இன்றிருந்து நாளை இறக்கும் தொழிலுடையபுன்தலைய மாக்கள் புகழ்வரோ வென்றிமழுவாளுடையான் தெய்வ மருதுடையான் நாயேனைஆளுடையான் செம்பொன் அடி.
In plain words
People of base minds, whose business is to be here today and die tomorrow: will they praise the red-gold feet of him who bears the blade of the victorious axe, him who holds divine Marutu, him who has taken me, a dog, as his servant?
Line by line
being here today, dying tomorrow, whose business that is, the base-headed people, will they praise? of the victorious axe he who has the blade, he who has divine Marutu, me, the dog, he who has taken as servant, the red-gold feet.