83.talaivi kURRu

	talaivi tan putalvanuTan cenRa tOzi n'ITTittu van'tamai paRRi vinAvutal
	perun' tiru n'ilaiiya vIgku cORRu akal manai,
	porun'tu n'On katavu oRRip pulampi yAm ulamara,
	iLaiyavar tazUu ATum ekkar vAy viyan teruvin
	viLaiyATTikkoNTu varaRku enac cenRAy,
5	uLaivu ilai; UTTalen tIm pAl perukum aLavellAm
	n'ITTitta kAraNam en?
	tOziyin maRumozi
	kETTI
	peru maTaR peNNaip piNart tOTTup paig kurumpaik
	kuTa vAyk koTip pinnal vAgki, taLarum
10	peru maNit tiN tErk kuRumakkaL n'AppaN,
	akal n'akar mILtaruvAnAka, puri jekizpu
	n'Ila n'iraip pOtu uRu kARku ulaivana pOl,
	cAlakattu olkiya kaNNar, 'uyar cIrtti
	Al amar celvan aNi cAl makan vizAk
15	kAlkOL' enRu Ukki, katumena n'Okki,
	tirun'tuaTi n'Upuram Arppa iyali, viruppinAl,
	'kaNNum, n'utalum, kavuLum, kavaviyArkku
	oNmai etiriya am kaiyum, taN enac
	ceyvana ciRappin ciRappuc ceytu, iv irA
20	emmoTu cErn'tu cenRIvAyAl; cemmAl!
	n'alam putitu uNTu uLLA n'ANili ceyta
	pulampu elAm tIrkkuvEm man' enRu iragkupu,
	vERRu AnAt tAyar etirkoLLa, mARRAta
	kaLvanAl tagkiyatu allAl, katiyAti,
25	oLLizAy! yAn tItu ilEn
	talaivi tan putalvanaik kaTin'tum, appozutu agkuvan'ta talaivanoTu pulan'tum kURutal
	eLLalAn, am men paNait tOL n'umar vEyn'ta kaNNiyOTu
	em il varutiyO? ellA! n'I tan meykkaN
	am tIm col n'allAr aNin'ta kalam kATTi,
	mun'tai irun'tu makan ceyta n'Oyttalai
30	ven'ta puN vEl eRin'taRRAl, vaTuvoTu
	tan'taiyum van'tu n'ilai