Foolish the one who doesn't understand
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Conjured the moon until dawn
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Upon the arrival of the day to marry a calé
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You will have your man, dark-skinned
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From the sky spoke the full moon
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But in exchange, I want the first son
That you give birth with him
That whoever sacrifices their child
I was going to love him little
Moon, you want to be a mother
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And you don't find love that makes you a woman
What do you intend to do?
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From a dark-skinned father, a child was born
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White like a ermine's back
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With gray eyes, instead of olive
This child is of a non-gypsy
Moon, you want to be a mother
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And you don't find love that makes you a woman
What do you intend to do?
Gypsy, believing himself dishonored
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He went to his woman, knife in hand
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Whose son is this? You have deceived me for sure
And, to death, he wounded her
Then he went to the mountain
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With the child in his arms and there he abandoned him
Moon, you want to be a mother
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And you don't find love that makes you a woman
What do you intend to do?
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And on nights when there is a full moon
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It will be because the child is in a good mood
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And, if the child cries, the moon will wane
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And, if the child cries, the moon will wane