*1
kollai _ēṟṟiṉar, kōḷ _aravattiṉar,
tillaic ciṟṟampalattu _uṟai celvaṉār,
tollai_ūḻiyar, cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkē
vallai_āyp paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!
*2
mutti _āka _oru tavam ceytilai;
_attiyāl _aṭiyārkku _oṉṟu _aḷittilai;
tottu niṉṟu _alar cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkē
patti_āyp paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!
*3
_oṭṭi niṉṟa _uṭal _uṟu nōyviṉai
kaṭṭi niṉṟa kaḻintu _avai pōy _aṟa,
toṭṭu niṉṟum _ac cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkē
paṭṭi_āyp paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!
*4
_ātiyāṉ, _aṇṭavāṇarkku _aruḷ nalkum
nītiyāṉ _eṉṟum, niṉmalaṉē _eṉṟum,
cōtiyāṉ _eṉṟum, cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkē
vāti_āyp paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!
*5
_āṭṭiṉāy, _aṭiyēṉ viṉai_āyiṉa
_ōṭṭiṉāy; _oru kātil _ilaṅku veṇ-
tōṭṭiṉāy _eṉṟu cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkē
nīṭṭi nī paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!
*6
poṅki niṉṟu _eḻunt(k) kaṭalnañciṉaip
paṅki _uṇṭatu _ōr teyvam _uṇṭō? colāy!
toṅki nī _eṉṟum cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkut
taṅki nī paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!
*7
_āṇi pōla nī _āṟṟa valiyaikāṇ;
_ēṇi pōl _iḻintu _ēṟiyum, _ēṅkiyum,
tōṇi _ākiya cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkē
pūṇi_āyp paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!
*8
peṟṟam _ēṟil _eṉ? pēy paṭai _ākil _eṉ?
puṟṟil _āṭu _aravē_atu pūṇil _eṉ?
cuṟṟi nī, _eṉṟum cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkē
paṟṟi, nī paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!
*9
_alliyāṉ, _aravu_aintalaināka(_a)ṇaip-
paḷḷiyāṉ, _aṟiyāta paricu_elām
colli, nī _eṉṟum cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkē
pulli, nī paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!
*10
miṇṭarōṭu viraviyum vīṟu _ilāk
kuṇṭartammaik kaḻintu _uyyap pōntu, nī
toṇṭu ceytu, _eṉṟum cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkē
_uṇṭu, nī paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!
*11
vāḻntavaṉ vali vāḷ _arakkaṉtaṉai
_āḻntu pōy _alaṟa(v) viral _ūṉṟiṉāṉ,
cūḻnta pāriṭam cōṟṟuttuṟaiyarkkē
tāḻntu nī paṇi cey, maṭa neñcamē!