vEppampU

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irum panai veN tOTu malain'tOn allan;
karuj cinai vEmpin teriyalOn allan;
n'inna kaNNiyum Ar miTain'tanRE; n'innoTu
poruvOn kaNNiyum Ar miTain'tanRE;
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oruvIr tORpinum, tORpa n'um kuTiyE;
iruvIr vERal iyaRkaiyum anRE; atanAl,
kuTipporuL anRu, n'um ceyti; koTit tEr
n'um Or anna vEn'tarkku
meym mali uvakai ceyyum; iv ikalE.

tiNai vajci; tuRai tuNaivajci.
cOzan n'alagkiLLi uRaiyUr muRRi irun'tAnaiyum, aTaittirun'ta n'eTug kiLLiyaiyum, kOvUr kizAr pATiyatu.

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Er paran'ta vayal, n'Ir paran'ta ceRuvin,
n'el malin'ta manai, pon malin'ta maRukin,
paTu vaNTu Arkkum pal malark kAvin,
n'eTu vEL Atan pOn'tai anna,
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peruj cIr arug koNTiyaLE; karuj cinai
vEmpum Arum pOn'taiyum mUnRum
malain'ta cenniyar, aNin'ta villar,
koRRa vEn'tar varinum, tan taka
vaNagkArkku Ikuvan allan vaN tOTTup
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piNagku katirk kazani n'AppaN, EmuRRu
uNagku kalan Aziyin tOnRum
Or eyil mannan oru maTa makaLE.

tiNaiyum tuRaiyum avai.
kunRUr kizAr makanAr pATiyatu.

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akan talai vaiyattup puravalark kANAtu,
maran'talaic cErn'tu, paTTini vaiki,
pOtu aviz alari n'Arin toTuttu,
tayagku irum pittai poliyac cUTi,
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paRaiyoTu takaitta kalap paiyen, muravu vAy
ATuRu kuzici pATu inRu tUkki,
manRa vEmpin oN pU uRaippa,
kuRai ceyal vENTA n'acaiya irukkaiyEn,
arici inmaiyin Ar iTai n'In'ti,
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kUr vAy irum paTai n'Irin miLirppa,
varu kaNai vALi....... anpu inRu talaii,
iraimuracu Arkkum uraicAl pAcaRai,
vil Er uzavin n'in n'al icai uLLi,
kuRait talaip paTu piNan etira, pOrpu azittu,
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yAnai eruttin vAL maTal Occi
atari tiritta AL uku kaTAvin,
matiyattu anna en vici uRu taTAri
akan kaN atira, AkuLi toTAlin,
paNai maruL n'eTun' tAL, pal piNart taTak kai,
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pukarmuka mukavaikku van'ticin peruma!
kaLiRRuk kOTTanna vAl eyiRu azutti,
vizukkoTu viraiiya veN n'iNac cuvaiyinaL,
kuTart talai mAlai cUTi, 'uNat tina
AnAp peru vaLam ceytOn vAnattu
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vayagku pal mIninum vAziyar, pala' ena,
uru kezu pEymakaL ayara,
kurutit tukaL ATiya kaLam kizavOyE!

tiNaiyum tuRaiyum avai.
talaiyAlagkAnattuc ceru venRa n'eTujceziyanaik kallATanAr pATiyatu.