cEmpu

 

24.  mannavan perumaiyum koTaic ciRappum kURi vAzttutal


n'eTu vayin oLiRu minnup paran'tAgku,

puli uRai kazitta pulavu vAy eHkam

Eval ATavar valan uyarttu En'ti,

Ar araN kaTan'ta tAr arun' takaippin

pITu koL mAlaip perum paTait talaiva!   

5

Otal, vETTal, avai piRarc ceytal,

Ital, ERRal, enRu ARu purin'tu ozukum

aRam puri an'taNar vazi mozin'tu ozuki,

jAlam n'invazi ozuka, pATal cAnRu,

n'ATuTan viLagkum n'ATA n'allicait    

10

tirun'tiya iyal mozit tirun'tizai kaNava!

kulai izipu aRiyAc cApattu vayavar

ampu kaLaivu aRiyAt tUgku tuLagku irukkai,

iTAa ENi iyal aRaik kurucil!

n'Ir, n'ilam, tI, vaLi, vicumpOTu, ain'tum   

15

aLan'tu kaTai aRiyinum, aLappu arug kuraiyai! n'in

vaLam vIgku perukkam initu kaNTikumE!

uNmarum, tinmarum, varaikOL aRiyAtu,

kurait toTi mazukiya ulakkai vayintORu

aTaic cEmpu ezun'ta ATuRum maTAvin,   

20

eHku uRac civan'ta Unattu, yAvarum

kaNTu mati maruLum vATAc conRi

vayagku katir virin'tu vAnakam cuTarvara,

vaRitu vaTakku iRaijciya cIr cAl veLLi

payam kezu pozutOTu An'iyam n'iRpa,   

25

kalizum karuviyoTu kai uRa vaNagki,

man uyir puraiiya valan Erpu iragkum

koNTal taN taLik kamaj cUl mA mazai

kAr etir paruvam maRappinum

pErA yANarttAl; vAzka n'in vaLanE!   

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tuRai: iyalmozi vAzttu

vaNNam: ozuku vaNNam

tUkku: cen'tUkku

peyar: cIr cAl veLLi    (4)