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	maTagkalin cinaii, maTagkA uLLattu,
	aTagkAt tAnai vEn'tar uTagku iyain'tu,
	ennoTu porutum enpa; avarai
	Ar amar alaRat tAkki, tEroTu
5	avarp puRagkANEn Ayin ciRan'ta
	pEr amar uNkaN ivaLinum pirika;
	aRan n'ilai tiriyA anpin avaiyattu,
	tiRan il oruvanai n'ATTi, muRai tirin'tu
	melikOl ceytEn Akuka; mali pukaz
10	vaiyai cUzn'ta vaLam kezu vaippin
	poyyA yANar maiyal kOmAn
	mAvanum, man eyil An'taiyum, urai cAl
	an'tuvaj cAttanum, Atan aziciyum,
	vej cina iyakkanum, uLappaTap piRarum,
15	kaN pOl n'aNpin kELiroTu kalan'ta
	in kaLi makiz n'akai izukki yAn onRO,
	manpatai kAkkum n'IL kuTic ciRan'ta
	ten pulam kAvalin orIi, piRar
	van pulam kAvalin mARi yAn piRakkE!

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	'n'akutakkanarE, n'ATu mIkkURun'ar;
	iLaiyan ivan' ena uLaiyak kURi,
	'paTu maNi iraTTum pA aTip paNait tAL
	n'eTu n'al yAnaiyum, tErum, mAvum,
5	paTai amai maRavarum, uTaiyam yAm' enRu
	uRu tuppu ajcAtu, uTal cinam cerukki,
	ciRu col colliya cinam kezu vEn'tarai
	aruj camam citaiyat tAkki, muracamoTu
	orugku akappaTEen Ayin porun'tiya
10	en n'izal vAzn'ar cel n'izal kANAtu,
	'koTiyan em iRai' enak kaNNIr parappi,
	kuTi pazi tURRum kOlEn Akuka;
	Ogkiya ciRappin uyarn'ta kELvi
	mAgkuTi marutan talaivan Aka,
15	ulakamoTu n'ilaiiya palar pukaz ciRappin
	pulavar pATAtu varaika, en n'ilavarai;
	purappOr punkaN kUra,
	irappOrkku IyA inmai yAn uRavE.

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	mella van'tu, en n'al aTi porun'ti,
	'I' ena irakkuvar Ayin, cIruTai
	muracu kezu tAyattu aracO tajcam;
	in uyir Ayinum koTukkuven, in' n'ilattu;
5	ARRal uTaiyOr ARRal pORRAtu, en
	uLLam eLLiya maTavOn, teLLitin
	tujcu puli iTaRiya citaTan pOla,
	uyn'tanan peyartalO aritE; main'tuTaik
	kazai tin yAnaik kAl akappaTTa
10	van tiNi n'IL muLai pOla, cenRu, avaN
	varun'tap porEen Ayin, porun'tiya
	tItu il n'ejcattuk kAtal koLLAp
	pal irug kUn'tal makaLir
	ollA muyakkiTaik kuzaika, en tArE!