*1
cintai vaṇṇattarāy, tiṟampā vaṇam
munti vaṇṇattarāy, muḻunīṟu _aṇi
canti vaṇṇattarāy, taḻal pōlvatu _ōr
_antivaṇṇamum, _āvar---_aiyāṟarē.
*2
mūla vaṇṇattarāy, mutal_ākiya
kōla vaṇṇattar _āki, koḻuñ cuṭar
nīlavaṇṇattar _āki, neṭum paḷiṅku
_āla vaṇṇattar _āvar---_aiyāṟarē.
*3
cintai vaṇṇamum, tīyatu _ōr vaṇṇamum,
_antippōtu _aḻaku_ākiya vaṇṇamum,
pantik kālaṉaip pāyntatu _ōr vaṇṇamum,
_antivaṇṇamum, _āvar---_aiyāṟarē.
*4
_iruḷiṉ vaṇṇamum, _ēḻ_icai vaṇṇamum,
curuḷiṉ vaṇṇamum, cōtiyiṉ vaṇṇamum,
maruḷum nāṉmukaṉ māloṭu vaṇṇamum,
_aruḷum vaṇṇamum, _āvar---_aiyāṟarē.
*5
_iḻukkiṉ vaṇṇaṅkaḷ _ākiya vev_aḻal
kuḻaikkum vaṇṇaṅkaḷ _ākiyum kūṭiyum,
maḻaikkaṇ mā mukil _ākiya vaṇṇamum,
_aḻaikkum vaṇṇamum, _āvar---_aiyāṟarē.
*6
_iṇṭai vaṇṇamum, _ēḻ_icai vaṇṇamum,
toṇṭar vaṇṇamum, cōtiyiṉ vaṇṇamum,
kaṇṭa vaṇṇaṅkaḷ_āyk kaṉal mā maṇi
_aṇṭa vaṇṇamum, _āvar---_aiyāṟarē.
*7
virumpum vaṇṇamum, vētattiṉ vaṇṇamum,
karumpiṉ _iṉmoḻik kārikai vaṇṇamum,
virumpiṉār viṉai tīrttiṭum vaṇṇamum,
_arumpiṉ vaṇṇamum, _āvar---_aiyāṟarē.
*8
_ūḻi vaṇṇamum, _oṇcuṭar vaṇṇamum,
vēḻa_īr_uri pōrttatu _ōr vaṇṇamum,
vāḻit tī_uru _ākiya vaṇṇamum,
_āḻivaṇṇamum, _āvar---_aiyāṟarē.
*9
cey tavaṉ tirunīṟu _aṇi vaṇṇamum,
_eyta nōkka(_a)ritu _ākiya vaṇṇamum,
kaitu kāṭci _ariyatu _ōr vaṇṇamum,
_aitu vaṇṇamum, _āvar---_aiyāṟarē.
*10
_eṭutta vāḷ _arakkaṉ tiṟal vaṇṇamum,
_iṭar(k)kaḷ pōl peritu _ākiya vaṇṇamum,
kaṭutta kainnarampāl _icai vaṇṇamum,
_aṭutta vaṇṇamum, _āvar---_aiyāṟarē.