*1
mātarp piṟaikkaṇṇiyāṉai malaiyāṉmakaḷoṭum pāṭi,
pōtoṭu nīr cumantu _ēttip pukuvār_avarpiṉ pukuvēṉ,
yātum cuvaṭu paṭāmal _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
kātal maṭappiṭiyōṭum kaḷiṟu varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ.
*2
pōḻ_iḷaṅkaṇṇiyiṉāṉaip pūntukilāḷoṭum pāṭi,
vāḻiyam, pōṟṟi! _eṉṟu _ētti, vaṭṭam_iṭṭu _āṭā varuvēṉ,
_āḻivalavaṉ niṉṟu _ēttum _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
kōḻi peṭaiyoṭum kūṭik kuḷirntu varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ!
*3
_erippiṟaikkaṇṇiyiṉāṉai _ēntiḻaiyāḷoṭum pāṭi,
muritta _ilayaṅkaḷ _iṭṭu, mukam malarntu _āṭā varuvēṉ,
_arittu _oḻukum veḷ_aruvi _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
varikkuyil pēṭaiyōṭu _āṭi vaiki varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ!
*4
piṟai_iḷaṅkaṇṇiyiṉāṉaip peyvaḷaiyāḷoṭum pāṭi,
tuṟai _iḷam palmalar tūvi, tōḷaik kuḷirat toḻuvēṉ,
_aṟai _iḷam pūṅ kuyil _ālum _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
ciṟai _iḷam pēṭaiyoṭu _āṭic cēval varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ!
*5
_ēṭumatikkaṇṇiyāṉai _ēntiḻaiyāḷoṭum pāṭi,
kāṭoṭu nāṭum malaiyum kaitoḻutu _āṭā varuvēṉ,
_āṭal _amarntu _uṟaikiṉṟa _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
pēṭai mayiloṭum kūṭip piṇaintu varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ!
*6
taṇmaṇikkaṇṇiyiṉāṉait taiyalnallāḷoṭum pāṭi,
_uḷ meli cintaiyaṉ_āki, _uṇarā, _urukā, varuvēṉ,
_aṇṇal _amarntu _uṟaikiṉṟa _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
vaṇṇap pakaṉṟiloṭu _āṭi vaiki varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ!
*7
kaṭimatikkaṇṇiyiṉāṉaik kārikaiyāḷoṭum pāṭi,
vaṭivoṭu vaṇṇam_iraṇṭum vāy vēṇṭuva colli vāḻvēṉ,
_aṭi_iṇai _ārkkum kaḻalāṉ _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
_iṭi kural _aṉṉatu _or _ēṉam _icaintu varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ!
*8
virumpu matikkaṇṇiyāṉai melliyalāḷoṭum pāṭi,
perumpularkālai _eḻuntu, peṟu malar koyyā varuvēṉ,
_aruṅ kalam poṉmaṇi _untum _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
karuṅ kalai pēṭaiyoṭu _āṭik kalantu varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ!
*9
muṟpiṟaikkaṇṇiyiṉāṉai moykuḻalāḷoṭum pāṭi,
paṟṟik kayiṟu _aṟukkillēṉ, pāṭiyum _āṭā varuvēṉ,
_aṟṟu _aruḷ peṟṟu niṉṟārōṭu _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
nal-tuṇaip pēṭaiyoṭu _āṭi nārai varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ!
*10
tiṅkaḷ-matikkaṇṇiyāṉait tēmoḻiyāḷoṭum pāṭi,
_eṅku _aruḷ nalkumkol, _entai _eṉakku _iṉi? _eṉṉā varuvēṉ,
_aṅku _iḷa maṅkaiyar _āṭum _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
paiṅkiḷi pēṭaiyoṭu _āṭip paṟantu varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ!
*11
vaḷarmatikkaṇṇiyiṉāṉai vārkuḻalāḷoṭum pāṭi,
kaḷavu paṭātatu _or kālam kāṇpāṉ kaṭaikkaṇ niṉkiṉṟēṉ,
_aḷavu paṭātatu _or _aṉpōṭu _aiyāṟu _aṭaikiṉṟapōtu,
_iḷa maṇa nāku taḻuvi _ēṟu varuvaṉa kaṇṭēṉ;---
kaṇṭēṉ, _avar tiruppātam; kaṇṭu_aṟiyātaṉa kaṇṭēṉ!