*1
neytal kuruku taṉ piḷḷai _eṉṟu _eṇṇi neruṅkic ceṉṟu,
kaitaimaṭal pulku teṉkaḻippālai_atiṉ _uṟaivāy!
paitalpiṟaiyoṭu pāmpu _uṭaṉvaitta paricu _aṟiyōm;
_eytappeṟiṉ _iraṅkātukaṇṭāy---nam _iṟaiyavaṉē!
*2
paru mā maṇiyum pavaḷam muttum parantu _unti varai
poru māl karaimēl-tirai koṇarntu _ēṟṟap polintu _ilaṅkum
karu mā miṭaṟu _uṭaik kaṇṭaṉ, _emmāṉ---kaḻippālai _entai,
perumāṉ_avaṉ, _eṉṉai _āḷ_uṭaiyāṉ, _ip peru nilattē.
*3
nāḷpaṭṭu _iruntu _iṉpam _eytal_uṟṟu, _iṅku namaṉtamarāl
kōṭpaṭṭu _oḻivataṉ muntu_uṟavē, kuḷir _ār taṭattut
tāḷ paṭṭa tāmaraip poykai _am taṇ kaḻippālai _aṇṇaṟku
_āṭpaṭṭoḻintam _aṉṟē, vallam_āy _iv _akaliṭattē!