artist:mecano
songs title:hijo de la luna
"tonto el que no entienda"
cu-nta una leyenda
"q-e una hembra gitana
conjur?a la luna hasta el amanecer:
llorando ped
al llegar el d
desposar un cal?
"endr a tu hombre piel morena!"
desde- el cielo habl?la luna llena.
"ero a cambio quiero
el hijo primero
que le engendres a !"
que quien su hijo inmola
para no estar sola
poco le iba a querer.
estribillo
una! quieres ser madre
y no encuentras querer
que te haga mujer.
ime! luna de plata
qu?pretendes hacer
con un ni de piel.
hijo de la luna
de padre canela naci?un ni
blanco como el lomo de un armi,
con los ojos grises
en vez de aceituna,
ni albino de luna.
"aldita su estampa!
ste hijo es de un payo
y yo no me lo callo!"
estribillo
gitano al creerse deshonrado
se fue a su mujer cuchillo en mano
"e qui es el hijo?
e has engao fijo!"
y de muerte la hiri?
luego se hizo al monte
con el ni en brazos
y all?le abandon?
estribillo
y en las noches que haya luna llena
ser?porque el ni est?de buenas.
y si el ni llora
menguar?la luna
para hacerle una cuna.
y si el ni llora
menguar?la luna
para hacerle una cuna.
english translation
a fool is he who doesn't understand
a legend tells
that a gypsy woman
implored the moon
weeping, she begged till dawn
to marry a gypsy man
"you'll have your brown skin man"
sp-ke the full moon from the sky
"but in return i want the
the first child
that you have with him,"
one who sacrifices her child
in order not to be alone
is not going
to love it very much
moon you want to be mother
and you can't find a love
who makes you a woman.
tell me, moon of silver
what you intend to do
with a child of flesh
ahhh, ahhh
son of the moon
from a cinnamon skinned father -a son
was born
white like an ermine's belly
with gray eyes
instead of olive,
moon's albino son
"dam his appearence!
this is not a gypsy man's son
and you won't get away with this"
moon you want to be mother
and you can't find a love
who makes you a woman.
tell me, moon of silver
what you intend to do
with a child of flesh
ahhh, ahhh
son of the moon
the qypsy believing himself dishonored
went to his wife, knife in hand
"whose son is this?
i am sure you have decieved me!"
and he stabbed her to death
then he went to the mountain
with the child in his arms
and abandoned it there
moon you want to be mother
and you can't find a love
who makes you a woman.
tell me, moon of silver
what you intend to do
with a child of flesh
ahhh, ahhh
son of the moon
and on nights when the moon is full
it's because the child is happy
and if the child cries
the moon will wane
to make him a cradle
and if the child cries
the moon will wane to make him a cradle
