*1
pāḷai _uṭaik kamuku _ōṅki, palamāṭam neruṅki, _eṅkum
vāḷai _uṭaip puṉal vantu _eṟi, vāḻ vayal-tillaitaṉṉuḷ,
_āḷa _uṭaik kaḻal ciṟṟampalattu _araṉ _āṭal kaṇṭāl
pīḷai _uṭaik kaṇkaḷāl piṉṉaip pēyttoṇṭar kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?
*2
poru viṭai _oṉṟu _uṭaip puṇṇiyamūrtti, puli_ataḷaṉ,
_uru _uṭai _am malaimaṅkai maṇāḷaṉ, _ulakukku _ellām
tiru _uṭai _antaṇar vāḻkiṉṟa tillaic ciṟṟampalavaṉ,
tiruvaṭiyaik kaṇṭa kaṇkoṇṭu maṟṟu _iṉik kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?
*3
toṭutta malaroṭu tūpamum cāntum koṇṭu _eppoḻutum
_aṭuttu vaṇaṅkum _ayaṉoṭu mālukkum kāṇpu _ariyāṉ,
poṭik koṇṭu _aṇintu poṉ _ākiya tillaic ciṟṟampalavaṉ,
_uṭutta tukil kaṇṭa kaṇkoṇṭa maṟṟu _iṉik kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?
*4
vaicca poruḷ namakku _ākum _eṉṟu _eṇṇi namaccivāya
_accam _oḻintēṉ; _aṇi tillai _ampalattu _āṭukiṉṟa
piccaṉ, piṟappu_ili, pēr nanti, _untiyiṉmēl _acaitta
kacciṉ _aḻaku kaṇṭāl piṉṉaik kaṇkoṇṭu kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?
*5
ceyñ ñiṉṟa nīlam malarkiṉṟa tillaic ciṟṟampalavaṉ,
maiñ ñiṉṟa _oṇkaṇ malaimakaḷ kaṇṭu makiḻntu niṟka
neyñ ñiṉṟu _eriyum viḷakku _otta nīlamaṇimiṭaṟṟāṉ,
kaiñ ñiṉṟa _āṭal kaṇṭāl piṉṉaik kaṇkoṇṭu kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?
*6
_ūṉattai nīkki _ulaku _aṟiya(v) _eṉṉai _āṭkoṇṭavaṉ,
tēṉ _ottu _eṉakku _iṉiyāṉ, tillaic ciṟṟampalavaṉ, _em kōṉ,
vāṉattavar _uyya vaṉnañcai _uṇṭa kaṇṭattu _ilaṅkum
_ēṉattu_eyiṟu kaṇṭāl piṉṉaik kaṇkoṇṭu kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?
*7
terinta kaṇaiyāl-tiri purammūṉṟum centīyil mūḻka
_eritta _iṟaivaṉ, _imaiyavarkōmāṉ, _iṇai_aṭikaḷ
taritta maṉattavar vāḻkiṉṟa tillaic ciṟṟampalavaṉ,
ciritta mukam kaṇṭa kaṇkoṇṭu maṟṟu _iṉik kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?
*8
cuṟṟum _amarar, curapati, niṉ tiruppātam_allāl
paṟṟu _oṟṟa _ilōm _eṉṟu _aḻaippap paravaiyuḷ nañcai _uṇṭāṉ,
ceṟṟu _aṅku _anaṅkaṉait tīviḻittāṉ, tillai _ampalavaṉ,
neṟṟiyil kaṇ kaṇṭa kaṇkoṇṭu maṟṟu _iṉik kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?
*9
cittattu _eḻunta ceḻuṅ kamalattu _aṉṉa cēvaṭikaḷ
vaitta maṉattavar vāḻkiṉṟa tillaic ciṟṟampalavaṉ,
muttum vayiramum māṇikkamtaṉṉuḷ viḷaṅkiya tū
mattamalar kaṇṭa kaṇkoṇṭu maṟṟu _iṉik kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?
*10
tarukku mikuttut taṉ tōḷvali _uṉṉit taṭavaraiyai
varaikkaikaḷāl _eṭuttu _ārppa, malaimakaḷkōṉ cirittu,
_arakkaṉ maṇi muṭipattum---_aṇi tillai _ampalavaṉ---
nerukki mititta viral kaṇṭa kaṇkoṇṭu kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?