Minungum minnaminunge
Minni minni thedunnathare
Varumo chare ninnachan
Minungum minnaminunge
Minni minni thedunnathare
Varumo chare ninnachan
Ho shining firefly who are you searching for flashing light
Will your father come near you
Nerukil thottu thalodi
Kathakal padiyurakkan
Varumo chare ninnachan
Will your father finally arrive
To caress your crown and make you sleep singing stories
Puthu kanaval mashi ezhuthi mizhikalil adhyam
Chirakukalil kilukilungum thari valayeki
He taught you to dream
And taught you to fly
Kunji chundil ponnum thenum thannu mamoootti
Pichcha pichcha vekkan koode vannu kai neeti
He fed you for the first time
And helped you take your first steps
Minungum minnaminunge
Minni minni thedunnathare
Varumo chare ninnachchan
Varumo chare ninnachchan
Oh firefly! who do you search for with your flashlight
Is it for your father to find you
Kathonnu kutheetu manikya kallinte kammalidum neram
Thengalu matuvan tholatheduthittu pattum padeele
Tharakam thannoru mothiram kondu nee kunjilam navinmel
Thooviyoraksharam cholli tharilleen minnaminni nee
While facing the first challenge
He was your strength
Won’t you be here when I learn my first words
Pakalirvake oru nizhalai
Kalonnu thennidumbol ennachchan kavalin eththukille
Koriyedukkum thorum nirayunna snehathin cholayalle
Day and night like a shadow
A father will be there for his daughter
He is a never-ending stream of love
Minungum minnaminunge
Minni minni thedunnathare
Varumo chare ninnachchan
Oh firefly! who do you search for with your flashlight
Is it for your father to find you
Puthanudupittu pottu thodeechittu ninne orukeele
Pallikoodathinte illi padi vare koode vanneele
He got you ready
And even followed you to your first flight
Nee chirikkum neram achante kannil chinga nilavalle
Neeonnu vadiyal ararum kanatha nenjum vingille
Your smile lights up his world
Your frowns tear him apart
Mani mukilolam makal valarnnalum
Achante ullilennum avaloru thamara thumbi alle
Chella kurumbu katti chinungunna chundari vavayalle
Even when a daughter becomes an adult
She’s always a baby in her father’s eyes
She will always be his naughty little angel
Minungum minnaminunge
Minni minni thedunnathare
Varumo chare ninnachchan
O shining firefly who are you searching for flashing light
Will your father come near you
Puthu kanaval mashi ezhuthi mizhikalil adhyam
Chirakukalil kilukilungum thari valayeki
Kunji chundil ponnum thenum thannu mamoootti
Pichcha pichcha vekkan koode vannu kai neeti
He taught you to dream and taught you to fly
He fed you for the first time and helped you take your first steps
Minni minni thedunnathare
Varumo chare ninnachan
Minungum minnaminunge
Minni minni thedunnathare
Varumo chare ninnachan
Ho shining firefly who are you searching for flashing light
Will your father come near you
Nerukil thottu thalodi
Kathakal padiyurakkan
Varumo chare ninnachan
Will your father finally arrive
To caress your crown and make you sleep singing stories
Puthu kanaval mashi ezhuthi mizhikalil adhyam
Chirakukalil kilukilungum thari valayeki
He taught you to dream
And taught you to fly
Kunji chundil ponnum thenum thannu mamoootti
Pichcha pichcha vekkan koode vannu kai neeti
He fed you for the first time
And helped you take your first steps
Minungum minnaminunge
Minni minni thedunnathare
Varumo chare ninnachchan
Varumo chare ninnachchan
Oh firefly! who do you search for with your flashlight
Is it for your father to find you
Kathonnu kutheetu manikya kallinte kammalidum neram
Thengalu matuvan tholatheduthittu pattum padeele
Tharakam thannoru mothiram kondu nee kunjilam navinmel
Thooviyoraksharam cholli tharilleen minnaminni nee
While facing the first challenge
He was your strength
Won’t you be here when I learn my first words
Pakalirvake oru nizhalai
Kalonnu thennidumbol ennachchan kavalin eththukille
Koriyedukkum thorum nirayunna snehathin cholayalle
Day and night like a shadow
A father will be there for his daughter
He is a never-ending stream of love
Minungum minnaminunge
Minni minni thedunnathare
Varumo chare ninnachchan
Oh firefly! who do you search for with your flashlight
Is it for your father to find you
Puthanudupittu pottu thodeechittu ninne orukeele
Pallikoodathinte illi padi vare koode vanneele
He got you ready
And even followed you to your first flight
Nee chirikkum neram achante kannil chinga nilavalle
Neeonnu vadiyal ararum kanatha nenjum vingille
Your smile lights up his world
Your frowns tear him apart
Mani mukilolam makal valarnnalum
Achante ullilennum avaloru thamara thumbi alle
Chella kurumbu katti chinungunna chundari vavayalle
Even when a daughter becomes an adult
She’s always a baby in her father’s eyes
She will always be his naughty little angel
Minungum minnaminunge
Minni minni thedunnathare
Varumo chare ninnachchan
O shining firefly who are you searching for flashing light
Will your father come near you
Puthu kanaval mashi ezhuthi mizhikalil adhyam
Chirakukalil kilukilungum thari valayeki
Kunji chundil ponnum thenum thannu mamoootti
Pichcha pichcha vekkan koode vannu kai neeti
He taught you to dream and taught you to fly
He fed you for the first time and helped you take your first steps
