Hijo De La Luna Lyrics in English Montserrat Caballé
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Hijo De La Luna by Montserrat Caballé from Spanish to English.
Tonto el que no entienda
Fool whoever doesn't understand
Cuenta una leyenda
A legend tells
Que una hembra gitana
That a Gypsy woman
Conjuró a la luna hasta el amanecer
Charmed the moon till dawn
Llorando pedía
Crying, she begged
Al llegar el día
When daylight came
Desposar un calé
To wed a Gypsy
Tendrás a tu hombre piel morena
You'll have your dark-skinned man
Desde el cielo habló la luna llena
The full moon spoke from the sky
Pero a cambio quiero
But in return I want
El hijo primero
The first child
Que le engendres a él
That you bear for him
Que quien su hijo inmola
Because whoever sacrifices her child
Para no estar sola
Just to not be alone
Poco le iba a querer
Would barely love him
Luna quieres ser madre
Moon, you want to be a mother
Y no encuentras querer
And you can't find love
Que te haga mujer
To make you a woman
Dime luna de plata
Tell me, silver moon
Qué pretendes hacer
What do you plan to do
Con un niño de piel
With a child of flesh
Hijo de la Luna
Child of the Moon
De padre canela nació un niño
A baby was born to a cinnamon-skinned dad
Blanco como el lomo de un armiño
White as an ermine's back
Con los ojos grises
With gray eyes
En vez de aceituna
Instead of olive ones
Niño albino de luna
Albino child of the moon
Maldita su estampa
Cursed be his looks
Este hijo es de un payo
This kid is a payo's
Y yo no me lo cayo
And I won't keep it quiet
Luna quieres ser madre
Moon, you want to be a mother
Y no encuentras querer
And you can't find love
Que te haga mujer
To make you a woman
Dime luna de plata
Tell me, silver moon
Qué pretendes hacer
What do you plan to do
Con un niño de piel
With a child of flesh
Hijo de la Luna
Child of the Moon
Gitano al creerse deshonrado
The Gypsy, feeling dishonored
Se fue a su mujer cuchillo en mano
Went to his woman, knife in hand
De quién es el hijo?
Whose child is this?
Me has engaño fijo
You've cheated for sure
Y de muerte la hirió
And he stabbed her dead
Luego se hizo al monte
Then he fled to the hills
Con el niño en brazos
With the baby in his arms
Y allí le abandonó
And there he left him
Luna quieres ser madre
Moon, you want to be a mother
Y no encuentras querer
And you can't find love
Que te haga mujer
To make you a woman
Dime luna de plata
Tell me, silver moon
Qué pretendes hacer
What do you plan to do
Con un niño de piel
With a child of flesh
Hijo de la Luna
Child of the Moon
Y en las noches que haya luna llena
And on nights with a full moon
Será porque el niño esté de buenas
It'll be because the child feels happy
Y si el niño llora
And if the child cries
Menguará la luna
The moon will wane
Para hacerle una cuna
To make him a cradle
Y si el niño llora
And if the child cries
Menguará la luna
The moon will wane
Para hacerle una cuna
To make him a cradle
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