*1
meyyai muṟṟap poṭippūci _or nampi,
vētamnāṉkum virittu_ōti _or nampi,
kaiyil _or veṇ maḻu_ēnti _or nampi,
kaṇṇumūṉṟum _uṭaiyāy _oru nampi,
ceyyanampi, ciṟu ceñcaṭai nampi,
tiripuram tī _eḻac ceṟṟatu _ōr villāl
_eyta nampi, _eṉṉai _āḷ_uṭai nampi---
_eḻupiṟappum _eṅkaḷ nampikaṇṭāyē.
*2
tiṅkaḷ nampi, muṭimēl; _aṭiyārpāl
ciṟanta nampi; piṟanta _uyirkku _ellām
_am kaṇ nampi; _aruḷ māl vicumpu _āḷum
_amararnampi; kumaraṉ mutal-tēvar-
taṅkaḷ nampi; tavattukku _oru nampi;
tātai _eṉṟu _uṉ caraṇ paṇintu _ēttum
_eṅkaḷ nampi; _eṉṉai _āḷ_uṭai nampi---
_eḻupiṟappum _eṅkaḷ nampikaṇṭāyē.
*3
varutta _aṉṟu matayāṉai _uritta
vaḻakku nampi, muḻakkum kaṭal nañcam
_aruntum nampi, _amararkku _amutu _īnta
_aruḷ _eṉ nampi, poruḷāl varu naṭṭam
purinta nampi, purinūl _uṭai nampi,
poḻutum viṇṇum muḻutum pala_āki
_irunta nampi, _eṉṉai _āḷ_uṭai nampi---
_eḻupiṟappum _eṅkaḷ nampikaṇṭāyē.
*4
_ūṟum nampi, _amutā; _uyirkku _ellām
_uriya nampi; teriyum maṟai _aṅkam,
kūṟum nampi, muṉivarkku; _aruṅkūṟṟaik
kumaitta nampi; kumaiyāp pulaṉ_aintum
cīṟum nampi; tiru veḷḷaṭai nampi;
ceṅkaṇ veḷḷaic ceḻuṅ kōṭṭu _erutu _eṉṟum
_ēṟum nampi; _eṉṉai _āḷ_uṭai nampi---
_eḻupiṟappum _eṅkaḷ nampikaṇṭāyē.
*5
kuṟṟa nampi,---kuṟukār _eyil mūṉṟai,---
kulaitta nampi, cilaiyā varai kaiyil
paṟṟum nampi, paramāṉantaveḷḷam
paṇikkum nampi _eṉap pāṭutal_allāl
maṟṟu nampi! _uṉakku _eṉ ceya vallēṉ?
matiyilēṉ paṭu ventuyar_ellām
_eṉṟum nampi, _eṉṉai _āḷ_uṭai nampi---
_eḻupiṟappum _eṅkaḷ nampi kaṇṭāyē.
*6
_aritta nampi, _aṭi kaitoḻuvār nōy;
_āṇṭa nampi, muṉṉai;_īṇṭu _ulakaṅkaḷ
teritta nampi; _oru cē _uṭai nampi;
cilpalikku _eṉṟu _akamtōṟum mey vēṭam
taritta nampi; camayaṅkaḷiṉ nampi;
takkaṉtaṉ vēḷvi pukku _aṉṟu _imaiyōrai
_iritta nampi; _eṉṉai _āḷ_uṭai nampi---
_eḻupiṟappum _eṅkaḷ nampikaṇṭāyē.
*7
piṉṉai nampum puyattāṉ neṭumālum
piramaṉum _eṉṟa _ivar nāṭiyum kāṇā
_uṉṉai---nampi!---_oruvarkku _eytal _āmē,
_ulaku nampi _uraiceyyumatu _allāl?
muṉṉai nampi; piṉṉum vārcaṭai nampi;
muḻutu_ivai _ittaṉaiyum tokuttu _āṇṭatu
_eṉṉai? nampi! _empirāṉ_āya nampi---
_eḻupiṟappum _eṅkaḷ nampikaṇṭāyē.
*8
collai nampi; poruḷ_āy niṉṟa nampi;
tōṟṟam, _īṟu, mutal, _ākiya nampi;
vallai nampi, _aṭiyārkku _aruḷceyya;
varunti nampi _uṉakku _āṭceyakillār
_allal---nampi!---paṭukiṉṟatu _eṉ? nāṭi
_aṇaṅku _orupākam vaittu, _eṇkaṇam pōṟṟa,
_illam nampi _iṭu piccai koḷ nampi---
_eḻupiṟappum _eṅkaḷ nampikaṇṭāyē.
*9
kāṇṭum, nampi kaḻalcēvaṭi _eṉṟum
kalantu _uṉaik kātalittu _āṭceykiṟpārai
_āṇṭu nampi _avar muṉkati cēra
_aruḷum nampi; kuru māp piṟai pāmpait
tīṇṭum nampi; ceṉṉiyil kaṉṉi taṅkat
tiruttum nampi; poyc camaṇ poruḷ_āki
_īṇṭum nampi; _imaiyōr toḻum nampi---
_eḻupiṟappum _eṅkaḷ nampikaṇṭāyē.
*10
karakkum nampi, kaciyātavartammai;
kacintavarkku _immaiyoṭu _ammaiyil _iṉpam
perukkum nampi; perukak karuttā ... ... ...