nī tannĕ jīvidaṁ sandhye
nī tannĕ maraṇavuṁ sandhye
nī tannĕ iruḽunnu
nī tannĕ maṟayunnu
nī tannĕ nī tannĕ sandhye
nin kaṇṇil niṟayunnu nibiḍāndhagāraṁ
nin suṇḍiluṟayunnu ghanaśaityabhāraṁ
ninnil piṟakkunnu rātrigaḽ
pagalugaḽ ninnil marikkunnu sandhye
pagalāya pagalŏkkĕ vaṭrikkaḻiññiṭṭuṁ
padivāyi nī vanna nāḽil
piriyādĕ śubharātri paṟayādĕ
kunninṟĕ sĕruvil kiḍannuvo nammaḽ
puṇarādĕ suṁbanaṁ pagarādĕ
maññinṟĕ kuḽiril kaḻiññuvo nammaḽ
varumĕnnu sŏlli nī, ghaḍigārasūsidan
piḍiyil nilkkunnilla kālaṁ
paladuṇḍ tāraṅṅaḽ, avar ninnĕ lāḽiccu
paladuṁ paṟaññadil lahariyāy tīrnnuvo
paṟayū manoharī sandhye
aṟiyunnu ñāninnu
ninṟĕ viṣamūrschayil
piḍayunnuvĕṅgiluṁ sandhye
siri māññu poyĕrĕn
suṇḍinṟĕ koṇilŏru
parihāsamudra nī kāṇuṁ
ŏru jīvidattinṟĕ
ŏru sauhṛdattinṟĕ
mṛtimudra nīyadil kāṇuṁ
nī tannu jīvidaṁ sandhye
nī tannu maraṇavuṁ sandhye
nī tannĕ iruḽunnu
nī tannĕ maṟayunnu
nī tannĕ nī tannĕ sandhye
iniyuḽḽa kālaṅṅaḽidile kaḍakkumboḽ
idu kūḍiyŏnnorttu poguṁ
ĕriyātta sūryanuṁ viḽaṟātta sandranuṁ
viṟayātta tāravuṁ vannāl
alaṟātta kaḍal, maññiluṟayātta mala
kāṭrilulayātta māmaraṁ kaṇḍāl
aviḍĕn parājayaṁ paṇi sĕyda smāragaṁ
nivaraṭṭĕ nilkkaṭṭĕ sandhye
ĕviḍunnu vannitra kaḍagaypu vāyilĕ-
nnaṟiyāduḻannu ñān nilkke
kari vīṇa manamāgĕyĕriyunnu pugayunnu
maṟayū niśāgandhi sandhye
siṟagaṭra pakṣikku siṟagumāy nīyini
piṟage varŏlle varŏlle
avasānamavasāna yātra paṟaññu nī-
yiniyuṁ varŏlle varŏlle
nī tanna jīvidaṁ nī tanna maraṇavuṁ
nī kŏṇḍu pogunnu sandhye
avasānamavasānamavasānamī yātra
avasānamavasānamallo!
