1873. “Your king constructed a bridge of stones across the ocean,
went past all our guards and came to Lankā, afflicting us.
We could not fight and conquer him. We are afraid of him.
You are the son of hot sun.
Do not kill us. We dance for you and ask your grace.
Kuzhamani thuurame!”
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate poetry to prose conversion (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continiously to form the sentence and understand the simple meaning of those verse.)