481 kīzhvāṉam vĕl̤l̤ĕṉṟu * ĕrumai ciṟu vīṭu *
meyvāṉ parantaṉa kāṇ mikku ul̤l̤a pil̤l̤aikal̤um *
povāṉ pokiṉṟāraip pokāmal kāttu * uṉṉaik
kūvuvāṉ vantu niṉṟom ** kotukalam uṭaiya
pāvāy ! ĕzhuntirāy * pāṭip paṟai kŏṇṭu *
mā vāy pil̤antāṉai mallarai māṭṭiya *
tevāti tevaṉaic cĕṉṟu nām cevittāl *
āvā ĕṉṟu ārāyntu arul̤-elor ĕmpāvāy (8)
Simple Translation
481. It is dawn, the horizon is bright and the buffaloes
leave their small sheds and go to graze.
We have stopped the girls so that they will wait for you
and we have come to wake you up.
Get up, cheerful one!
If we sing His praise and worship the God of gods who split
open Asuran Kesi's mouth, when he came as a horse and fought
with the wrestlers and defeated them, if we went (to Him) and give our respects to ḥim, He would inquire (our needs) and He will say ŏ!, and He would help us.
Let us go and worship our Pāvai.