*1
vaṭivu _uṭai maḻu _ēnti, matakari _uri pōrttu,
poṭi _aṇi tirumēṉip purikuḻal_umaiyōṭum,
koṭi _aṇi neṭumāṭak kūṭalaiyāṟṟūril
_aṭikaḷ _iv vaḻi pōnta _aticayam _aṟiyēṉē!
*2
vaiyakammuḻutu _uṇṭa māloṭu, nāṉmukaṉum,
pai_aravu _iḷa _alkul pāvaiyoṭum(m), _uṭaṉē,
koy _aṇi malarc cōlaik kūṭalaiyāṟṟūril
_aiyaṉ _ivvaḻi pōnta _aticayam _aṟiyēṉē!
*3
_ūrtoṟum veṇtalai koṇṭu, _uṇ pali _iṭum! _eṉṟu,
vār taru meṉmulaiyāḷ maṅkaiyoṭum(m)_uṭaṉē,
kūrnuṉai maḻu _ēnti, kūṭalaiyāṟṟūril
_ārvaṉ _iv vaḻi pōnta _aticayam _aṟiyēṉē!
*4
cantu _aṇavum puṉalum tāṅkiya tāḻcaṭaiyaṉ
pantu _aṇavum viralāḷ pāvaiyoṭum(m)_uṭaṉē,
kontu _aṇavum poḻil cūḻ kūṭalaiyāṟṟūril
_antaṇaṉ vaḻi pōnta _aticayam _aṟiyēṉē!
*5
vētiyar viṇṇavarum maṇṇavarum toḻa, nal
cōti_atu_uru _āki, curikuḻal_umaiyōṭum,
kōtiya vaṇṭu _aṟaiyum kūṭalaiyāṟṟūril
_āti _iv vaḻi pōnta _aticayam _aṟiyēṉē!
*6
vittaka vīṇaiyoṭum, veṇpurinūl pūṇṭu,
muttu _aṉa veṇmuṟuval maṅkaiyoṭum(m)_uṭaṉē,
kottu _alarum poḻil cūḻ kūṭalaiyāṟṟūril
_attaṉ _iv vaḻi pōnta _aticayam _aṟiyēṉē!
*7
maḻai nuḻai matiyamoṭu vāḷ_aravam caṭaimēl
_iḻai nuḻai tukil _alkul _ēntiḻaiyāḷōṭum,
kuḻai _aṇi tikaḻ cōlaik kūṭalaiyāṟṟūril
_aḻakaṉ _iv vaḻi pōnta _aticayam _aṟiyēṉē!
*8
maṟai mutal vāṉavarum, māl, _ayaṉ, _intiraṉum,
piṟainutal maṅkaiyoṭum, pēykkaṇamum, cūḻa,
kuṟaḷpaṭai _ataṉōṭum, kūṭalaiyāṟṟūril
_aṟavaṉ _iv vaḻi pōnta _aticayam _aṟiyēṉē!
*9
vēlaiyiṉ nañcu _uṇṭu, viṭai_atu tāṉ _ēṟi,
pāl _aṉa meṉmoḻiyāḷ pāvaiyoṭum(m)_uṭaṉē,
kōlam_atu _uru_āki, kūṭalaiyāṟṟūril
_ālaṉ _iv vaḻi pōnta _aticayam _aṟiyēṉē!
*10
kūṭalaiyāṟṟūril koṭi_iṭaiyavaḷōṭum
_āṭal _ukantāṉai, _aticayam _itu _eṉṟu
nāṭiya _iṉtamiḻāl nāvala_ūraṉ col
pāṭalkaḷpattum vallārtam viṉai paṟṟu_aṟumē.