*1
pār koṇṭu mūṭik kaṭal koṇṭañāṉṟu niṉ pātam _ellām
nāl-_añcu puḷ_iṉam _ēntiṉa _eṉpar; naḷirmatiyam
kāl koṇṭa vaṇkaic caṭai virittu _āṭum kaḻumalavarkku
_āḷ_aṉṟi maṟṟum _uṇṭō, _am taṇ _āḻi _akaliṭamē?
*2
kaṭai _ār koṭi neṭumāṭaṅkaḷ _eṅkum kalantu _ilaṅka
_uṭaiyāṉ, _uṭaitalaimālaiyum cūṭi _ukantu_aruḷi,
viṭaitāṉ _uṭaiya _av vētiyaṉ vāḻum kaḻumalattuḷ
_aṭaivār---viṉaikaḷ_avai _eṉka!---nāḷtoṟum _āṭuvarē!
*3
tiraivāyp peruṅkaṭal muttam kuvippa, mukantukoṇṭu
nuraivāy nuḷaicciyar _ōṭik kaḻumalattuḷ(ḷ) _aḻuntum
virai vāy naṟumalar cūṭiya viṇṇavaṉtaṉ _aṭikkē
varaiyāp paricu_ivai nāḷtoṟum namtamai _āḷvaṉavē.
*4
virikkum, _arum patam; vētaṅkaḷ _ōtum; viḻumiya nūl
_uraikkil _arumporuḷ _uḷḷuvar; kēṭkil _ulakam muṟṟum
_irikkum paṟaiyoṭu pūtaṅkaḷ pāṭa, kaḻumalavaṉ
niruttam paḻampaṭi _āṭum kaḻal nammai _āḷvaṉavē.
*5
cintittu _eḻu,---maṉamē!---niṉaiyāmuṉ kaḻumalattai!
pantitta valviṉai tīrkka vallāṉai, pacupatiyai,
cantitta kālam _aṟuttum _eṉṟu _eṇṇi _iruntavarkku
muntit toḻu kaḻal nāḷtoṟum namtammai _āḷvaṉavē.
*6
nilaiyum perumaiyum nītiyum cāla _aḻaku _uṭaittu_āy,
_alaiyum peruveḷḷattu _aṉṟu mitanta _it tōṇipuram,
cilaiyil-tiri purammūṉṟu _erittār, tam kaḻumalavar,
_alarum kaḻal_aṭi nāḷtoṟum namtamai _āḷvaṉavē.
*7
muṟṟik kiṭantu munnīriṉ mitantu, _uṭaṉmoyttu _amarar
cuṟṟik kiṭantu, toḻappaṭukiṉṟatu---cūḻ _aravam
teṟṟik kiṭantu veṅ koṉṟaiyum tuṉṟi veṇtiṅkaḷ cūṭum
kaṟṟaic caṭaimuṭiyārkku _iṭam _āya kaḻumalamē.
*8
_uṭalum _uyirum _oruvaḻic cellum _ulakattuḷḷē
_aṭaiyum _uṉai vantu _aṭaintār, _amarar _aṭi_iṇaikkīḻ;
naṭaiyum viḻavoṭu nāḷtoṟum malkum kaḻumalattuḷ
viṭaiyaṉ taṉippatam nāḷtoṟum namtamai _āḷvaṉavē.
*9
paravaik-kaṭalnañcam _uṇṭatum _illai; _ip pārmuḻutum
niravik kiṭantu toḻappaṭukiṉṟatu;---nīṇṭu _iruvar
ciramappaṭa vantu cārntār, kaḻal_aṭi kāṇpataṟkē---
_aravak kaḻal_aṭi nāḷtoṟum namtamai _āḷvaṉavē.
*10
kalai _ār kaṭal cūḻ _ilaṅkaiyarkōṉtaṉ muṭi citaṟat
tolaiyā malar_aṭi _ūṉṟalum, _uḷḷam vitirvitirttut
talai_āyk kiṭantu, _uyarntāṉtaṉ kaḻumalam kāṇpataṟkē
_alaiyāp paricu_ivai nāḷtoṟum namtamai _āḷvaṉavē.