முகம்பாகம் பண்டமும் பாகமென் றோதிய மூதுரையைஉகம்பார்த் திரேலென் நலமுயர் ஏகம்பர் கச்சிமுன்நீர்அகம்பாக ஆர்வின் அளவில்லை என்னின் பவளச்செவ்வாய்நகம்பால் பொழில்பெற்ற நாமுற்ற வர்கொள்க நன்மயலே.
In plain words
'The face is half, and the gift is half,' says the old saying. You might have studied that saying for an age, but what good is it to me? You who stand at the edge of Kanchi of exalted Ēkampar: if the inner half, the fullness of longing within you, has shown no measure yet, then may she to whom I have come take on a good longing too, for in the grove beside the hill I have been given her coral red mouth.
Line by line
'The face is half, the gift too is half': the old saying that is spoken, even if you had studied it for an age, what good is it to me? O you who stand at the edge of Kanchi of exalted Ēkampar, if the inner half, the fullness of longing, has no measure yet, then, we who, the coral red mouth, in the grove by the hill, obtained, she whom we have come to: may she take on good longing.