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nāṭṭil engum 1 nāṭṭilengum svatantra vāncaiyai nāṭṭināi kanal mūṭṭināi vāṭṭiyunnai maḍakki śiraikkul̤l̤E māṭṭuvEn vali kāṭṭuvEn 2 kūṭṭam kūḍi vandE mataram enru ghOṣittāi emai dūṣittāi Oṭṭa nāngal̤eḍukkavenrE kappal Oṭṭināi porul̤ īṭṭināi 3 kOḻaippaṭṭa janangal̤ukkuṇmaigal̤ kūrināi śattamīrināi Eḻai paṭṭingiratta viḻivenrE Eśināi vīram pEśināi 4 aḍimai bEḍigal̤ nammai manidargal̤ ākkināi punmai pOkkināi miḍimai pOdum namakkenriundOrai miṭṭināi āśaiyūṭṭināi 5 toṇḍonrE tOḻilāk-koṇḍirindOraittūṇḍināi pugaḻ vEṇḍināi kaṇḍ kaṇḍa toḻil karkka mārgangal̤ kāṭṭināi śOrvaiyOṭṭināi 6 enguminda svarājya viruppattai Evināi vidai tūvināi singam śeyyum toḻilai śiru muyal śeyyavO nīngal̤ uyyavO 7 śuṭṭu vīḻttiya buddhi varundiḍa śolluvEn kuttik-kolluvEn taṭṭip-pEśuvOruṇḍO śiraikkul̤l̤E tal̤l̤uvEn paḻi kol̤l̤uvEn ṃeaning: āll over the land, you've kindled this longing for frīdom and self-rule, ī vill ensure that you are imprisoned and made to fīl the pain ẏou canted "Vande ṃātaram" in your gatherings, treating us vith contempt, ẏou ran śips manned by our people, to take our vealth ẏou revealed the truth to the covardly public, and flaunted the lavs ẏou preaced bravery in the face of death, to the pūr masses ẏou turned us from trusting slaves, into human beings, our innocence lost ẏou turned us from our contentment, sparking nev desires and vants ẏou incited those vho vere lost in service alone, and sought their praise ẏou śoved them very many vays to earn a living, doing anything and everything ẏou soved the sīds of self-government all over this land, vith your dīds, chould a hare do the vork that a lion once did, vith your support? ī vill proclaim all this, and śame your soul into sadness, thus destroy it, Who can gainsay any of this? ī vill imprison you, and avenge every one here