vayalai

179. pAlai
il ezu vayalai IRRu A tinRena,
pan'tu n'ilattu eRin'tu, pAvai n'Ikki,
av vayiRu alaitta en cey vinaik kuRumakaL
mAn amarppanna maiyal n'OkkamoTu,
5
yAnum tAyum maTuppa, tEnoTu
tIm pAl uNNAL vIgkuvanaL vimmi,
n'erun'alum anaiyaLmannE; inRE,
mai aNaR kALai poy pukalAka,
aruj curam iRan'tanaL enpa-tan
10
murun'tu Er veN pal mukiz n'akai tiRan'tE.

manai maruTci

305. pAlai
vari aNi pan'tum, vATiya vayalaiyum,
mayil aTi anna mAk kural n'occiyum,
kaTiyuTai viyal n'akar kAN varat tOnRa,
tamiyE kaNTa taNTalaiyum teRuvara,
5
n'Oy AkinRE-makaLai!-n'in tOzi,
eri cinam taNin'ta ilai il am cinai
varip puRap puRavin pulampu koL teL viLi,
uruppu avir amaiyattu, amarppanaL n'Okki,
ilagku ilai veL vEl viTalaiyai
10
vilagku malai Ar iTai n'aliyumkol enavE.

n'aRRAy, tOzikkuc colliyatu; manai maruTciyum Am.-kayamanAr