*1
muttiṉai, pavaḷattai, muḷaitta _em
tottaṉai, cuṭarai, cuṭar pōl _oḷip
pittaṉai, kolum nañciṉai, vāṉavar
nittaṉai,---nerunal kaṇṭa veṇṇiyē.
*2
veṇṇit tol-nakar mēya veṇtiṅkaḷ _ār
kaṇṇit totta caṭaiyar; kapāliyār;
_eṇṇit tammai niṉaintu_iruntēṉukku(v)
_aṇṇittiṭṭu _amutu _ūṟum, _eṉ nāvukkē.
*3
kāṟṟiṉai; kaṉalai; katir mā maṇi
nīṟṟiṉai; niṉaippār viṉai nīkkiṭum,
kūṟṟiṉai _utaittiṭṭa kuṇam _uṭai,
vīṟṟiṉai;---nerunal kaṇṭa veṇṇiyē.
*4
nallaṉai, tikaḻ nālmaṟai_ōtiyai,
collaṉai, cuṭarai, cuṭar pōl _oḷir
kallaṉai, kaṭi mā matilmūṉṟu _eyta
villaṉai,---nerunal kaṇṭa veṇṇiyē.
*5
cuṭaraip pōl _oḷir cuṇṇaveṇnīṟṟaṉai,
_aṭarum ceṉṉiyil vaitta _amutaṉai,
paṭarum ceñcaṭaip pālmaticūṭiyai,
_iṭarai nīkkiyai, yāṉ kaṇṭa veṇṇiyē.
*6
pūtanātaṉai, pūm pukalūraṉai,
tātu _eṉat tavaḻum mati cūṭiyai,
nātaṉai, nalla nālmaṟai _ōtiyai,
vētaṉai,---nerunal kaṇṭa veṇṇiyē.
*7
_oruttiyai _orupākattu _aṭakkiyum
poruttiya(p) puṉitaṉ, puripuṉcaṭaik
karuttaṉai, kaṟaikkaṇṭaṉai, kaṇnutal
niruttaṉai,---nerunal kaṇṭa veṇṇiyē.
*8
caṭaiyaṉai; cari kōvaṇa_āṭai koṇṭu
_uṭaiyaṉai; _uṇarvār viṉai tīrttiṭum
paṭaiyaṉai, maḻuvāḷoṭu; pāytarum
viṭaiyaṉai;---nerunal kaṇṭa veṇṇiyē.
*9
poruppaṉai, puṉalāḷoṭu puṉcaṭai
_aruppaṉai, _iḷantiṅkaḷ_amkaṇṇiyāṉ
paruppatam paravit toḻum toṇṭarkaḷ
viruppaṉai,---nerunal kaṇṭa veṇṇiyē.
*10
cūla, vañcaṉai, valla _em cuntaraṉ;
kōlamā _aruḷceytatu _ōr koḷkaiyāṉ;
kālaṉ _añca _utaittu, _iruḷkaṇṭam _ām
vēlainañcaṉai; kaṇṭatu veṇṇiyē.
*11
_ilaiyiṉ _ār koṉṟai cūṭiya _īcaṉār,
malaiyiṉāl _arakkaṉ tiṟal vāṭṭiṉār,
cilaiyiṉāl matil _eytavaṉ, veṇṇiyait
talaiyiṉāl-toḻuvār viṉai tāvumē.