AKAM 18

• [AN_18-1] nīr niṟam karappa, ūḻuṟupu utirntu,
• [AN_18-2] pū-malar kañaliya kaṭu varal+ kāṉ yāṟṟu,
• [AN_18-3] karā_am tuñcum kal uyar maṟi cuḻi,
• [AN_18-4] marā_a yāṉai matam tapa oṟṟi,
• [AN_18-5] urā_a īrkkum uṭkuvaru nīttam --
• [AN_18-6] kaṭum^-kaṇ paṉṟiyiṉ naṭuṅkātu tuṇintu,
• [AN_18-7] nāma arum^ tuṟai+ pērtantu, yāmattu
• [AN_18-8] īṅku* -um varupa -~ō? -- ōṅkal veṟpa! --
• [AN_18-9] oru nāḷ viḻumam uṟiṉum, vaḻi nāḷ,
• [AN_18-10] vāḻkuvaḷ allaḷ, eṉ tōḻi; yāvatu* -um
• [AN_18-11] ūṟu il vaḻikaḷ -um payila vaḻaṅkunar
• [AN_18-12] nīṭu iṉṟu āka iḻukkuvar; ataṉāl,
• [AN_18-13] ulamaral varuttam uṟutum; em paṭappai+
• [AN_18-14] koṭum^ tēṉ iḻaitta kōṭu uyar neṭu varai,
• [AN_18-15] paḻam tūṅku naḷippiṉ kāntaḷ am potumpil,
• [AN_18-16] pakal nī variṉum puṇarkuvai -- akal malai
• [AN_18-17] vāṅku amai+ kaṇ iṭai kaṭuppa, yāy
• [AN_18-18] ōmpiṉaḷ eṭutta, taṭa mel% tōḷ -ē.

Towards S. Vaiyapuri Pillai's text