விடைபாய் கொடுமையெண் ணாதுமே லாங்கன்னி வேல்கருங்கண்கடைபாய் மனத்திளங் காளையர் புல்கொலி கம்பர்கச்சிமடைபாய் வயலிள முல்லையின் மான்கன்றொ டான்கன்றினம்கடைபாய் தொறும்பதி மன்றில் கடல்போற் கலந்தெழுமே.
In plain words
Not thinking of the cruelty of the bull's charge, their minds pierced by the corners of the high maiden's dark, spear-like eyes, the band of young men leap at every gateway and rise, mingling like the sea, in the village common, in the mullai land of Kanchi, the city of Kampar who slew the tiger, where the sluices flow into beds of young jasmine, among the fawns and the calves.
Line by line
Not thinking of the cruelty of the bull's charge, the high maiden's spear-like dark eyes' corners leaping into their minds, the young men; tiger-slaying Kampar's Kanchi, in the young mullai by beds where the sluices flow, with fawns, calves; the band leaping at every gate, in the village common, like the sea, mingling, rises indeed.