*1
tūṇṭu cuṭar _aṉaiya cōtikaṇṭāy;
tol_amarar cūḷāmaṇitāṉkaṇṭāy;
kāṇṭaṟku _ariya kaṭavuḷkaṇṭāy;
karutuvārkku _āṟṟa _eḷiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
vēṇṭuvār vēṇṭuvatē _īvāṉkaṇṭāy;
meynneṟikaṇṭāy; viratam_ellām
māṇṭa maṉattār maṉattāṉkaṇṭāy---
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*2
kai kiḷarum vīṇai valavaṉkaṇṭāy;
kāpālikaṇṭāy; tikaḻum cōti
mey kiḷarum ñāṉaviḷakkukkaṇṭāy;
mey_aṭiyār _uḷḷattu vittukkaṇṭāy;
pai kiḷarum nākam _acaittāṉkaṇṭāy;
parāparaṉkaṇṭāy; pācūrāṉkaṇṭāy---
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*3
cilantikku _aruḷ muṉṉam ceytāṉkaṇṭāy;
tiripuraṅkaḷ tīvāyp paṭuttāṉkaṇṭāy;
nilam, tukkam, nīr, vaḷi, tī, _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
nirūpiyāy rūpiyum_āy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
calam tukka ceṉṉic caṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
tāmaraiyāṉ, ceṅkaṇ māl, tāṉēkaṇṭāy;
malam tukka mālviṭai _oṉṟu _ūrntāṉkaṇṭāy---
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*4
kaḷḷi mutukāṭṭil _āṭikaṇṭāy;
kālaṉaiyum kālāl kaṭantāṉkaṇṭāy;
puḷḷi_uḻaimāṉiṉtōlāṉkaṇṭāy;
puli_uri cēr _āṭaip puṉitaṉ kaṇṭāy;
veḷḷimiḷir piṟai muṭimēl cūṭikaṇṭāy;
veṇnīṟṟāṉkaṇṭāy; nam centil mēya
vaḷḷimaṇāḷaṟkut tātaikaṇṭāy---
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*5
mūri muḻaṅku _olinīr _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
muḻuttaḻal pōl mēṉi mutalvaṉkaṇṭāy;
_ēri niṟaintaṉaiya celvaṉkaṇṭāy;
_iṉ _aṭiyārkku _iṉpam viḷaippāṉkaṇṭāy;
_āriyaṉkaṇṭāy; tamiḻaṉkaṇṭāy;
_aṇṇāmalai _uṟaiyum _aṇṇalkaṇṭāy;
vāri matakaḷiṟē pōlvāṉkaṇṭāy---
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*6
_āṭal mālyāṉai _urittāṉkaṇṭāy;
_akattiyāṉpaḷḷi _amarntāṉkaṇṭāy;
kōṭiyāṉkaṇṭāy; kuḻakaṉkaṇṭāy;
kuḷir _ārūr kōyilāk koṇṭāṉkaṇṭāy;
nāṭiya naṉporuḷkaḷ _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
naṉmaiyōṭu _immai maṟṟu _ammai_ellām
vāṭiya vāṭṭam tavirppāṉkaṇṭāy---
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*7
vēlai cēr nañcam miṭaṟṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
viṇ taṭavu pūṅ kayilaiveṟpaṉkaṇṭāy;
_ālai cēr vēḷvi _aḻittāṉkaṇṭāy;
_amararkaḷtām _ēttum _aṇṇalkaṇṭāy;
pāl ney cēr _āṉ_añcum_āṭikaṇṭāy;
paruppatattāṉkaṇṭāy; paravaimēṉi
mālai _ōrkūṟu _uṭaiya maintaṉkaṇṭāy---
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*8
_ammai payakkum _amirtukaṇṭāy;
_am tēṉteḷikaṇṭāy; _ākkam ceytiṭṭu
_immai payakkum _iṟaivaṉkaṇṭāy;
_eṉ neñcē! _uṉṉil _iṉiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
meymmaiyē ñāṉaviḷakkukkaṇṭāy;
veṇkāṭaṉkaṇṭāy; viṉaikaḷ pōka
mammar _aṟukkum maruntukaṇṭāy---
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*9
mūlanōy tīrkkum mutalvaṉkaṇṭāy;
muttamiḻum nālmaṟaiyum _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
_āliṉkīḻ nālvarkku _aṟattāṉkaṇṭāy;
_ātiyum _antamum _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
pālaviruttaṉum _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
pavaḷattaṭavaraiyē pōlvāṉkaṇṭāy;
mālai cēr koṉṟai malintāṉkaṇṭāy---
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*10
_ayaṉ_avaṉum māl_avaṉum _aṟiyā vaṇṇam,
_ār_aḻal_āy nīṇṭu, _ukanta _aṇṇalkaṇṭāy;
tuyar _ilaṅkai vēntaṉ tuḷaṅka, _aṉṟu,
cōti viralāl _uṟa vaittāṉkaṇṭāy;
peyara(_a)vaṟkup pēr_aruḷkaḷceytāṉkaṇṭāy;
pērum, perum paṭaiyōṭu, _īntāṉkaṇṭāy;
mayar _uṟu valviṉainōy tīrppāṉkaṇṭāy---
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.