Hijo de La Luna

Son of the Moon

Hijo de La Luna

Foolish is the one who doesn't understandTonto el que no entienda
There's a legendcuenta una leyenda
That a gypsy womanque una hembra gitana
Conjured the moon until dawnconjuro a la luna hasta el amanecer
Crying, she asked when the day arrivedLlorando pedia al llegar el dia
To marry a gypsy mandesposar un cale

You will have your man with dark skintendras a tu hombre piel morena
From the sky spoke the full moondesde el cielo hablo la luna llena
But in return, I want the first childpero a cambio quiero el hijo primero
That you bear to himque le engendres a el
For she who sacrifices her childque quien su hijo inmola
To not be alone, little would she love himpara no estar sola poco le iba a querer

Moon, you want to be a motherLuna quieres ser madre
And you can't find lovey no encuentras querer
To make you a womanque te haga mujer
Tell me, silver moondime luna de plata
What do you intend to do with a child of skin?que pretendes hacer con un niño de piel

Son of the moonhijo de la luna
With a cinnamon fatherDe padre canela
A child was bornnacio un niño
White as the back of a ermineblanco como el lomo de un armiño
With gray eyescon los ojos grises
Instead of olive, an albino child of the moonen vez de aceituna niño albino de luna
Cursed is his appearancemaldita su estampa
This child is of a non-gypsyeste hijo es de un payo
And I won't keep quiety yo no me lo cayo

Moon, you want to be a mother...Luna quieres ser madre...

The gypsy, feeling dishonoredGitano al creerse deshonrado
Went to his wife, knife in handse fue a su mujer cuchillo en mano
Whose child is this?¿de quien es el hijo?
You've deceived me for sureme has engañao fijo
And he wounded her to deathy de muerte la hirio
Then he went to the mountainluego se hizo al monte
With the child in his armscon el niño en brazos
And there he abandoned himy alli le abandono

Moon, you want to be a mother...Luna quieres ser madre...

And on nights with a full moonY en las noches que haya luna llena
It will be because the child is in good spiritssera porque el niño este de buenas
And if the child cries, the moon will waney si el niño llora menguara la luna
To make him a cradlepara hacerle una cuna
And if the child cries, the moon will waney si el niño llora menguara
To make him a cradlela luna para hacerle una cuna