pANan

14. mullai
'arakkattu anna cen' n'ilap peru vazi,
kAyAj cemmal tAay, pala uTan
Iyal mUtAy varippa, pavaLamoTu
maNi miTain'tanna kunRam kavaiiya
5
am kATTu Ar iTai, maTap piNai tazIi,
tiri maruppu iralai pul arun'tu ukaLa,
mullai viyan pulam parappi, kOvalar
kuRum poRai marugkin n'aRum pU ayara,
patavu mEyal arun'tu matavu n'aTai n'al An
10
vIgku mAN ceruttal, tIm pAl piliRRa,
kanRu payir kurala, manRu n'iRai pukutarum
mAlaiyum uLLAr Ayin, kAlai
yAgku Akuvamkol? pANa!' enRa
manaiyOL col etir collalcellEn,
15
cevvazi n'al yAz icaiyinen, paiyena,
kaTavuL vAztti, paiyuL meyn' n'iRuttu,
avar tiRam celvEn kaNTanen, yAnE
viTu vicaik kutirai vilagku pari muTuka,
kal porutu iragkum pal Ar n'Emik
20
kAr mazai muzakku icai kaTukkum,
munai n'al Uran, punai n'eTun' tErE.

pANan tanakkup pAgkAyinAr kETpac colliyatu. - okkUr mAcAttanAr