Who does not understand is a fool, a legend tells

that a gyptian woman

cojured the moon until the dawn.

Crying she beged for the day she married a calé*to come.

"You shall have your man, tanned skin,"

From the sky the full moon spoke.

"But, in return, I want the very first son

you beget".

Who her own son immolate to not to be alone,

little she loves him. 

Moon, you want to be a mother

and you don't find any wish that makes you a woman.

Tell me, silver moon, what do you pretend to do

with a baby of flesh?

Son of the moon.

From the cinnamon father

a white like the back of a stoat

boy with gray eyes instead of olive

was born.

Moon's alibino child.

Damn her! This is a payo*'s child

and I won't remain silent.

Moon, you want to be a mother

and you don't find any wish that makes you a woman.

Tell me, silver moon, what do you pretend to do

with a baby of flesh?

Son of the moon.

The gypsy believed to have been dishonored,

wento to his wife, with a knife in his hands.

"¿Whose this child? It's obvious you cheated on me!"

And he hurted her deathly.

Thereupon, he went to the mount with the kid between his arms

and there, he abandoned him.

Moon, you want to be a mother

and you don't find any wish that makes you a woman.

Tell me, silver moon, what do you pretend to do

with a baby of flesh?

Son of the moon.

And on the full moon nights,

it'll be because the child is in good mood.

And if the child cries,  the moon will wane

to make a cradle for him.

And if the child cries, the moon will wane

to make a cradle for him.

*Translator Notes*

Calé: Gyptian word that refers to someone from the gypsy ethnicity.

Payo: Gyptian word that refers to someone who is not from the gypsy ethnicity.