maturai


7. maturai

ulakam oru n'iRaiyAt tAn Or n'iRaiyAp

pulavar pulak kOlAl tUkka, ulaku anaittum

tAn vATa, vATAta tanmaittE-tennavan

n'AnmATak kUTal n'akar.


ituvum, itanait toTarn'tu varum ain'tum (7-11) puRattiraTTil n'akar ennum pakutiyil uLLana.

8.

mAyOn koppUz malarn'ta tAmaraip

pUvoTu puraiyum, cIr Ur; pUvin

itazakattu anaiya teruvam; itazakattu

arum pokuTTu anaittE, aNNal kOyil;

5

tAtin anaiyar, taN tamizk kuTikaL;

tAtu uN paRavai anaiyar, paricil vAzn'ar;

pUvinuL piRan'tOn n'AvinuL piRan'ta

n'AnmaRaik kELvi n'avil kural eTuppa

Ema in tuyil ezutal allatai,

10

vAziya vajciyum kOziyum pOlak

kOziyin ezAtu, em pEr Ur tuyilE.


9.

taN tamiz vElit tamizn'ATTakam ellAm

n'inRu n'ilaiip pukaz pUttal allatu,

kunRutal uNTO maturai-koTit tErAn

kunRam uNTAkum aLavu?


10.

ceyyATku izaitta tilakampOl, cIrkku oppa,

vaiyam viLagkip pukaz pUttal allatu,

poyyAtal uNTO maturai-punai tErAn

vaiyai uNTAkum aLavu?


11.

kArttikai kAtil kana makara kuNTalampOl,

cIrttu viLagkit tirup pUttal allatu,

kOttai uNTAmO maturai-koTit tErAn

vArttai uNTAkum aLavu?


12.

IvAraik koNTATi, ERpAraip pArttu uvakkum-

cEy mATak kUTalum, cevvEL paragkunRum,

vAzvArE vAzvAr enappaTuvAr; maRRaiyAr

pOvAr Ar, puttEL ulaku?