56 shanmugapriyaa mela
Aa: S R2 G2 M2 P D1 N2 S
Av: S N2 D1 P M2 G2 R2 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer: T.N. Baala
Language: Tamil

pallavi

viLaiyADa idu nEramA murugA en vinaiyAlE paDum pADu tanai sholla varumpOdu

anupallavi

kaLaittEn janmam eDuttu iLaittEn porunttirundu uLamAra unai nADi unaip pADa varumbOtu

caraNam

puriyaada pudirO nee ariyaada kadaiyO
pariHaasamO enmEl paritaapamillaiyO
virittOgai mayil meedu varuvaay enredir parttu
vizhi mElE vizhi vaitthu vazhi paarttu varumbOtu

Other information:
This song is often mistakenly attributed to Paapanaasam Shivan.

"Maharaajapuram Santaanam once wrote to me that he took a little liberty with my lyrics in anupallavi and replaced the word 'iLaiththen' with 'saLaiththEn' for obvious reason." - T.N. Baala

Lyrics contributed by TN Baala and Lakshman Ragde.

Song performed for karnATik by Seema Anantha.