*1
karumaṇi pōl kaṇṭattu _aḻakaṉkaṇṭāy;
kallālniḻalkīḻ _iruntāṉkaṇṭāy;
paru maṇi mā nākam pūṇṭāṉkaṇṭāy;
pavaḷakkuṉṟu _aṉṉa paramaṉkaṇṭāy;
pavaḷakkuṉṟu _aṉṉa paramaṉkaṇṭāy;
varu maṇi nīrppoṉṉi valañcuḻiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
mātēvaṉkaṇṭāy; varataṉkaṇṭāy---
kurumaṇi pōl _aḻaku _amarum koṭṭaiyūril
kōṭīccurattu _uṟaiyum kōmāṉtāṉē.
*2
kalaikkaṉṟu taṅku karattāṉkaṇṭāy;
kalai payilvōr ñāṉakkaṇ _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
_alaik kaṅkai ceñcaṭaimēl _ēṟṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
_aṇṭa kapālattu _appālāṉkaṇṭāy;
malaip paṇṭam koṇṭu varum nīrppoṉṉi
valañcuḻiyil mēviya maintaṉkaṇṭāy---
kulaitteṅku_amcōlai cūḻ koṭṭaiyūril
kōṭīccurattu _uṟaiyum kōmāṉtāṉē.
*3
centāmaraippōtu _aṇintāṉkaṇṭāy;
civaṉkaṇṭāy; tēvarperumāṉkaṇṭāy;
pantu_āṭumelviralāḷ pākaṉkaṇṭāy;
pālōṭu, ney, tayir, tēṉ, _āṭikaṇṭāy;
mantāram _unti varum nīrppoṉṉi
valañcuḻiyil maṉṉum maṇāḷaṉkaṇṭāy---
kontu _ār poḻil puṭai cūḻ koṭṭaiyūril
kōṭīccurattu _uṟaiyum kōmāṉtāṉē.
*4
poṭi_āṭum mēṉip puṉitaṉkaṇṭāy;
puḷpākaṟku _āḻi koṭuttāṉkaṇṭāy;
_iṭi _ār kaṭu muḻakku _ēṟu _ūrntāṉkaṇṭāy;
_eṇticaikkum viḷakku_āki niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
maṭal _ār tirai puraḷum kāvirīvāy
valañcuḻiyil mēviya maintaṉkaṇṭāy---
koṭi _āṭu neṭumāṭak koṭṭaiyūril
kōṭīccurattu _uṟaiyum kōmāṉtāṉē.
*5
_akku, _aravam, _araikku _acaitta _ammāṉkaṇṭāy;
_arumaṟaikaḷ _āṟu_aṅkam _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
takkaṉatu peru vēḷvi takarttāṉkaṇṭāy;
catācivaṉkāṇ; calantaraṉaip piḷantāṉkaṇṭāy;
maik koḷ mayil-taḻai koṇṭu varum nīrppoṉṉi
valañcuḻiyāṉkaṇṭāy; maḻuvaṉkaṇṭāy---
kokku _amarum vayal puṭai cūḻ koṭṭaiyūril
kōṭīccurattu _uṟaiyum kōmāṉtāṉē.
*6
caṇṭaṉai nal _aṇṭar toḻac ceytāṉkaṇṭāy;
catācivaṉkaṇṭāy; caṅkaraṉtāṉkaṇṭāy;
toṇṭarpalar toḻutu _ēttum kaḻalāṉkaṇṭāy;
cuṭar_oḷi_āyt toṭarvu _aritu_āy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
maṇṭu puṉal poṉṉi valañcuḻiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
mā muṉivartammuṭaiya maruntukaṇṭāy---
koṇṭal tavaḻ koṭimāṭak koṭṭaiyūril
kōṭīccurattu _uṟaiyum kōmāṉtāṉē.
*7
_aṇavu _ariyāṉkaṇṭāy; _amalaṉkaṇṭāy;
_avinācikaṇṭāy;_aṇṭattāṉkaṇṭāy;
paṇa maṇi mā nākam _uṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
paṇṭaraṅkaṉkaṇṭāy; pakavaṉkaṇṭāy;
maṇal varum nīrppoṉṉi valañcuḻiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
mātavaṟkum nāṉmukaṟkum varataṉkaṇṭāy---
kuṇam _uṭai nal _aṭiyār vāḻ koṭṭaiyūril
kōṭīccurattu _uṟaiyum kōmāṉtāṉē.
*8
virai kamaḻum malarkkoṉṟaittārāṉkaṇṭāy;
vētaṅkaḷ toḻa niṉṟa nātaṉkaṇṭāy;
_arai_ataṉil puḷḷi_ataḷ_uṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
_aḻal_āṭikaṇṭāy; _aḻakaṉkaṇṭāy;
varu tirai nīrppoṉṉi valañcuḻiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
vañca maṉattavarkku _ariya maintaṉkaṇṭāy---
kuravu _amarum poḻil puṭai cūḻ koṭṭaiyūril
kōṭīccurattu _uṟaiyum kōmāṉtāṉē.
*9
taḷam kiḷarum tāmarai_ātaṉattāṉkaṇṭāy;
tacarataṉtaṉmakaṉ _acaivu tavirttāṉkaṇṭāy;
_iḷampiṟaiyum mutircaṭaimēl vaittāṉkaṇṭāy;
_eṭṭu-_eṭṭu _iruṅ kalaiyum _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
vaḷam kiḷar nīrppoṉṉi valañcuḻiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
mā muṉikaḷ toḻutu _eḻu poṉkaḻalāṉkaṇṭāy---
kuḷam kuḷir ceṅkuvaḷai kiḷar koṭṭaiyūril
kōṭīccurattu _uṟaiyum kōmāṉtāṉē.
*10
viṇṭār purammūṉṟu _erittāṉkaṇṭāy;
vilaṅkalil val_arakkaṉ _uṭal _aṭarttāṉkaṇṭāy;
taṇtāmaraiyāṉum, mālum, tēṭat
taḻalpiḻampu_āy nīṇṭa kaḻalāṉkaṇṭāy;
vaṇṭu _ār pūñcōlai valañcuḻiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
mātēvaṉkaṇṭāy---maṟaiyōṭu _aṅkam
koṇṭāṭu vētiyar vāḻ koṭṭaiyūril
kōṭīccurattu _uṟaiyum kōmāṉtāṉē.