*1
pāṭa _aṭiyār, paravak kaṇṭēṉ;
pattarkaṇam kaṇṭēṉ; moytta pūtam
_āṭal muḻavam _atirak kaṇṭēṉ;
_aṅkai _aṉal kaṇṭēṉ; kaṅkaiyāḷaik
kōṭal, _aravu, _ār caṭaiyil kaṇṭēṉ;
kokkiṉ_itaḻ kaṇṭēṉ; koṉṟai kaṇṭēṉ;
vāṭal-talai _oṉṟu kaiyil kaṇṭēṉ---
vāymūr _aṭikaḷai nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*2
pāliṉmoḻiyāḷ _ōrpākam kaṇṭēṉ;
patiṉeṇkaṇamum payilak kaṇṭēṉ;
nīlaniṟamuṇṭa kaṇṭam kaṇṭēṉ;
neṟṟi-nutal kaṇṭēṉ; peṟṟam kaṇṭēṉ;
kālaik katir cey matiyam kaṇṭēṉ;
karantai tirumuṭimēl-tōṉṟak kaṇṭēṉ;
mālaic caṭaiyum muṭiyum kaṇṭēṉ---
vāymūr _aṭikaḷai nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*3
maṇṇait tikaḻa naṭam_atu_āṭum,
varai cilampu _ārkkiṉṟa, pātam kaṇṭēṉ;
viṇṇil-tikaḻum muṭiyum kaṇṭēṉ;
vēṭampala _ām caritai kaṇṭēṉ;
naṇṇip piriyā maḻuvum kaṇṭēṉ;
nālumaṟai _aṅkam _ōtak kaṇṭēṉ;
vaṇṇam polintu-_ilaṅku kōlam kaṇṭēṉ---
vāymūr _aṭikaḷai nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*4
viḷaitta perum patti kūra, niṉṟu
mey _aṭiyārtammai virumpak kaṇṭēṉ;
_iḷaikkum katamnākam mēṉi kaṇṭēṉ;
_eṉpiṉkalam tikaḻntu tōṉṟak kaṇṭēṉ;
tiḷaikkum tirumārpil nīṟu kaṇṭēṉ;
cēṇ _ār matilmūṉṟum poṉṟa, _aṉṟu,
vaḷaitta varicilaiyum kaiyil kaṇṭēṉ---
vāymūr _aṭikaḷai nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*5
kāṉ maṟaiyum pōtakattiṉ _urivai kaṇṭēṉ;
kālil kaḻal kaṇṭēṉ; kariyiṉtōl koṇṭu
_ūṉ maṟaiyap pōrtta vaṭivum kaṇṭēṉ;
_uḷka maṉamvaitta _uṇarvum kaṇṭēṉ;
nālmaṟaiyāṉōṭu neṭiya mālum
naṇṇi varak kaṇṭēṉ; tiṇṇam_āka
māṉmaṟi tam kaiyil maruvak kaṇṭēṉ---
vāymūr _aṭikaḷai nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*6
_aṭi _ār cilampu _olikaḷ _ārppak kaṇṭēṉ;
_av_avarkkē _īnta karuṇai kaṇṭēṉ;
muṭi _ār caṭaimēl _aravam mūḻka
mūrip piṟai pōy maṟaiyak kaṇṭēṉ;
koṭi, _ār, _ataṉmēl _iṭapam kaṇṭēṉ;
kōvaṇamum kīḷum kulāvak kaṇṭēṉ;
vaṭi _ārum mū_ilaivēl kaiyil kaṇṭēṉ---
vāymūr _aṭikaḷai nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*7
kuḻai _ār tiruttōṭu kātil kaṇṭēṉ;
kokkaraiyum caccariyum koḷkai kaṇṭēṉ;
_iḻai _ār purinūl valattē kaṇṭēṉ;
_ēḻ_icai yāḻ, vīṇai, muralak kaṇṭēṉ;
taḻai _ār caṭai kaṇṭēṉ; taṉmai kaṇṭēṉ;
takkaiyoṭu tāḷam kaṟaṅkak kaṇṭēṉ;
maḻai _ār tirumiṭaṟum maṟṟum kaṇṭēṉ---
vāymūr _aṭikaḷai nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*8
poruntāta ceykai poliyak kaṇṭēṉ;
pōṟṟu_icaittu viṇṇōr pukaḻak kaṇṭēṉ;
parintārkku _aruḷum paricum kaṇṭēṉ;
pār_ākip puṉal_āki niṟkai kaṇṭēṉ;
viruntu_āyp paranta tokuti kaṇṭēṉ;
melliyalum vināyakaṉum tōṉṟak kaṇṭēṉ;
maruntu_āyp piṇi tīrkkum_āṟu kaṇṭēṉ---
vāymūr _aṭikaḷai nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*9
mey_aṉpar_āṉārkku _aruḷum kaṇṭēṉ;
vēṭuvaṉāy niṉṟa nilaiyum kaṇṭēṉ;
kai _ampu _araṇ _eritta kāṭci kaṇṭēṉ;
kaṅkaṇamum, _aṅkaik kaṉalum, kaṇṭēṉ;
_aiyam pala_ūr tiriyak kaṇṭēṉ;
_aṉṟavaṉtaṉ vēḷvi _aḻittu _ukantu,
vaiyam parava _iruttal kaṇṭēṉ---
vāymūr _aṭikaḷai nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*10
kalaṅka _iruvarkku _aḻal_āy nīṇṭa
kāraṇamum kaṇṭēṉ; karu_āy niṉṟu,
palaṅkaḷ tarittu, _ukanta paṇpum kaṇṭēṉ;
pāṭal_oli_elām kūṭak kaṇṭēṉ;
_ilaṅkait talaivaṉ ciraṅkaḷpattum
_iṟuttu, _avaṉukku _īnta perumai kaṇṭēṉ;
valaṅkaittalattuḷ _aṉalum kaṇṭēṉ---
vāymūr _aṭikaḷai nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!