Dis-moi Lune d'argent [Hijo de la Luna] [English translation]

Fool who doesn't understand

The legend that says

That a female gypsy

Implored the moon

Till the break of dawn

Crying, she asked for

A gypsy who would want

to marry her out of love

You shall have your man, dark woman

Answered the full moon from the sky

But you have to give me

Your first son

As soon as he is born

She who, for a man

Sacrifices her child

Would have only barely loved him

Moon, you wish to be a mother

You don't find the love

Who hears your prayer

Tell me, silver moon

How would you who has no arms

Cradle a child

Son of the moon

From a cinnamon-skinned gypsy

Was born the child

Like an ermine

He was white

His pupils grey

Not olive-colored

Albino son of the moon

Curse you, bastard!

You're the son of a gadjo*

You're the son of a pale man

Moon, you wish to be a mother

You don't find the love

Who hears your prayer

Tell me, silver moon

How would you who has no arms

Cradle a child

Son of the moon

The gypsy thought he was dishonored

Knife in hand, he went to find his wife

The child is not mine

You cheated on me, I see

To death he wounded her

With the child in his arms

He climbed the hill

And abandoned him there

Moon, you wish to be a mother

You don't find the love

Who hears your prayer

Tell me, silver moon

How would you who has no arms

Cradle a child

Son of the moon

And the nights when the child would play and smile

Of joy the moon would become round

And when the child cries

She wanes to make him

A cradle of light

• Artist:Mecano
• Album:Aidalai (1991)