*1
kōṇal mā mati cūṭi, _ōr kōvaṇa
nāṇ _il vāḻkkai nayantum, payaṉ _ilai;
pāṇil vīṇai payiṉṟavaṉ vīraṭṭam
kāṇil_allatu, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*2
paṇṇiṉai, pavaḷattiraḷ mā maṇi
_aṇṇalai, _amarar toḻum _ātiyai,
cuṇṇaveṇpoṭiyāṉ, tiru vīraṭṭam
naṇṇil_allatu, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*3
_uṟṟavartam _uṟu nōy kaḷaipavar,
peṟṟam _ēṟum piṟaṅku caṭaiyiṉar,
cuṟṟum pāy puṉal cūḻ tiru vīraṭṭam
kaṟkil_allatu, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*4
muṟṟā veṇmati cūṭum mutalvaṉār
ceṟṟār vāḻum tiripuram tī _eḻa,
vil-tāṉ koṇṭu _eyil _eytavar; vīraṭṭam
kaṟṟāl_allatu, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*5
pallārum palatēvar paṇipavar,
nallārum nayantu _ēttappaṭupavaṉ,
villāl mū_eyil _eytavaṉ, vīraṭṭam
kallēṉ_ākil, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*6
vaṇṭu _ār koṉṟaiyum mattam,---vaḷarcaṭaik
koṇṭāṉ,---kōla matiyōṭu _aravamum;
viṇṭār mummatil _eytavaṉ; vīraṭṭam
kaṇṭāl _allatu, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*7
_arai _ār kōvaṇa_āṭaiyaṉ, _āṟu _elām
tirai _ār _oṇ puṉal pāy keṭilak karai---
virai _ār nīṟṟaṉ---viḷaṅku vīraṭṭaṉpāl
karaiyēṉ_ākil, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*8
nīṟu _uṭait taṭantōḷ _uṭai niṉmalaṉ,
_āṟu _uṭaip puṉal pāy keṭilak karai---
_ēṟu _uṭaik koṭiyāṉ,---tiru vīraṭṭam
kūṟil_allatu, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*9
ceṅkaṇ mālviṭai _ēṟiya celvaṉār,
paiṅkaṇ _āṉaiyiṉ _īr_uri pōrttavar,
_am kaṇ ñālam_atu _ākiya, vīraṭṭam,
kaṅkul _āka, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*10
pūṇ, nāṇ, _āram, porunta _uṭaiyavar;
nāṇ _āka(v) varaivilliṭai _ampiṉāl,
pēṇār mummatil _eytavaṉ; vīraṭṭam
kāṇēṉ_ākil, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*11
varai _ārnta(v) vayirattiraḷ māṇikkam
tirai _ārnta(p) puṉal pāy keṭilak karai---
virai _ār nīṟṟaṉ---viḷaṅkiya vīraṭṭam
_uraiyēṉ_ākil, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?
*12
_ulantār veṇtalai _uṇkalaṉ _ākavē,
valamtāṉ mikka _av vāḷ _arakkaṉtaṉaic
cilampu _ār cēvaṭi _ūṉṟiṉāṉ vīraṭṭam
pulampēṉ_ākil, _eṉ kaṇ tuyil koḷḷumē?