AKAM 16

• [AN_16-1] nāy-uṭai mutu nīr+ kalitta tāmarai+
• [AN_16-2] tātiṉ alli avir itaḻ puraiyum,
• [AN_16-3] mācu il aṅkai, maṇi maruḷ av vāy,
• [AN_16-4] nāvoṭu navilā nakai-paṭu tīm col,
• [AN_16-5] yāvar -um viḻaiyum polam^ toṭi+ putalvaṉai,
• [AN_16-6] tēr vaḻaṅku teruvil, tamiyōṉ+ kaṇṭu* -ē,
• [AN_16-7] kūr eyiṟṟu arivai kuṟukiṉaḷ; yāvar -um
• [AN_16-8] kāṇunar iṉmaiyiṉ, cettaṉaḷ pēṇi,
• [AN_16-9] polaṅ-kalam cumanta pūṇ tāṅku iḷa mulai,
• [AN_16-10] `varuka -māḷa, eṉ uyir!' eṉa+ peritu uvantu,
• [AN_16-11] koṇṭaṉaḷ niṉṟōḷ+ kaṇṭu, nilai+ cellēṉ,
• [AN_16-12] `mācu il kuṟumakaḷ! evaṉ pētuṟṟaṉai?
• [AN_16-13] nī -~um tāyai ivaṟku?' eṉa, yāṉ taṉ+
• [AN_16-14] karaiya, vantu viraivaṉeṉ kavai_i --
• [AN_16-15] kaḷavu uṭampaṭunariṉ kaviḻntu, nilam kiḷaiyā,
• [AN_16-16] nāṇi niṉṟōḷ nilai kaṇṭu, yāṉ -um
• [AN_16-17] pēṇiṉeṉ alleṉ -ō -- makiḻna! -- vāṉattu
• [AN_16-18] aṇaṅku arum^ kaṭavuḷ aṉṉōḷ niṉ
• [AN_16-19] makaṉ tāy ātal puraivatu* -āṅku eṉa -~ē?