*1
nīṟu _ēṟu tirumēṉi _uṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
neṟṟimēl _oṟṟaikkaṇ niṟaittāṉkaṇṭāy;
kūṟu_āka _umai pākam koṇṭāṉkaṇṭāy;
koṭiya viṭam _uṇṭu _iruṇṭa kaṇṭaṉkaṇṭāy;
_ēṟu _ēṟi _eṅkum tirivāṉkaṇṭāy;
_ēḻ_ulakum _ēḻmalaiyum _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
māṟu_āṉārtam _araṇam _aṭṭāṉkaṇṭāy---
maḻapāṭi maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*2
kokku_iṟaku ceṉṉi _uṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
kollai viṭai _ēṟum kūttaṉkaṇṭāy;
_akku _araimēl _āṭal _uṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
_aṉal _aṅkai _ēntiya _ātikaṇṭāy;
_akkōṭu _aravam _aṇintāṉkaṇṭāy;
_aṭiyārkaṭku _ār _amutam _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
maṟṟu _irunta kaṅkaic caṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy---
maḻapāṭi maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*3
neṟṟit taṉik kaṇ _uṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
nēriḻai _ōrpākam_āy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
paṟṟip pāmpu _āṭṭum paṭiṟaṉkaṇṭāy;
pal_ūr pali tēr paramaṉkaṇṭāy;
ceṟṟār purammūṉṟum ceṟṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
ceḻu mā mati ceṉṉi vaittāṉkaṇṭāy;
maṟṟu _oru kuṟṟam _ilātāṉkaṇṭāy---
maḻapāṭi maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*4
_alai _ārnta puṉalkaṅkaic caṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
_aṇṭattukku _appāl_āy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
kolai_āṉa kūṟṟam kumaittāṉkaṇṭāy;
kol vēṅkait tōl _oṉṟu _uṭuttāṉkaṇṭāy;
cilaiyāl-tiripuraṅkaḷ ceṟṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
ceḻu mā mati ceṉṉi vaittāṉkaṇṭāy;
malai _ār maṭantaimaṇāḷaṉ kaṇṭāy---
maḻapāṭi maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*5
_ulantārtam _aṅkam _aṇintāṉkaṇṭāy;
_uvakaiyōṭu _iṉ_aruḷkaḷ ceytāṉkaṇṭāy;
nalam tikaḻum koṉṟaic caṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
nālvētam _āṟu_aṅkam _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
_ulantār talai kalaṉāk koṇṭāṉkaṇṭāy;
_umparārtaṅkaḷperumāṉkaṇṭāy---
malarntu _ār tiruvaṭi _eṉ talaimēl vaitta
maḻapāṭi maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*6
tāmaraiyāṉtaṉ talaiyaic cāyttāṉkaṇṭāy;
takavu _uṭaiyār neñcu_irukkai koṇṭāṉkaṇṭāṉ;
pū malarāṉ _ēttum puṉitaṉkaṇṭāy!
puṇarccip poruḷ_āki niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
_ē maruvu veñcilai _oṉṟu _ēntikaṇṭāy;
_iruḷ _ārnta kaṇṭattu _iṟaivaṉkaṇṭāy;
mā maruvum kalai kaiyil _ēntikaṇṭāy---
maḻapāṭi maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*7
nīr _āki, neṭuvaraikaḷ _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
niḻal _āki, nīḷ vicumpum _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
pār _āki, pauvam_ēḻ _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
pakal _āki, vāṉ _āki, niṉṟāṉ kaṇṭāy;
_ārēṉum taṉ _aṭiyārkku _aṉpaṉkaṇṭāy;
_aṇu_āki, _āti_āy, niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
vār _ārnta vaṉamulaiyāḷ paṅkaṉkaṇṭāy---
maḻapāṭi maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*8
poṉ _iyalum tirumēṉi _uṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
pūṅkoṉṟaittār _oṉṟu _aṇintāṉkaṇṭāy;
miṉ _iyalum vārcaṭai _emperumāṉkaṇṭāy;
vēḻattiṉ_uri virumpip pōrttāṉkaṇṭāy;
taṉ _iyalpār maṟṟu _oruvar _illāṉkaṇṭāy;
tāṅka(_a)riya civam tāṉāy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
maṉṉiya maṅkai _ōrkūṟaṉ kaṇṭāy---
maḻapāṭi maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*9
_ālālam _uṇṭu _ukanta _ātikaṇṭāy;
_aṭaiyalartam purammūṉṟum _eytāṉkaṇṭāy;
kālāl _ak kālaṉaiyum kāyntāṉkaṇṭāy;
pāl _ārum moḻi maṭavāḷ pākaṉkaṇṭāy;
pacu _ēṟip pali tiriyum paṇpaṉkaṇṭāy;
mālālum _aṟivu _ariya maintaṉkaṇṭāy---
maḻapāṭi maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.
*10
_oru cuṭar_āy, _ulaku_ēḻum _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
_ōṅkārattu _uḷporuḷ_āy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
viri cuṭar_āy, viḷaṅku _oḷi_āy, niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
viḻavu _oliyum, vēḷvoliyum, _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
_irucuṭar mītu _ōṭā _ilaṅkaikkōṉai
_īṭu _aḻiya _irupatutōḷ _iṟuttāṉkaṇṭāy;
maru cuṭariṉ māṇikkakkuṉṟukaṇṭāy---
maḻapāṭi maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉtāṉē.