Hijo De La Luna

[Mecano cover]

Tonto el que no entienda
Cuenta una leyenda
Que una hembra gitana
Conjuró la luna
Hasta el amanecer
Llorando pedía
Que al llegar el día
Desposara un carél

Tendrás a tu hombre
Piel morena
Desde el cielo habló
La luna llena
Pero a cambio quiero
El hijo primero
Que le engendres a él

Que quien su hijo inmola
Para no estar sola
¿Como le iba a querer?

Luna quieres ser madre
Y no encuentras querer que te hagan mujer
Dime luna de plata
¿Qué pretendes hacer con un niño de piel?
Hijo de la luna

De padre canela nació un niño
Blanco como el lomo de un armiño
Con los ojos grises en vez de aceituna
Niño albino de luna

Maldita su estampa
Este hijo es de un payo
Y yo no me lo cayo

Luna quieres ser madre
Y no encuentras querer que te hagan mujer
Dime luna de plata
¿Qué pretendes hacer con un niño de piel?
Hijo de la luna

Gitano al creerse deshonrado
Se fue a su mujer cuchillo en mano
¿De quién es el hijo?
Me has engañao fijo
Y de muerte la hirió
Luego se fué al monte
Con el niño en brazos
Y allí le abandonó

Y en las noches que haya luna llena
Será porque el niño esté de buenas
Y si el niño llora
Menguará la luna
Para hacerle una cuna
Y si el niño llora
Menguará la luna
Para hacerle una cuna

[English translation:]

Son Of The Moon

Fool whom don't understand
Tells a legend
That a gypsy female
Summoned the moon until the break of dawn
Crying she was asking
At the break of dawn
Spouse a cardel
but in exchange i want
the first of the children
you sire to him
Cause whom inmoles her son
for not being alone
how was she supposed to love him?

Moon,you want to be a mother
And you can't seem to find wishes
to make you a woman
Tell me silver moon
what do you pretend to do,
with a child made of skin?
Son of the moon

Of cinnamon father borned the child
white as the back of a ermine
with the eyes grey
instead of olive
Albine child of the moon
Cursed your resemblance
This kid is of a Payan
And i dont save it for myself

Gypsy for believing dishonored
Went to his woman with knife at hand
whose this child?
you have cheated me well
And wounded her deadly
Then he made it to the mountain
with the kid in arms
and there he abandoned him

And when the nights of full moon
Will be 'cause the kid has the mood
And if the child cries
Moon will diminish itself
Just to build him a crib
And if the child cries
Moon will diminish itself
Just to build him a crib

10. On These Endless Fields

Their horses heavy
In clad and chain armor
March into battle

Man against man
Sword against sword
Hammer and axe against shield

Let the banners fly high
Mortal screams pierce the cold air
As steel meets flesh and the strong rule the weak

And then, the great rains set in
And but for a moment it seemed
As if all the blood had been cleansed by the Gods

Chapter V - The Hidden Sign

As the rose did nearly wither
The five ones might have failed
Then hearts would turn to iron
And gradual night'd prevail

Fear did wrap the land
The mighty mourning bells are stirred
And northern winds carry their screams
To a place they'll never be heard

Beneath a moonless sky
Within the candles light
Runestones witnessed a thousand years
Archaic rites
Of taken lives
Let the circle be the gate!

Secret rhymes
A parchment full of signs
Written in the book, so long ago
Gives mortal power to the ones defiled
Withered life
Becomes revived
Let the circle be... the gate!

Als des Nordwinds schaurig Flüstern
Hüllt wie Schatten ein mein Herz
Kälte längst erfror'ner Tränen
Welch entrissen mir mit Schmerz

Quantus tremor est futurus
Quando Judex est venturus
Cuncta stricte discussurus

As the clouds divide
And starlight falls
On sacred grounds
The eternal call
Now see the light
As the druids rise

To the one that has been born
With the hidden mark of the unicorn
As sigh of those who descent from
royal blood

For thou shalt ride, do never rest
And search the beast that
keeps the magic chest
Unleash the secret that slumbers
In the dark

Reveal the hidden mark!

As the moons last rays
Slowly fade away
Where the peeks meet the
sky horizon is in flames
Clouded seas and gusty trees
Let the circle be the gate

At the awaking of the sun
The ritual is done
Another place, another time
The galleon will rise again
The druids' bane slumbers again
Let the circle be the gate

Als des Nordwinds schaurig Flüstern
Hüllt wie Schatten ein mein Herz
Kälte längst erfror'ner Tränen
Welch entrissen mir mit Schmerz

Quantus tremor est futurus
Quando Judex est venturus
Cuncta stricte discussurus

As the clouds divide
And starlight falls
On sacred grounds
The eternal call
Now see the light
As the druids rise