Sendaamaraye vaa

sĕndāmaraye vā
mandāginiyāy vā
sandanamugilāy vā
kuḽirin maṇimaḻayāy (sĕndāmara...)

hey kaṇṇāḍikkaviḽilŏrumma
pĕṇṇĕ nin nāṇaṁ suvanno
ĕn nĕñjil tuḍigŏṭṭuṁ tāḽaṁ
pŏnne nī tiriccaṟiñño
kāṭralayāy kuṟuniragaḽ
māḍiyŏdukkuṁ ñān
pādasaraṅṅaḽ pallavi pāḍuṁ praṇayagānaṁ mūḽāṁ ñān (sĕndāmara...)

nĕnmeni vāgappū tolkkuṁ
ninmenikkĕndu sugandhaṁ
kāṇāppū maṟugil sandaṁ
nīyĕnṟĕ nityavasandaṁ
ī maḍiyil pūmaḍiyil ĕnnĕyuṟakkū nī
rāvaṟiyādĕ novaṟiyādĕ
hṛdayarāgaṁ mīṭṭū nī (sĕndāmara...)