HIJO DE LA LUNA Lyrics in English by Laura Pausini

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song HIJO DE LA LUNA by Laura Pausini from Spanish to English.

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Foolish is he who doesn't understand

A legend tells

That a gypsy woman

Conjured the Moon until dawn

Crying, she asked

When day came, to marry a gypsy man

'You'll have your dark-skinned man'

From the sky, the full Moon spoke

'But in return I want'

'The first son that you bear him'

'For whoever sacrifices their son'

'To not be alone, wouldn't truly love him'

Moon, you want to be a mother

And you don't find love to make you a woman

Tell me, silver Moon

What do you intend to do with a human child?

Son of the Moon

From a cinnamon-skinned father, a child was born

White as an ermine's back

With gray eyes instead of olive

Albino child of the Moon

'Damn his looks!'

'This son is a non-gypsy's!'

'And I won't shut up about it!'

Moon, you want to be a mother

And you don't find love to make you a woman

Tell me, silver Moon

What do you intend to do with a human child?

Son of the Moon

The gypsy, believing himself dishonored

He went to his wife, knife in hand

'Whose son is this? You've surely deceived me!'

And he fatally wounded her

Then he took to the hills

With the child in his arms

And there he abandoned him

Moon, you want to be a mother

And you don't find love to make you a woman

Tell me, silver Moon

What do you intend to do with a human child?

Son of the Moon

And on nights when there's a full Moon

It's because the child is in good spirits

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

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armiño — ermine

Armiño translates to "ermine," a type of weasel known for its pure white winter coat. It's a beautiful and somewhat rare word to encounter in song lyrics.

In "Hijo de la Luna," the word is used to describe the albino child born to the gypsy woman: "Blanco como el lomo de un armiño" (White like the back of an ermine). This vivid comparison highlights the child's striking and unusual appearance, making the word both memorable and central to the song's narrative.

A gypsy woman begs the Moon for a husband, and the Moon names its price: "Pero a cambio quiero / Del hijo primero que le engendres a él" ("But in return I want the first son you bear him"). She takes the deal. The baby arrives "Blanco como el lomo de un armiño" ("White as an ermine's back"), with grey eyes "en vez de aceituna" ("instead of olive"), and her husband does the arithmetic a jealous man does: "Este hijo es de payo" ("This son is an outsider's"). Then one line turns the folk tale into a crime report: "Se fue a su mujer, cuchillo en mano" ("He went to his wife, knife in hand").

Mecano wrote this in 1986, and Laura Pausini sings it on her covers album YO CANTO 2. The chorus keeps asking the Moon the same unanswerable question, "¿Qué pretendes hacer con un niño de piel?" ("What do you intend to do with a flesh-and-blood child?"), and the last verse answers it: the baby is left on the mountain, the Moon takes him, and that is why she swells full "porque el niño esté de buenas" ("because the child is in a good mood") and thins to a crescent when he cries, "para hacerle una cuna" ("to make him a cradle"). An explanation of the lunar phases, built out of one terrible bargain.

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