*1
kaṉakam mā vayiram _untum mā maṇik kayilai kaṇṭu,
muṉakaṉāy _arakkaṉ _ōṭi _eṭuttalum, _umaiyāḷ _añca,
_aṉakaṉāy niṉṟa _īcaṉ _ūṉṟalum, _alaṟi vīḻntāṉ;
maṉakaṉāy _ūṉṟiṉāṉēl maṟittum nōkku _illai _aṉṟē!
*2
kaḻittavaṉ kaṇ civantu, kayilai nal malaiyai _ōṭi
_atirttu _avaṉ _eṭuttiṭa(l)lum, _arivaitāṉ _añca, _īcaṉ
netittavaṉ _ūṉṟiyiṭṭa nilai _aḻintu _alaṟi vīḻntāṉ;
matittu _iṟai _ūṉṟiṉāṉēl maṟittum nōkku _illai _aṉṟē!
*3
kaṟuttavaṉ kaṇ civantu, kayilai nal malaiyaik kaiyāl
maṟittalum, maṅkai _añca, vāṉavar_iṟaivaṉ nakku,
neṟittu _oruviralāl _ūṉṟa, neṭuvarai pōla vīḻntāṉ;
maṟittu _iṟai _ūṉṟiṉāṉēl maṟittum nōkku _illai _aṉṟē!
*4
kaṭuttavaṉ kaṇ civantu, kayilai nal malaiyai _ōṭi
_eṭuttalum, maṅkai _añca, _iṟaiyavaṉ _iṟaiyē nakku,
noṭippu_aḷa(vu) viralāl _ūṉṟa, nōvatum _alaṟiyiṭṭāṉ;
maṭittu _iṟai _ūṉṟiṉāṉēl maṟittum nōkku _illai _aṉṟē!
*5
kaṉṟit taṉ kaṇ civantu, kayilai nal malaiyai _ōṭi
veṉṟit taṉ kaittalattāl _eṭuttalum, veruva maṅkai,
naṉṟu(t)tāṉ nakku nātaṉ _ūṉṟalum, nakaḻa vīḻntāṉ;
maṉṟit tāṉ _ūṉṟiṉāṉēl maṟittum nōkku _illai _aṉṟē!
*6
kaḷittavaṉ kaṇ civantu, kayilai nal malaiyai _ōṭi,
neḷittu _avaṉ _eṭuttiṭa(l)lum, nēriḻai _añca, nōkki,
veḷittavaṉ _ūṉṟiyiṭṭa vēṟpiṉāl _alaṟi vīḻntāṉ;
maḷittu _iṟai _ūṉṟiṉāṉēl maṟittum nōkku _illai _aṉṟē!
*7
karuttaṉāyk kaṇ civantu, kayilai nal malaiyaik kaiyāl
_eruttaṉāy _eṭutta_āṟē, _ēntiḻai _añca, _īcaṉ---
tiruttaṉāy niṉṟa tēvaṉ---tiruviral _ūṉṟa, vīḻntāṉ;
varuttuvāṉ _ūṉṟiṉāṉēl maṟittum nōkku _illai _aṉṟē!
*8
kaṭiyavaṉ kaṇ civantu, kayilai nal malaiyai _ōṭi,
vaṭivu _uṭai maṅkai _añca _eṭuttalum, maruva nōkkic
ceṭi paṭat tiruvira(l)lāl _ūṉṟalum, citaintu vīḻntāṉ;
vaṭivu _uṟa _ūṉṟiṉāṉēl maṟittum nōkku _illai _aṉṟē!
*9
kariyat tāṉ kaṇ civantu, kayilai nal malaiyaip paṟṟi,
_iriyat tāṉ _eṭuttiṭa(l)lum, _ēntiḻai _añca, _īcaṉ
neriyat tāṉ _ūṉṟāmuṉṉam niṟkilātu, _alaṟi vīḻntāṉ;
maṟiyat tāṉ _ūṉṟiṉāṉēl maṟittum nōkkum _illai _aṉṟē!
*10
kaṟṟaṉaṉ, kayilaitaṉṉaik kāṇṭalum _arakkaṉ _ōṭik
ceṟṟavaṉ _eṭutta_āṟē, cēyiḻai _añca, _īcaṉ
_uṟṟu _iṟai _ūṉṟāmuṉṉam _uṇarvu _aḻi vakaiyāl, vīḻntāṉ;
maṟṟu _iṟai _ūṉṟiṉāṉēl maṟittum nōkku _illai _aṉṟē!