*1
vāṉ coṭṭaccoṭṭa niṉṟu _aṭṭum vaḷarmatiyōṭu _ayalē
tēṉ coṭṭaccoṭṭa niṉṟu _aṭṭum tiruk koṉṟai ceṉṉi vaittīr!
māṉpeṭṭai nōkki maṇāḷīr! maṇinīr miḻalai _uḷḷīr!---
nāṉ caṭṭa _ummai maṟakkiṉum, _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoṇmiṉē!
*2
_antamum _ātiyum _āki niṉṟīr! _aṇṭam _eṇticaiyum
pantamum vīṭum parappukiṉṟīr! pacu _ēṟṟu _ukantīr!
ventaḻal _ōmpum miḻalai _uḷḷīr!---_eṉṉait teṉticaikkē
_untiṭumpōtu maṟakkiṉum, _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoṇmiṉē!
*3
_alaikkiṉṟa nīr, nilam, kāṟṟu, _aṉal, _amparam, _āki niṉṟīr!
kalaikkaṉṟu cērum karattīr! kalaipporuḷ_āki niṉṟīr!
vilakku _iṉṟi nalkum miḻalai _uḷḷīr---meyyil kaiyoṭu kāl
kulaikkiṉṟu nummai maṟakkiṉum, _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoṇmiṉē!
*4
tīt toḻilāṉ talai tīyil _iṭṭu, ceyta vēḷvi ceṟṟīr!
pēyttoḻilāṭṭiyaip peṟṟu_uṭaiyīr! piṭittut tiriyum
vēyt toḻilāḷar miḻalai _uḷḷīr! vikki _añcu_eḻuttum
_ōttu _oḻintu _ummai maṟakkiṉum, _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoṇmiṉē!
*5
tōḷ paṭṭa nākamum, cūlamum, cuttiyum, pattimaiyāl
mēṟpaṭṭa _antaṇar vīḻiyum, _eṉṉaiyum vēṟu _uṭaiyīr!
nāḷ paṭṭu vantu piṟantēṉ, _iṟakka, namaṉtamartam
kōḷpaṭṭu nummai maṟakkiṉum, _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoṇmiṉē!
*6
kaṇṭiyil paṭṭa kaḻuttu _uṭaiyīr! karikāṭṭil _iṭṭa
paṇṭiyil paṭṭa parikalattīr! pativīḻi koṇṭīr---
_uṇṭiyil, paṭṭiṉi, nōyil, _uṟakkattil,---_ummai,---_aivar
koṇṭiyil paṭṭu maṟakkiṉum, _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoṇmiṉē!
*7
tōṟṟam kaṇṭāṉ ciram _oṉṟu koṇṭīr! tūya veḷ_erutu _oṉṟu
_ēṟṟam koṇṭīr! _eḻil vīḻimiḻalai _irukkai koṇṭīr!---
cīṟṟam koṇṭu _eṉmēl civantatu _ōr pācattāl vīciya veṅ
kūṟṟam kaṇṭu _ummai maṟakkiṉum, _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoṇmiṉē!
*8
cuḻippaṭṭa kaṅkaiyum tiṅkaḷum cūṭic cokkam payiṉṟīr!
paḻippaṭṭa pāmpu _araip paṟṟu _uṭaiyīr! paṭar tīp paruka
viḻippaṭṭa kāmaṉai viṭṭīr! miḻalai _uḷḷīr!---piṟavic-
cuḻippaṭṭu nummai maṟakkiṉum, _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoṇmiṉē!
*9
piḷḷaiyiṉ paṭṭa piṟaimuṭiyīr! maṟai _ōta vallīr!
veḷḷaiyil paṭṭatu _ōr nīṟṟīr! virinīr miḻalai _uḷḷīr!---
naḷḷaiyil paṭṭu _aivar nakku _araippikka namaṉtamartam
koḷḷaiyil paṭṭu maṟakkiṉum, _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoṇmiṉē!
*10
kaṟukkoṇṭu _arakkaṉ kayilaiyaip paṟṟiya kaiyum meyyum
neṟukkeṉṟu _iṟac ceṟṟa cēvaṭiyāl kūṟṟai nīṟuceytīr!
veṟik koṉṟaimālai muṭiyīr! virinīr miḻalai _uḷḷīr!---
_iṟakkiṉṟu nummai maṟakkiṉum, _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoṇmiṉē!