*1
col-tuṇai vētiyaṉ, cōti vāṉavaṉ,
poṉ-tuṇait tiruntu _aṭi poruntak kaitoḻa,
kal-tuṇaip pūṭṭi _ōr kaṭalil pāycciṉum,
nal-tuṇai _āvatu namaccivāyavē!
*2
pūviṉukku _aruṅ kalam poṅku tāmarai;
_āviṉukku _aruṅ kalam _araṉ _añcu_āṭutal;
kōviṉukku _aruṅ kalam kōṭṭam_illatu;
nāviṉukku _aruṅ kalam namaccivāyavē!
*3
viṇ _uṟa _aṭukkiya viṟakiṉ vev_aḻal
_uṇṇiya pukil, _avai _oṉṟum _illai_ām;
paṇṇiya _ulakiṉil payiṉṟa pāvattai
naṇṇi niṉṟu _aṟuppatu namaccivāyavē!
*4
_iṭukkaṇpaṭṭu _irukkiṉum, _irantu yāraiyum,
viṭukkiṟpirāl! _eṉṟu viṉavuvōm_allōm;
_aṭukkalkīḻk kiṭakkiṉum, _aruḷiṉ, nām _uṟṟa
naṭukkattaik keṭuppatu namaccivāyavē!
*5
ventanīṟu _aruṅ kalam, viratikaṭku _elām;
_antaṇarkku _aruṅ kalam _arumaṟai, _āṟu_aṅkam;
tiṅkaḷukku _aruṅ kalam tikaḻum nīḷ muṭi;
naṅkaḷukku _aruṅ kalam namaccivāyavē!
*6
calam _ilaṉ; caṅkaraṉ; cāntavarkku _alāl
nalam _ilaṉ; nāḷtoṟam nalkuvāṉ, nalaṉ;
kulam_ilar_ākilum, kulattiṟku _ēṟpatu _ōr
nalam mikak koṭuppatu namaccivāyavē!
*7
vīṭiṉār, _ulakiṉil viḻumiya toṇṭarkaḷ;
kūṭiṉār, _an neṟi; kūṭic ceṉṟalum,
_ōṭiṉēṉ; _ōṭic ceṉṟu _uruvam kāṇṭalum,
nāṭiṉēṉ; nāṭiṟṟu, namaccivāyavē!
*8
_il_aka viḷakku_atu _iruḷ keṭuppatu;
col_aka viḷakku_atu cōti _uḷḷatu;
pal_aka viḷakka_atu palarum kāṇpatu;
nal _aka viḷakku_aka namaccivāyavē!
*9
muṉneṟi _ākiya mutalvaṉ mukkaṇaṉ-
taṉ neṟiyē caraṇ _ātal tiṇṇamē;
_an neṟiyē ceṉṟu _aṅku _aṭaintavarkku _elām
naṉ neṟi _āvatu namaccivāyavē!
*10
māppiṇai taḻuviya mātu_ōrpākattaṉ
pūp piṇai tiruntu _aṭi poruntak kaitoḻa,
nāp piṇai taḻuviya namaccivāyappattu
_ētta vallārtamakku _iṭukkaṇ _illaiyē.