HIJO DE LA LUNA Lyrics in English Laura Pausini
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song HIJO DE LA LUNA by Laura Pausini from Spanish to English.
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Tonto el que no entienda
Foolish is he who doesn't understand
Cuenta una leyenda
A legend tells
Que una hembra gitana
That a gypsy woman
Conjuró a la Luna hasta el amanecer
Conjured the Moon until dawn
Llorando pedía
Crying, she asked
Al llegar el día, desposar un calé
When day came, to marry a gypsy man
'Tendrás a tu hombre piel morena'
'You'll have your dark-skinned man'
Desde el cielo, habló la Luna llena
From the sky, the full Moon spoke
'Pero a cambio quiero'
'But in return I want'
Del hijo primero que le engendres a él'
'Your first son you bear him'
'Que quien su hijo inmola'
'For whoever sacrifices their son'
'Para no estar sola, poco le iba a querer'
'To not be alone, wouldn't truly love him'
Luna, quieres ser madre
Moon, you want to be a mother
Y no encuentras querer que te haga mujer
And you don't find love to make you a woman
Dime, Luna de plata
Tell me, silver Moon
¿Qué pretendes hacer con un niño de piel?
What do you intend to do with a human child?
Hijo de la Luna
Son of the Moon
De padre canela nació un niño
From a cinnamon-skinned father, a child was born
Blanco como el lomo de un armiño
White as an ermine's back
Con los ojos grises en vez de aceituna
With gray eyes instead of olive
Niño albino de Luna
Albino child of the Moon
'Maldita su estampa'
'Damn his looks!'
'Este hijo es de payo'
'This son is a non-gypsy's!'
'Y yo no me lo callo'
'And I won't shut up about it!'
Luna, quieres ser madre
Moon, you want to be a mother
Y no encuentras querer que te haga mujer
And you don't find love to make you a woman
Dime, Luna de plata
Tell me, silver Moon
¿Qué pretendes hacer con un niño de piel?
What do you intend to do with a human child?
Hijo de la Luna
Son of the Moon
Gitano al creerse deshonrado
The gypsy, believing himself dishonored
Se fue a su mujer, cuchillo en mano
He went to his wife, knife in hand
'¿De quién es el hijo? Me has engañado fijo'
'Whose son is this? You've surely deceived me!'
Y de muerte la hirió
And he fatally wounded her
Luego se hizo al monte
Then he took to the hills
Con el niño en brazos
With the child in his arms
Y allí le abandonó
And there he abandoned him
Luna, quieres ser madre
Moon, you want to be a mother
Y no encuentras querer que te haga mujer
And you don't find love to make you a woman
Dime, Luna de plata
Tell me, silver Moon
¿Qué pretendes hacer con un niño de piel?
What do you intend to do with a human child?
Hijo de la Luna
Son of the Moon
Y las noches que haya Luna llena
And on nights when there's a full Moon
Será porque el niño esté de buenas
It's because the child is in good spirits
Y si el niño llora
And if the child cries
Menguará la Luna para hacerle una cuna
The Moon will wane to make him a cradle
Y si el niño llora
And if the child cries
Menguará la Luna para hacerle una cuna
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.
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