*1
teṇtirai tēṅki _ōtam ceṉṟu _aṭi vīḻuṅkālai,
toṇṭu _iraittu _aṇṭarkōṉait toḻutu, _aṭi vaṇaṅki, _eṅkum
vaṇṭukaḷ matukkaḷ māntum valampurattu _aṭikaḷtammaik
koṇṭu, nal kītam pāṭak kuḻakartām _irunta_āṟē!
*2
maṭukkaḷil vāḷai pāya vaṇṭu_iṉam _irinta poykai,
piṭik kaḷiṟu _eṉṉat tammil piṇai payiṉṟu _aṇai varālkaḷ---
toṭutta nal mālai _ēntit toṇṭarkaḷ paravi _ētta,
vaṭittaṭaṅkaṇṇi pākar---valampurattu _irunta_āṟē!
*3
tēṉ _uṭai malarkaḷ koṇṭu tiruntu _aṭi poruntac cērtti,
_āṉ_iṭai_añcum koṇṭu _aṉpiṉāl _amara _āṭṭi,
vāṉ_iṭaimatiyam cūṭum valampurattu _aṭikaḷtammai
nāṉ _aṭaintu _ēttappeṟṟu, nalviṉaip payaṉ _uṟṟēṉē.
*4
muḷai _eyiṟṟu _iḷa nal _ēṉam pūṇṭu, moycaṭaikaḷ tāḻa,
vaḷai _eyiṟṟu _iḷaiya nākam valittu _arai _icaiya vīkki,
puḷaikayap pōrvai pōrttu, puṉaloṭu matiyam cūṭi,
vaḷai payil _iḷaiyar _ēttum valampurattu _aṭikaḷtāmē.
*5
curuḷ _uṟu varaiyiṉmēlāl-tuḷaṅku _iḷam paḷiṅku cinta,
_iruḷ _uṟu katir nuḻainta _iḷaṅ katirp pacalaittiṅkaḷ---
_aruḷ _uṟum _aṭiyar_ellām _aṅkaiyiṉ malarkaḷ _ēnta,
maruḷ _uṟu kītam kēṭṭār---valampurattu _aṭikaḷārē.
*6
niṉaikkiṉṟēṉ, neñcutaṉṉāl,---nīṇṭa puṉcaṭaiyiṉāṉē!---
_aṉaittu_uṭaṉ koṇṭuvantu _aṅku _aṉpiṉāl _amaiya _āṭṭi;
puṉai(k)kiṉṟēṉ, poymmaitaṉṉai; meymmaiyaip puṇaramāṭṭēṉ;
_eṉakku nāṉ ceyvatu _eṉṉē, _iṉi?---valampuravaṉīrē!
*7
ceṅkayal cēlkaḷ pāyntu, tēm paḻam _iṉiya nāṭi,
tam kayam tuṟantu pōntu, taṭampoykai _aṭaintu niṉṟu,
koṅkaiyar kuṭaiyuṅkālaik koḻuṅ kaṉi _aḻuṅkiṉār _am
maṅkala maṉaiyiṉ mikkār---valampurattu _aṭikaḷārē.
*8
_aruku_elām kuvaḷai, cennel, _akal _ilai _āmpal, neytal;
teru_elām teṅku māviṉ paḻam viḻum, paṭappai_ellām
kuruku_iṉam kūṭi _āṅkē kummalittu _iṟaku _ulartti
maruval _ām _iṭaṅkaḷ kāṭṭum, valampurattu _aṭikaḷārē!
*9
karuvarai _aṉaiya mēṉik kaṭalvaṇṇaṉ_avaṉum kāṇāṉ;
tiru varai _aṉaiya pūmēl-ticaimukaṉ_avaṉum kāṇāṉ;
_oru varai _ucci _ēṟi _ōṅkiṉār, _ōṅki vantu(v)
_arumaiyiṉ _eḷimai_āṉār_avar, valampuravaṉārē.
*10
vāḷ_eyiṟu _ilaṅka nakku vaḷar kayilāyamtaṉṉai
_āḷ vali karutic ceṉṟa _arakkaṉai varaikkīḻ, _aṉṟu,
tōḷoṭu pattuvāyum tolaintu _uṭaṉ_aḻunta _ūṉṟi,
_āṇmaiyum valiyum tīrppār_avar---valampuravaṉārē.