*1
muḷaikkatir _iḷampiṟai mūḻka, veḷḷanīr
vaḷaittu _eḻu caṭaiyiṉar; maḻalai vīṇaiyar;
tiḷaittatu _ōr māṉmaṟik kaiyar---ceyyapoṉ
kiḷaittuḻit tōṉṟiṭum keṭilavāṇarē.
*2
_ēṟiṉar, _ēṟiṉai; _ēḻai taṉ _oru-
kūṟiṉar; kūṟiṉar, vētam; _aṅkamum
_āṟiṉar; _āṟu _iṭu caṭaiyar; pakkamum
kīṟiṉ _uṭaiyiṉar---keṭilavāṇarē.
*3
viṭam tikaḻ keḻutaru miṭaṟṟar; veḷḷainīṟu
_uṭampu _aḻaku _eḻutuvar---muḻutum veṇnilāp
paṭarntu _aḻaku _eḻutaru caṭaiyil pāypuṉal
kiṭantu _aḻaku _eḻutiya keṭilavāṇarē.
*4
viḻum maṇi _ayil_eyiṟṟu_ampu, veyyatu _ōr
koḻu maṇi neṭuvarai koḷuvik kōṭṭiṉār;
ceḻu maṇimiṭaṟṟiṉar; ceyyar; veyyatu _ōr
keḻu maṇi _araviṉar---keṭilavāṇarē.
*5
kuḻuviṉar toḻutu _eḻum _aṭiyarmēl viṉai
taḻuviṉa kaḻuvuvar, pavaḷamēṉiyar,
maḻuviṉar, māṉmaṟik kaiyar, maṅkaiyaik
keḻuviṉa yōkiṉar---keṭilavāṇarē.
*6
_aṅkaiyil _aṉal-_eri _ēnti, _āṟu _eṉum
maṅkaiyaic caṭai_iṭai maṇappar; mālvarai-
naṅkaiyaip pākamum nayappar---teṉticaik
keṅkai_atu _eṉappaṭum keṭilavāṇarē.
*7
kaḻintavar talai kalaṉ _ēnti, kāṭu _uṟaintu,
_iḻintavar _oruvar! _eṉṟu _eḷka, vāḻpavar---
vaḻintu _iḻi matukaram miḻaṟṟa, mantikaḷ
kiḻinta tēṉ nukartarum keṭilavāṇarē.
*8
kiṭanta pāmpu _aruku kaṇṭu _arivai pētu_uṟa,
kiṭanta pāmpu _avaḷai _ōr mayil _eṉṟu _aiyuṟa,
kiṭanta nīrc caṭaimicaip piṟaiyum _ēṅkavē,
kiṭantu tāṉ nakutalaik keṭilavāṇarē.
*9
veṟi _uṟu viricaṭai puraḷa vīci, _ōr
poṟi _uṟu puli_uri _araiyatu _ākavum,
neṟi _uṟu kuḻal _umai pākam _ākavum,
kiṟi paṭa _uḻitarvar---keṭilavāṇarē!
*10
pūṇṭa tēr _arakkaṉai, poru _il mālvarait
tūṇṭu tōḷ_avai paṭa, _aṭartta tāḷiṉār---
_īṇṭu nīrk kamalavāy, mēti pāytara,
kīṇṭu tēṉ coritarum keṭilavāṇarē.