AKAM 003

• [AN_3-1] irum^ kaḻi mutalai mēem^ tōl aṉṉa
• [AN_3-2] karum^ kāl ōmai+ kāṇpu iṉ perum^ ciṉai+
• [AN_3-3] kaṭi-~uṭai naṉam^-talai, īṉṟu iḷaippaṭṭa,
• [AN_3-4] koṭu vāy+ pēṭaikku alku-irai tarīiya,
• [AN_3-5] māṉṟu vēṭṭu eḻunta cem^ cevi eruvai --
• [AN_3-6] vāṉ tōy cimaiya viṟal varai+ kavā_aṉ,
• [AN_3-7] tuḷaṅku naṭai maraiyā valam paṭa+ tolaicci,
• [AN_3-8] oḷ% cem^ kuruti uvaṟṟi uṇṭu aruntupu,
• [AN_3-9] pulavu+ puli tuṟanta kalavu+ kaḻi kaṭu muṭai,
• [AN_3-10] koḷḷai māntariṉ -- āṉātu kavarum
• [AN_3-11] pul ilai marā_atta akal cēṇ attam,
• [AN_3-12] kalam taral uḷḷamoṭu kaḻiya+ kāṭṭi,
• [AN_3-13] piṉ niṉṟu turakkum neñcam! niṉ vāy
• [AN_3-14] vāy-pōl poym moḻi evvam eṉ kaḷaimā --
• [AN_3-15] kavir itaḻ aṉṉa kāṇpu iṉ cev vāy,
• [AN_3-16] am tīm kiḷavi, āy iḻai, maṭantai
• [AN_3-17] koṭum^ kuḻaikku amartta nōkkam
• [AN_3-18] neṭum cēṇ ār iṭai vilaṅkum ñāṉṟu* -ē?