aṭikaḷtammēl
cittam_ām _aṭiyavar civakati peṟuvatu tiṇṇam_aṉṟē.
*4
kaṟiyum mā miḷakoṭu kataliyiṉ palaṅkaḷum kalantu nunti,
_eṟiyum mā kāviri vaṭakarai _aṭai kuraṅkāṭutuṟai,
maṟi _ulām kaiyiṉar malar_aṭi toḻutu _eḻa maruvum _uḷḷak
kuṟiyiṉār_avar mikak kūṭuvār, nīṭuvāṉ_ulakiṉ_ūṭē.
*5
kōṭu_iṭaic corinta tēṉ_ataṉoṭum koṇṭal vāyviṇṭa muṉnīr
kāṭu _uṭaip pīliyum kaṭaṟu _uṭaip paṇṭamum kalantu nunti,
_ōṭu _uṭaik kāviri vaṭakarai _aṭai kuraṅkāṭutuṟai,
pīṭu _uṭaic caṭaimuṭi _aṭikaḷār _iṭam _eṉap pēṇiṉārē.
*6
kōla mā malaroṭu tūpamum cāntamum koṇṭu pōṟṟi
vāliyār vaḻipaṭap poruntiṉār, tiruntu māṅkaṉikaḷ _unti
_ālum mā kāviri vaṭakarai _aṭai kuraṅkāṭutuṟai
nīlamāmaṇimiṭaṟṟu _aṭikaḷai, niṉaiya, valviṉaikaḷ vīṭē.
*7
nīlamāmaṇi niṟattu _arakkaṉai _irupatukarattoṭu _olka
vāliṉāl kaṭṭiya vāliyār vaḻipaṭa maṉṉu kōyil---
_ēlamōṭu, _ilai _ilavaṅkamē, _iñciyē, mañcaḷ, _unti,
_āliyā varupuṉal vaṭakarai _aṭai kuraṅkāṭutuṟaiyē.
*8
porum tiṟal peruṅkaimā _urittu, _umai _añcavē, _oruṅki nōkki,
perun tiṟattu _anaṅkaṉai _anaṅkamā viḻittatum perumaipōlum---
varun tiṟal kāviri vaṭakarai _aṭai kuraṅkāṭutuṟai,
_aruntiṟattu _iruvarai _allal kaṇṭu _ōṅkiya _aṭikaḷārē!
*9
kaṭṭu _amaṇ tērarum, kaṭukkaḷ tiṉ kaḻukkaḷum, kacivu _oṉṟu _illāp
piṭṭartam _aṟa_urai koḷḷalum! peru varaip paṇṭam _unti
_eṭṭum mā kāviri vaṭakarai _aṭai kuraṅkāṭutuṟaic
ciṭṭaṉār _aṭi toḻa, civakati peṟuvatu tiṇṇam_āmē.
*10
tāḻ _iḷaṅ kāviri vaṭakarai _aṭai kuraṅkāṭutuṟai,
pōḻ_iḷamati poti puritaru caṭaimuṭip puṇṇiyaṉai,
kāḻiyāṉ---_arumaṟai ñāṉacampantaṉa---karutu pāṭal
kōḻaiyā _aḻaippiṉum, kūṭuvār, nīṭuvāṉ_ulakiṉ_ūṭē.