*1
kaṇ talam cēr neṟṟi _iḷaṅkāḷaikaṇṭāy;
kalmatil cūḻ kantamātaṉattāṉkaṇṭāy;
maṇtalam cēr mayakku _aṟukkum maruntukaṇṭāy;
matil kacci _ēkampam mēyāṉkaṇṭāy;
viṇtalam cēr viḷakku_oḷi_āy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
mīyaccūr piriyāta vikirtaṉkaṇṭāy;
koṇṭal _am cēr kaṇṭattu _em kūttaṉkaṇṭāy---
kōṭikā _amarntu _uṟaiyum kuḻakaṉtāṉē.
*2
vaṇṭu _āṭu pūṅkuḻalāḷ pākaṉkaṇṭāy;
maṟaikkāṭṭu _uṟaiyum maṇāḷaṉkaṇṭāy;
paṇṭu _āṭum paḻaviṉainōy tīrppāṉkaṇṭāy;
paralōka neṟi kāṭṭum paramaṉkaṇṭāy;
ceṇṭu_āṭi _avuṇarpuram ceṟṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
tiru _ārūrt tirumūlaṭṭāṉaṉkaṇṭāy;
koṇṭāṭum _aṭiyavartam maṉattāṉkaṇṭāy---
kōṭikā _amarntu _uṟaiyum kuḻakaṉtāṉē.
*3
_alai _ārnta puṉalkaṅ_aikac caṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
_aṭiyārkaṭku _ār _amutam _āṉāṉkaṇṭāy;
malai _ārnta maṭamaṅkai paṅkaṉkaṇṭāy;
vāṉōrkaḷ muṭikku _aṇi_āy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
_ilai _ārnta tiricūlappaṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
_ēḻ_ulakum_āy niṉṟa _entaikaṇṭāy;
kolai _ārnta kuñcarat tōl pōrttāṉkaṇṭāy---
kōṭikā _amarntu _uṟaiyum kuḻakaṉtāṉē.
*4
maṟṟu _ārum taṉ _oppār _illāṉkaṇṭāy;
mayilāṭutuṟai _iṭamā makiḻntāṉkaṇṭāy;
puṟṟu _āṭu _aravu _aṇinta puṉitaṉkaṇṭāy;
pūnturuttip poy_iliyāy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
_aṟṟārkaṭku _aṟṟāṉāy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
_aiyāṟu _akalāta _aiyaṉkaṇṭāy;
kuṟṟālattu _amarntu _uṟaiyum kūttaṉkaṇṭāy---
kōṭikā _amarntu _uṟaiyum kuḻakaṉtāṉē.
*5
vār _ārnta vaṉamulaiyāḷ paṅkaṉkaṇṭāy;
māṟpēṟu kāppā makiḻntāṉkaṇṭāy;
pōr _ārnta mālviṭai _oṉṟu _ūrvāṉkaṇṭāy;
pukalūrai _akalāta puṉitaṉkaṇṭāy;
nīr _ārnta nimircaṭai _oṉṟu _uṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
niṉaippārtam viṉaippāram _iḻippāṉkaṇṭāy;
kūr _ārnta mū_ilaivēlpaṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy---
kōṭikā _amarntu _uṟaiyum kuḻakaṉtāṉē.
*6
kaṭi malinta malarkkoṉṟaic caṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
kaṇ _appa viṇ _appuk koṭuttāṉkaṇṭāy;
paṭi malinta palpiṟavi _aṟuppāṉkaṇṭāy;
paṟṟu_aṟṟār paṟṟavaṉāy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
_aṭi malinta cilampu _alampat tirivāṉkaṇṭāy;
_amararkaṇam toḻutu _ēttum _ammāṉkaṇṭāy;
koṭi malinta matil-tillaik kūttaṉkaṇṭāy---
kōṭikā _amarntu _uṟaiyum kuḻakaṉtāṉē.
*7
_uḻai _āṭu karatalam_oṉṟu _uṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
_oṟṟiyūr _oṟṟiyā _uṭaiyāṉkaṇṭāy;
kaḻai _āṭu kaḻukkuṉṟam _amarntāṉkaṇṭāy;
kāḷattik kaṟpakam_āy niṉṟāṉkaṇṭāy;
_iḻai _āṭum _eṇpuyatta _iṟaivaṉkaṇṭāy;
_eṉ neñcattuḷ-nīṅkā _emmāṉkaṇṭāy;
kuḻai _āṭa naṭam_āṭum kūttaṉkaṇṭāy---
kōṭikā _amarntu _uṟaiyum kuḻakaṉtāṉē.
*8
paṭam _āṭu paṉṉakakkaccu _acaittāṉkaṇṭāy;
parāyttuṟaiyum pācūrum mēyāṉkaṇṭāy;
naṭam_āṭi _ēḻ_ulakum tirivāṉkaṇṭāy;
nālmaṟaiyiṉ poruḷkaṇṭāy; nātaṉkaṇṭāy;
kaṭam _āṭu kaḷiṟu _uritta kaṇṭaṉkaṇṭāy;
kayilāyam mēvi _iruntāṉkaṇṭāy;
kuṭam_āṭi _iṭam_ākak koṇṭāṉkaṇṭāy---
kōṭikā _amarntu _uṟaiyum kuḻakaṉtāṉē.