சேய்தந் தகைமை உமைகண வன்திரு ஏகம்பத்தான்தாய்தந்தை யாயுயிர் காப்போன் கயிலைத் தயங்கிருள்வாய்வேய்தந்த தோளிநம் ஊச லொடும்விரை வேங்கைதன்னைப்பாய்தந்து பூசலுண் டாங்கொண்ட தோசைப் பகடுவந்தே.
In plain words
Umā, the excellent one who gave birth to the Red One, has for husband him of holy Ēkampam, who guards all lives as mother and father. O girl with shoulders like bamboo, on his Kailāsa, in the dense darkness, the trumpeting tusker came and leapt upon the fragrant vēṅkai tree, our swing and all. Did it take it? There is an uproar.
Line by line
Of the excellence that gave the Red One, Umā's husband, he of holy Ēkampam, who as mother and father guards lives; of Kailāsa, in the dense darkness, O girl with shoulders like bamboo, with our swing too, the fragrant vēṅkai tree leaping on it; there is an uproar; did it take it, the trumpeting tusker, having come?