*1
_eṉṉil _ārum _eṉakku _iṉiyār _illai;
_eṉṉilum(m) _iṉiyāṉ _oruvaṉ(ṉ) _uḷaṉ;
_eṉ_uḷē _uyirppu_āyp puṟam pōntu pukku
_eṉ_uḷē niṟkum, _iṉṉampar _īcaṉē.
*2
maṭṭu _uṇpārkaḷ, maṭantaiyar vāḷkaṇāl
kaṭṭuṇpārkaḷ, karutuvatu _eṉkolō?
taṭṭi muṭṭit taḷḷāṭit taḻukkuḻi
_eṭṭumūrttiyar, _iṉṉampar _īcaṉē.
*3
kaṉalum kaṇṇiyum, taṇmatiyōṭu, _uṭaṉ
puṉalum, koṉṟaiyum, cūṭum puricaṭai;
_aṉalum, cūlamum, māṉmaṟi, kaiyiṉar
_eṉalum, _eṉ maṉattu, _iṉṉampar _īcaṉē.
*4
maḻaikkaṇ mā mayil _ālum makiḻcciyāṉ
_aḻaikkum, taṉ _aṭiyārkaḷtam _aṉpiṉai;
kuḻaikkum taṉṉaik kuṟikkoḷa vēṇṭiyē
_iḻaikkum, _eṉ maṉattu---_iṉṉampar _īcaṉē.
*5
teṉṉavaṉ(ṉ); _eṉai _āḷum civaṉ_avaṉ;
maṉṉavaṉ; mati _am maṟai _ōtiyāṉ;
muṉṉam _aṉṉavaṉ---cēralaṉ, pūḻiyāṉ,
_iṉṉam _iṉpu_uṟṟa _iṉṉampar _īcaṉē.
*6
viḷakkum, vēṟupaṭap piṟar _uḷḷattil;
_aḷakkum, taṉ _aṭiyār maṉattu _aṉpiṉai;
kuḷakkum _eṉṉaik kuṟikkoḷa vēṇṭiyē
_iḷakkum, _eṉ maṉattu---_iṉṉampar _īcaṉē.
*7
caṭaikkaṇāḷ, puṉalāḷ; _aṉal kaiyatu; _ōr
kaṭaikkaṇāl maṅkai nōkka, _imavāṉmakaḷ
paṭaikkaṇāl parukappaṭuvāṉ---namakku
_iṭaikkaṇ_āy niṉṟa _iṉṉampar _īcaṉē.
*8
toḻutu tū malar tūvit tutittu niṉṟu
_aḻutu kāmuṟṟu _araṟṟukiṉṟāraiyum,
poḻutu pōkkip puṟakkaṇippāraiyum,
_eḻutum, kīḻkkaṇakku---_iṉṉampar _īcaṉē.
*9
viriyum taṇ _iḷavēṉiliṉ veṇpiṟai
puriyum kāmaṉai vēva, puruvamum
tiriyum _ellaiyil mummatil tī _eḻuntu
_eriya, nōkkiya _iṉṉampar _īcaṉē!
*10
caṉiyum veḷḷiyum tiṅkaḷum ñāyiṟum
muṉivaṉāy muṭipattu _uṭaiyāṉtaṉaik
kaṉiya _ūṉṟiya kāraṇam _eṉkolō,
_iṉiyaṉāy niṉṟa _iṉṉampar _īcaṉē?