*1
vaḷ vāya mati miḷirum vaḷarcaṭaiyiṉāṉai,
maṟaiyavaṉai, vāymoḻiyai, vāṉavartam kōṉai,
puḷ vāyaik kīṇṭu _ulakam viḻuṅki _umiḻntāṉai,
poṉniṟattiṉ muppurinūl nāṉmukattiṉāṉai,---
muḷ vāya maṭal-taḻuvi, muṭattāḻai _īṉṟu
moṭṭu _alarntu, virai nāṟum muruku viri poḻil cūḻ,
kaḷ vāya karuṅkuvaḷai kaṇvaḷarum kaḻaṉi---
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu toḻutēṉē.
*2
_oru mēka-mukil_āki, _ottu _ulakamtāṉ_āy,
_ūrvaṉavum niṟpaṉavum _ūḻikaḷum tāṉ_āy,
poru mēvu kaṭal_āki, pūtaṅkaḷ_aintu_āy,
puṉaintavaṉai, puṇṇiyaṉai puricaṭaiyiṉāṉai,
tiru mēvu celvattār tīmūṉṟum vaḷartta
tirut takka _antaṇarkaḷ _ōtum nakar---_eṅkum
karumēti centāmarai mēyum kaḻaṉi---
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu toḻutēṉē.
*3
_irumpu _uyarnta mū_ilaiyacūlattiṉāṉai,
_iṟaiyavaṉai, maṟaiyavaṉai, _eṇkuṇattiṉāṉai,
curumpu _uyarnta koṉṟaiyoṭu tū matiyam cūṭum
caṭaiyāṉai, viṭaiyāṉai, cōti _eṉum cuṭarai,---
_arumpu _uyarnta _aravintattu _aṇi malarkaḷ _ēṟi,
_aṉṉaṅkaḷ viḷaiyāṭum _akaṉ kuṟaiyiṉ _arukē
karumpu _uyarntu, peruñ cennel neruṅki viḷai kaḻaṉi---
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu toḻutēṉē.
*4
pūḷai puṉai koṉṟaiyoṭu puricaṭaiyiṉāṉai,
puṉal_āki, _aṉal_āki, pūtaṅkaḷ_aintu_āy,
nāḷai _iṉṟu nerunal_āy, _ākāyam_āki,
nāyiṟu_āy, matiyam_āy, niṉṟa _emparaṉai,---
pāḷai paṭu paiṅkamukiṉ cūḻal, _iḷan teṅkiṉ
paṭu matam cey koḻun tēṟal vāy maṭuttup paruki,
kāḷaivaṇṭu pāṭa, mayil _ālum vaḷar cōlai---
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu toḻutēṉē.
*5
cerukku vāyp paiṅkaṇ veḷ_aravu _araiyiṉāṉai,
tēvarkaḷ cūḷāmaṇiyai, ceṅkaṇ viṭaiyāṉai,
murukkuvāy malar _okkum tirumēṉiyāṉai,
muṉṉilai_āy muḻutu_ulakam_āya perumāṉai,---
_irukku vāy _antaṇarkaḷ _eḻupiṟappuḷ _eṅkum
vēḷvi _iruntu _iru nitiyam vaḻaṅkum nakar, _eṅkum
karukku vāyp peṇṇaiyoṭu teṅku mali cōlai---
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu toḻutēṉē.
*6
viṭai _aravak koṭi _ēntum viṇṇavartam kōṉai,
veḷḷattu māl_avaṉum vētamutalāṉum
_aṭi_iṇaiyum tirumuṭiyum kāṇa _aritu_āya
caṅkaraṉai, tattuvaṉai,---taiyalmaṭavārkaḷ
_uṭai _aviḻa, kuḻal _aviḻa, kōtai kuṭaintu_āṭa,
kuṅkumaṅkaḷ _unti varu koḷḷiṭattiṉ karaimēl,
kaṭaikaḷ viṭu vār kuvaḷaikaḷai vārum kaḻaṉi---
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu toḻutēṉē.
*7
_arumaṇiyai, muttiṉai, _āṉ_añcum_āṭum
_amararkaḷtam perumāṉai, _arumaṟaiyiṉ poruḷai,
tirumaṇiyai, tīmkarumpiṉ _ūṟal _irun tēṉai,
terivu _ariya māmaṇiyai, tikaḻ taku cempoṉṉai,---
kuru maṇikaḷ koḻittu _iḻintu cuḻittu _iḻiyum tiraivāyk
kōlvaḷaiyār kuṭaintu_āṭum koḷḷiṭattiṉ karaimēl,
karumaṇikaḷ pōl nīlam malarkiṉṟa kaḻaṉi---
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu toḻutēṉē.
*8
_iḻai taḻuvu veṇnūlum mēvu tirumārpiṉ
_īcaṉ, taṉ _eṇkōḷkaḷ vīci _eri_āṭa,
kuḻai taḻuvu tirukkātil kōḷ _aravam _acaittu,
kōvaṇam koḷ kuḻakaṉai, kuḷircaṭaiyiṉāṉai,---
taḻai taḻuvu taṇ niṟatta cennel_ataṉ _ayalē
taṭan taraḷa meṉ karumpiṉ tāḻ kiṭaṅkiṉ _arukē,
kaḻai taḻuvit tēṉ toṭukkum kaḻaṉi cūḻ paḻaṉa---
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu toḻutēṉē.
*9
kuṉivu _iṉiya katir matiyam cūṭu caṭaiyāṉai,
kuṇṭalam cēr kātavaṉai, vaṇṭu_iṉaṅkaḷ pāṭap
paṉi _utirum caṭaiyāṉai, pālveṇnīṟṟāṉai,
pala_uruvum taṉ _uruvē _āya perumāṉai,---
tuṉivu _iṉi tūya moḻit toṇṭaivāy nallār,
tū nīlam kaṇvaḷarum cūḻ kiṭaṅkiṉ _arukē
kaṉivu _iṉiya katalivaṉam taḻuvu poḻil-cōlai---
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu toḻutēṉē.
*10
tēvi, _ampoṉmalaikkōmāṉtaṉ pāvai, _ākat
taṉatu _uruvam _orupākam cērttuvitta perumāṉ;
mēviya vennarakattil _aḻuntāmai namakku
meynneṟiyait tāṉ kāṭṭum vētamutalāṉai;---
tūvi vāy nāraiyoṭu kuruku pāyntu _ārppa,
tuṟaik keṇṭai miḷirntu, kayal tuḷḷi viḷaiyāṭa,
kāvivāy vaṇṭupala paṇ ceyyum kaḻaṉi---
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu toḻutēṉē.
*11
tiraiyiṉ _ār kaṭal cūḻnta teṉ_ilaṅkaik kōṉaic
ceṟṟavaṉai, ceñcaṭaimēl veṇmatiyiṉāṉai,
karaiyiṉ _ār puṉal taḻuvu koḷḷiṭattiṉ karaimēl
kāṉāṭṭumuḷḷūril kaṇṭu kaḻal-toḻutu,
_uraiyiṉ _ār matayāṉai nāval _ārūraṉ,
_urimaiyāl _uraiceyta _oṇtamiḻkaḷ vallār---
varaiyiṉ _ār vakai ñālam _āṇṭavarkkum, tām pōy,
vāṉavarkkum,---talaivarāy niṟpar, _avartāmē.