AKAM 400

• {AN 400-1} nakai naṉṟu amma tāṉ -ē -- `avaṉoṭu,
• {AN 400-2} maṉai iṟantu alkiṉum alar' eṉa nayantu,
• {AN 400-3} kāṉal alkiya nam kaḷavu akala,
• {AN 400-4} pal purintu iyaṟal uṟṟa nal viṉai,
• {AN 400-5} nūl amai piṟappiṉ, nīla utti,
• {AN 400-6} koym mayir eruttam piṇar paṭa+ peruki,
• {AN 400-7} ney+-miti muṉaiiya koḻum^ cōṟṟu ārkai
• {AN 400-8} niral iyaintu oṉṟiya celaviṉ, cem^ tiṉai+
• {AN 400-9} kural vārntaṉṉa kuvavu+ talai, nal nāṉku
• {AN 400-10} vīṅku cuval mociya+ tāṅku nukam taḻīi,
• {AN 400-11} pūm poṟi+ pal paṭai olippa+ pūṭṭi,
• {AN 400-12} mati-~uṭai valavaṉ ēvaliṉ, iku tuṟai+
• {AN 400-13} puṉal pāyntaṉṉa vām māṉ tiṇ tēr+
• {AN 400-14} kaṇai kaḻintaṉṉa nōṉ kāl vaṇ pari,
• {AN 400-15} pāl kaṇṭaṉṉa ūtai veḷ% maṇal,
• {AN 400-16} kāl kaṇṭaṉṉa vaḻi paṭa+ pōki,
• {AN 400-17} ayir+ cēṟṟu aḷḷal aḻuvattu āṅkaṇ,
• {AN 400-18} iruḷ nīr iṭṭu+ curam nīnti, tuṟai keḻu
• {AN 400-19} mellam pulampaṉ vanta ñāṉṟai,
• {AN 400-20} pū mali irum^ kaḻi+ tuyal-varum aṭaiyoṭu,
• {AN 400-21} nēmi tanta neṭu-nīr neytal
• {AN 400-22} viḷaiyā iḷam^ kaḷ nāṟa, pala-~uṭaṉ
• {AN 400-23} poti aviḻ taṇ malar kaṇṭu* -um, naṉṟu* -um
• {AN 400-24} putuvatu ākiṉṟu amma -- paḻa viṟal,
• {AN 400-25} pāṭu eḻuntu iraṅku munnīr,
• {AN 400-26} nīṭu irum peṇṇai, nam aḻuṅkal ūr -ē!