Hijo de la Luna [English translation]

1)

There is a true story.

Mystical and hoary

Gipsy girl's so helpless

Made a wish so reckless

Asked the Moon to be fair

She laid bare her plan:

Anything for her man;

And the Moon heard her prayer.

I will give you his love,

You’ll be his wife,

But I want you to pay

For your new life;

Since your passion’s so wild

You will give me your child

In return for my gift.

Only child and no less

After Moon went speechless

Left the girl all adrift.

Chorus:

Moon you want to be mother,

But you can’t love a man; you will not find a man!

You are not like the others,

Why do you need a child, you are not a woman?

Ah, ha, ha, ha/ Ah, ha, ha, ha

Baby of the Silver Moon

2)

Of the man of brown skin

Was born a son,

White like fur of ermine

The only one,

White baby with grey eyes

For Gypsies to despise

For his father to hate.

Woman was beseeching

That there was no cheating

But it was far too late!

Chorus:

Moon you want to be mother,

But you can’t love a man; you will not find a man!

You are not like the others,

Why do you need a child, you are not a woman?

Ah, ha, ha, ha/ Ah, ha, ha, ha

Baby of the Silver Moon

3)

Gipsy man felt disgraced by his own wife

Furious he ran home holding his knife!

How could you betray me?

Now you must repay me,

And he stabbed her to death.

Then he took the infant,

Climbed up rocky mountain

Laid him there and left.

Chorus:

Moon you want to be mother,

But you can’t love a man; you will not find a man!

You are not like the others,

Why do you need a child, you are not a woman?

Ah, ha, ha, ha/ Ah, ha, ha, ha

Baby of the Silver Moon

4)

When the moon is full and it’s shining bright

It’s because her baby is now all right

When the baby’s crying

Moon is pacifying

Him; She’s a cradle for child.