*1
karu naṭṭa kaṇṭaṉai, _aṇṭattalaivaṉai, kaṟpakattai,
ceru naṭṭa mummatil _eyya vallāṉai, centī muḻaṅkat
tirunaṭṭam_āṭiyai, tillaikku _iṟaiyai, ciṟṟampalattup
perunaṭṭam_āṭiyai, vāṉavarkōṉ _eṉṟu vāḻttuvaṉē.
*2
_oṉṟi _iruntu niṉaimiṉkaḷ! _umtamakku _ūṉam _illai;
kaṉṟiya kālaṉaik kālāl kaṭintāṉ, _aṭiyavaṟkā;
ceṉṟu toḻumiṉkaḷ, tillaiyuḷ ciṟṟampalattu naṭṭam!---
_eṉṟu vantāy? _eṉṉum _emperumāṉtaṉ tirukkuṟippē.
*3
kalmaṉavīr! kaḻiyum karuttē collik kāṇpatu _eṉṉē?
nal maṉavar navil tillaiyuḷ ciṟṟampalattu naṭṭam
poṉmalaiyil veḷḷikkuṉṟu_atu pōlap polintu _ilaṅki,
_eṉ maṉamē _oṉṟipa, pukkaṉaṉ; pōnta cuvaṭu _illaiyē!
*4
kuṉitta puruvamum, kovvaiccevvāyil kumiṇ cirippum,
paṉitta caṭaiyum, pavaḷam pōl mēṉiyum pālveṇnīṟum,
_iṉittam _uṭaiya _eṭutta poṉpātamum kāṇappeṟṟāl
maṉi(t)tappiṟaviyum vēṇṭuvatē, _inta mā nilattē!
*5
vāyttatu namtamakku _ītu _ōr piṟavi; matittiṭumiṉ!
pārttaṟkup pācupatam _aruḷceytavaṉ,---pattar_uḷḷīr!---
kōttu _aṉṟu muppuram tī viḷaittāṉ, tillai _ampalattuk
kūttaṉukku _āṭpaṭṭu _iruppatu_aṉṟō, namtam kūḻaimaiyē?
*6
pūttaṉa, poṉcaṭai poṉ pōl miḷira; purikaṇaṅkaḷ
_ārttaṉa, koṭṭi; _arittaṉa, palkuṟaḷpūtakaṇam;
tētteṉa _eṉṟu _icai vaṇṭukaḷ pāṭu ciṟṟampalattuk
kūttaṉiṉ kūttu vallār _uḷarō, _eṉtaṉ kōlvaḷaikkē?
*7
muṭi koṇṭa mattamum, mukkaṇṇiṉ nōkkum, muṟuvalippum,
tuṭi koṇṭa kaiyum, tutainta veṇnīṟum, curikuḻalāḷ
paṭi koṇṭa pākamum, pāy pulittōlum, _eṉ pāvineñcil
kuṭikoṇṭavā, tillai _ampalak kūtataṉ kuraikaḻalē!
*8
paṭaikkalam _āka _uṉ nāmattu _eḻuttu_añcu _eṉ nāvil koṇṭēṉ;
_iṭaikkalam _allēṉ; _eḻupiṟappum(m) _uṉakku _āṭceykiṉṟēṉ;
tuṭaikkiṉum pōkēṉ; toḻutu vaṇaṅkit tū nīṟu _aṇintu _uṉ
_aṭaikkalamkaṇṭāy---_aṇi tillaic ciṟṟampalattu _araṉē!
*9
poṉ _otta mēṉimēl veṇnīṟu _aṇintu, puricaṭaikaḷ
miṉ _ottu _ilaṅka, pali tērntu, _uḻalum viṭaṅkavēṭac-
ciṉṉattiṉāl mali tillaiyuḷ ciṟṟampalattu naṭṭam
_eṉ _attaṉ _āṭal kaṇṭu _iṉpu_uṟṟatāl, _iv _iru nilamē.
*10
cāṭa _eṭuttatu, takkaṉtaṉ vēḷviyil cantiraṉai;
vīṭa _eṭuttatu, kālaṉai; nāraṇaṉ nāṉmukaṉum
tēṭa _eṭuttatu,---tillaiyuḷ ciṟṟampalattu naṭṭam
_āṭa _eṭuttiṭṭa pātam _aṉṟō,---nammai _āṭkoṇṭatē!