*1
cātalum piṟattalum tavirttu, _eṉai vakuttu,
taṉ _aruḷ tanta _em talaivaṉai; malaiyiṉ-
mātiṉai matittu, _aṅku _orpāl koṇṭa maṇiyai;
varupuṉal caṭai_iṭai vaitta _emmāṉai;
_ētileṉ maṉattukku _or _irumpu _uṇṭa nīrai;
_eṇvakai_oruvaṉai; _eṅkaḷ pirāṉai;
kātil veṇkuḻaiyaṉai;---kaṭal koḷa mitanta
kaḻumala vaḷa nakark kaṇṭukoṇṭēṉē.
*2
maṟṟu _oru tuṇai _iṉi maṟumaikkum kāṇēṉ;
varuntal_uṟṟēṉ; maṟavā varam peṟṟēṉ;
cuṟṟiya cuṟṟamum tuṇai _eṉṟu karutēṉ;
tuṇai _eṉṟu nāṉ toḻappaṭṭa _oṇcuṭarai,
muttiyum ñāṉamum vāṉavar _aṟiyā
muṟaimuṟai palapala neṟikaḷum kāṭṭik
kaṟpaṉai kaṟpitta kaṭavuḷai,---_aṭiyēṉ
kaḻumala vaḷa nakark kaṇṭukoṇṭēṉē.
*3
tirut tiṉainakar _uṟai cēntaṉ_appaṉ(ṉ), _eṉ
ceyviṉai _aṟuttiṭum cempoṉai, _am poṉ
_oruttaṉai, _allatu _iṅku _āraiyum _uṇarēṉ;
_uṇarvu peṟṟēṉ, _uyyum kāraṇamtaṉṉāl;
viruttaṉai, pālaṉai, kaṉavu_iṭai viravi
viḻittu _eṅkum kāṇamāṭṭātu viṭṭu _iruntēṉ;
karuttaṉai, niruttam cey kālaṉai,---vēlaik
kaḻumala vaḷa nakark kaṇṭukoṇṭēṉē.
*4
maḻaikku _arumpum malarkkoṉṟaiyiṉāṉai
vaḷaikkal_uṟṟēṉ; maṟavā maṉam peṟṟēṉ;
piḻaittu _oru kāl _iṉip pōyp piṟavāmaip
perumai peṟṟēṉ; peṟṟatu _ār peṟukiṟpār?
kuḻaik karuṅkaṇṭaṉaik kaṇṭukoḷvāṉē
pāṭukiṉṟēṉ; ceṉṟu kūṭavum vallēṉ;---
kaḻaikkarumpum katalip palacōlai---
kaḻumala vaḷa nakark kaṇṭukoṇṭēṉē.
*5
kuṇṭalam kuḻai tikaḻ kātaṉē! _eṉṟum,
koṭumaḻuvāḷpaṭaik kuḻakaṉē! _eṉṟum,
vaṇṭu _alampum malarkkoṉṟaiyaṉ! _eṉṟum,,
vāy veruvit toḻutēṉ, vitiyālē;
paṇṭai nam palamaṉamum kaḷaintu _oṉṟu_āy,
pacupati pati viṉavi, palanāḷum,---
kaṇṭal _am kaḻik karai _ōtam vantu _ulavum---
kaḻumala vaḷa nakark kaṇṭukoṇṭēṉē.
*6
varum, perum valviṉai _eṉṟu _iruntu _eṇṇi,
varuntal_uṟṟēṉ; maṟavā maṉam peṟṟēṉ;
virumpi, _eṉ maṉattu_iṭai mey kuḷirppu _eyti,
vēṇṭi niṉṟē toḻutēṉ,vitiyālē;
_arumpiṉai, _alariṉai, _amutiṉai, tēṉai,
_aiyaṉai, _aṟavaṉ, _eṉ piṟavivēr _aṟukkum
karumpiṉai,---peruñ cennel neruṅkiya kaḻaṉi---
kaḻumala vaḷa nakark kaṇṭukoṇṭēṉē.
*7
_ayalavar paravavum, _aṭiyavar toḻavum,
_aṉparkaḷ cāyaluḷ _aṭaiyal_uṟṟu _iruntēṉ---
muyalpavar piṉ ceṉṟu,muyal valai yāṉai
paṭum _eṉa moḻintavar vaḻi muḻutu _eṇṇi;
puyaliṉai, tiruviṉai, poṉṉiṉatu _oḷiyai,
miṉṉiṉatu _uruvai, _eṉ_iṭaip poruḷai,---
kayal_iṉam cēloṭu vayal viḷaiyāṭum---
kaḻumala vaḷa nakark kaṇṭukoṇṭēṉē.
*8
niṉaitaru pāvaṅkaḷ nācaṅkaḷ _āka,
niṉaintu muṉ toḻutu _eḻappaṭṭa _oṇcuṭarai;
maṉai taru malaimakaḷ kaṇavaṉai; vāṉōr
māmaṇimāṇikkattai(m); maṟaip poruḷai;
puṉaitaru pukaḻiṉai; _eṅkaḷatu _oḷiyai;
_iruvarum, '_oruvaṉ _eṉṟu _uṇarvu _ariyavaṉai;---
kaṉaitaru karuṅkaṭal _ōtam vantu _ulavum---
kaḻumala vaḷa nakark kaṇṭukoṇṭēṉē.
*9
maṟai_iṭait tuṇintavar maṉai_iṭai _iruppa,
vaṅcaṉai ceytavar poykaiyum māya,
tuṟai _uṟak kuḷittu _uḷatu_āka vaittu _uytta
_uṇmai _eṉum takaviṉmaiyai _ōrēṉ;
piṟai _uṭaic caṭaiyaṉai, _eṅkaḷ pirāṉai,
pēr_aruḷāḷaṉai, kār_iruḷ pōṉṟa
kaṟai _aṇi miṭaṟu _uṭai _aṭikaḷai,---_aṭiyēṉ
kaḻumala vaḷa nakark kaṇṭukoṇṭēṉē.
*10
ceḻu malarkkoṉṟaiyum kūviḷamalarum
viraviya caṭaimuṭi _aṭikaḷai niṉaintiṭṭu
_aḻum malarkaṇ_iṇai _aṭiyavarkku _allāl,
_aṟivu _aritu, _avaṉ tiruvaṭiyiṇai_iraṇṭum;
kaḻumala vaḷa nakark kaṇṭukoṇṭu, _ūraṉ---
caṭaiyaṉtaṉ kātalaṉ---pāṭiya pattum
toḻu malar _eṭutta kai _aṭiyavartammait
tuṉpamum _iṭumpaiyum cūḻakilāvē.