Hijo De La Luna Lyrics in English Mecano

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Intro

Foolish the one who doesn't understand

Tells a legend

That a gypsy woman

Conjured the moon until dawn

Crying she asked

Upon the arrival of the day to marry a calé

'Calé' refers to a male Romani or gypsy person

Verse 1

You will have your man, dark-skinned

From the sky spoke the full moon

But in exchange, I want the first son

That you give birth with him

That whoever sacrifices their child

To not be alone

I was going to love him little

Chorus 1

Moon, you want to be a mother

And you don't find love that makes you a woman

Tell me, silver moon

What do you intend to do?

With a child of skin?

Son of the moon

Verse 2

From a dark-skinned father, a child was born

White like a ermine's back

With gray eyes, instead of olive

Albino child of the moon

Damned your appearance

This child is of a non-gypsy

And I won't keep quiet

Chorus 2

Moon, you want to be a mother

And you don't find love that makes you a woman

Tell me, silver moon

What do you intend to do?

With a child of skin?

Son of the moon

Bridge

Gypsy, believing himself dishonored

He went to his woman, knife in hand

Whose son is this? You have deceived me for sure

And, to death, he wounded her

Then he went to the mountain

With the child in his arms and there he abandoned him

Chorus 3

Moon, you want to be a mother

And you don't find love that makes you a woman

Tell me, silver moon

What do you intend to do?

With a child of skin?

Son of the moon

Outro

And on nights when there is a full moon

It will be because the child is in a good mood

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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Jose Maria Cano Andres

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SONG MEANING

“Hijo de la Luna” wraps a centuries-old legend in shimmering electronic sounds, inviting us into a world where desire, superstition, and tragedy collide. The lyrics recount the story of a gitana (Roma woman) who begs the full moon for a husband. The moon agrees, but only if she receives the woman’s firstborn child. When the baby arrives with pale skin and gray eyes - clear signs that he belongs to the moon, not to any earthly father - suspicion and jealousy erupt. The child’s presumed father, feeling betrayed, turns violent, and the haunting chain of events ends with the baby abandoned on a mountaintop.

From that night on, folklore says every full moon glows brightly to comfort the lonely hijo de la luna, and it wanes whenever the child cries so that its crescent can cradle him like a silver cradle. Mecano’s tale blends romance and fatalism, reminding listeners of the price of bargains with forces beyond our control, the destructive power of prejudice, and the eternal tenderness of a mother’s love - even when that mother is the moon itself.

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