The Irony in this old folk legend-like song seems(regretably) as ellusive to most people as unfathomable. Just as in most folk legends, this song is open to translation, yet it seems some points need to be made clear for the moral to come through: The moon grants the woman her wish in responce to her crying pleads at what it hardly considers a price.
Since a child(let alone a first born) of a woman willing to part him/her to not be alone wouldn't be loved so much(if at all).
The woman, in her turn,(nor accepts nor objects) scoffs the moon for wishing things it can't possibly know, let alone be or have. "Moon, you want to be a mother when you can't find love that would make you a woman. Tell me, moon of silver, what would you do with a child of skin/flesh?...huh...Son of the moon..."
As it comes,the same man that kills the woman who longed for him, unknowingly hands the baby to the moon.Ironic how
the woman dies by who he wished for, while The moon finds the way (love) to tend to the child, becoming a mother, thus a woman, too (all the things it couldn't supposedly be).
I love this song...and as i'm learing spanish now i finally understand some of it...i hope it won't take me too long to understand all of it...it's such a great song
@TheLightofRammstein6 ...si..... si relacione el tema de la comunidad gitana y la influencia de esta misma en Espana.......basado en mi limitado conocimiento de la literatura espanola paraece que es bastante.....si.. ya la habia relacionado con Federico Garcia Lorca y su" Romancero Gitano"........."y creyendo que era moza me la lleve al rio".es lo unico que recuerdo,.ahora no voy a dormir hasta encontrar el libro, sacudirle el polvo y buscar el poema del que hablas....que.buen libro!
@TheLightofRammstein6 ...encontre el libro!...creo que la poesia de Lorca que pudo haber sido la inspiracion para esta bella cancion podria ser la primera poesia de esa coleccion:" Romance de la Luna", en la cual Lorca describe una relacion entre un ni~no y la luna y tambien le atribuye a esta caracteristicas muy femeninas y sensuales. El tema de la Luna es repetitivo en muchas de sus poesias en "El Romancero Gitano".
@ thefaraonmusic: tienes razon. Esta dos tonos mas graves. Esta version la cantó Ana Torrojas (del grupo español MECANO para los que no sepan) en un concierto junto a MIguel Bosé...
can anyone give me a translation in englisch of this wonderful song? i think it only sounds so beatufil in the original, but I'd still like to know what she sings.
@illidan1333 basically its about a woman who wants to marry, so she asks the moon for a man, and the moon says that he/she/it(she in spanish) will give the woman a husband if their first kid will be the moons and the woman accepts. Then they have their first kid who is white as snow with gray eyes. The man gets infuriated because he thinks that the kid is not his, so he kills the woman and abandons the kid (in a cliff i think), where the moon will take care of the kid.
@42f87d89 the moon gives her the man in exchange for the baby, thats why the baby is snow white with grey eyes. The man doesnt believe its his and kills the mom and leaves the baby alone while the moon takes care of him/her
@42f87d89 Yes but I think, it is implied that the mon was plotting for that happen. When it meant that the firstborn child would be hers, she really awas thinkin go fthat happening she made it so that the child would be born white skinned, knowing what the man would so that the child would be hers to take care of.
@42f87d89 Don't forget to mention that the man is a Gipsy(Gitana). That makes it special, because he can't accept the color of the skin of this child different with the cinnamon-color of his own skin. After he killed the mother with his knife, he carries the child in his arms to abandon it on a hill, covered by the moon ...
me hace llorar pero me encanta xd
rociblacky 3 hours ago
q ermosa cancion es linda.
199giss 4 days ago
yo creo que esa leyenda es cierta porque casi siempre sale un bebe acostado en la luna menguante
855mali 1 week ago
Daaaaaaaaahhh!! no se qien sea esta mujer pero me enamoro solamente kn su voz!! m la pasaria escuchando su voz todo el dia!!
XxxMiSteRuLisxxX 1 week ago
Wapixiima Un ViideO FabulOsaaaa!!!! TQM........Dee Tuu Perliittah
M.A.P.S. tqm Wapa
perliita20 1 week ago
que cancion mas bonita !
901RP 1 week ago
Amo esta cancion me ase llorar :)
Ferniilob 2 weeks ago
Amo esta cancion es la onda!!
Ferniilob 2 weeks ago
magníficoooooooooo !!!! *llorar*
ZigZagFan 2 weeks ago
esta cancion es una de mis favoritas de mecano esta muy buena ♥
samantah159 3 weeks ago
amazing !!i cant stop to listen it!its amazing !!!i love it<3
FaniSov24 3 weeks ago
esta cancion me encanta y me hace llorar
20sonita 3 weeks ago
esta canción es preciosa a mi me emociona muy buena
AlexFuck8 1 month ago
y si llora el niño menguara la luna para acerle una cunaaaa
Darkess00 1 month ago
me encanta :)
Taniafdz97 1 month ago
Federico Garcia Lorca ** canzone stupendaaaaaaaaaaaaa :)
shiningelly97 1 month ago
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The Irony in this old folk legend-like song seems(regretably) as ellusive to most people as unfathomable. Just as in most folk legends, this song is open to translation, yet it seems some points need to be made clear for the moral to come through: The moon grants the woman her wish in responce to her crying pleads at what it hardly considers a price.
Since a child(let alone a first born) of a woman willing to part him/her to not be alone wouldn't be loved so much(if at all).
wibloc 1 month ago
The woman, in her turn,(nor accepts nor objects) scoffs the moon for wishing things it can't possibly know, let alone be or have. "Moon, you want to be a mother when you can't find love that would make you a woman. Tell me, moon of silver, what would you do with a child of skin/flesh?...huh...Son of the moon..."
wibloc 1 month ago
As it comes,the same man that kills the woman who longed for him, unknowingly hands the baby to the moon.Ironic how
the woman dies by who he wished for, while The moon finds the way (love) to tend to the child, becoming a mother, thus a woman, too (all the things it couldn't supposedly be).
wibloc 1 month ago
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wibloc 1 month ago
this is real music.
JojooYoo 1 month ago
me encanta esta cancion
423zoe 2 months ago
meb gustalacancion
Luxyced 2 months ago
Divino !!!
nanika1510 2 months ago
este video noes nada cul es tonto y es tarado
gzpxndx09 2 months ago
hijo de la luna ; ca veut dire quoi enfait? (: c'est le nom d l'enfant? (:
Watcho011 2 months ago
@Watcho011 c'est l'enfant de lune
mmaital11 2 months ago
Bellissimaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
adinarn 2 months ago
es muy bonita la cancion, y la primera vez que la hoí me puse a llorar y me han dicho que van a volver a cantar y yo no me lo quiero perder!! :)
MrLucia98 3 months ago
ninguna kanzion komo ezta la amo HIJO DE LA LUNA komo ez k loz hombrez no konfian en nozotraz U_U y me enkanta kantarla :D
pichichi466 3 months ago 4
ESTA CANCION ME HACE LLORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!
Victhebest91 4 months ago 18
yo afino con esta cancion
MultiTimin 4 months ago
the french version to this song is wicked awesome, I loved it
o0DEYANIRA0o 4 months ago
i can play this song on the guitar. it's my fave :)
w8898 4 months ago
I love this song...and as i'm learing spanish now i finally understand some of it...i hope it won't take me too long to understand all of it...it's such a great song
kiribp2904 4 months ago
bella musika
The33350 5 months ago
esta cancion no tiene comparacion
hilda12000 5 months ago 4
que genial este video esta super subire un video de yo cantando esa cancion
chiquita8045 5 months ago
hijo dela luna bellicima letra amo la luna
antoniajandres 5 months ago
Sabe alguien si esta leyenda es muy famosa en Espana???
miss1197 6 months ago 3
Nunca la habia oido antes, creo que es simplemente una letra escrita no hay ninguna leyenda "real".
Tonis0000 5 months ago
i totally love this song and plus i know wat she says / understand
licktherainbow24 6 months ago
poque tard e hoirse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sofialmha 6 months ago
Monserrat Caballe's version of this is just as amazing as this one :)
besionishe 7 months ago
AMO ESTA CANCIOOOOOOON D:!
fishy3c 7 months ago
ja, no sabia esta leyenda
colera323 7 months ago
qe es CALÉ?
Angelesorellana 7 months ago
@Angelesorellana Gitano
Anotnii 7 months ago
@Anotnii okidoki, gracias(:
Angelesorellana 6 months ago
@Angelesorellana creo que era una tribu
MaryxSasuke 6 months ago
@Angelesorellana calé significa GITANO :D
Deghemtery 6 months ago
I've been 2 her concert in 2006 in 'Heineken Music Hall' and that was awesome, her voice sounds great at a live concert :)
ILoveMusicHealMyLife 7 months ago
Dime luna de plata que pretendes hacer con un niño de piel???? hijo de la luna...
freddystiveen 8 months ago
que bella musica, letra, voz............magia pura, eterea...perfecta....
araucana1976 8 months ago 2
yo soy portuguesa y tengo una duda. todas estas palavras son españolas?
anabela41 8 months ago
@anabela41 si son españolas
JuDiTT333 7 months ago
@anabela41 Sí, todas son palabras españolas.
chxvx 7 months ago
¡Por supuesto!
Tonis0000 5 months ago
WOW cool song
diva6757 8 months ago
la cancion esta inspirada en un poema de lorca sabian?? :D:D
TheLightofRammstein6 9 months ago
@TheLightofRammstein6 ...si..... si relacione el tema de la comunidad gitana y la influencia de esta misma en Espana.......basado en mi limitado conocimiento de la literatura espanola paraece que es bastante.....si.. ya la habia relacionado con Federico Garcia Lorca y su" Romancero Gitano"........."y creyendo que era moza me la lleve al rio".es lo unico que recuerdo,.ahora no voy a dormir hasta encontrar el libro, sacudirle el polvo y buscar el poema del que hablas....que.buen libro!
araucana1976 8 months ago
@TheLightofRammstein6 ...encontre el libro!...creo que la poesia de Lorca que pudo haber sido la inspiracion para esta bella cancion podria ser la primera poesia de esa coleccion:" Romance de la Luna", en la cual Lorca describe una relacion entre un ni~no y la luna y tambien le atribuye a esta caracteristicas muy femeninas y sensuales. El tema de la Luna es repetitivo en muchas de sus poesias en "El Romancero Gitano".
araucana1976 8 months ago
me gusta en español y en frances
FreeSpiritPKAnd 9 months ago 2
Fantastica.. la he escuchado antes en italiano y despues en la lengua original y tengo que decir que son fantasticas ambas!
Que lastima que Mecano han acabado de cantar!
ScheccBrain78 9 months ago
"luna quiere ser madre..dime que vas a hacer con un niño de piel.."
omaley00 9 months ago
En frandes es hermosa tambien, aunque prefiro en español (jojo tal vez porque de la francesa solo entiendo la parte que dice Hijo de la luna) XD
zacil1234 9 months ago
Gran cancio, simplemente...preciosa :)
ClauLoba4 9 months ago
Cancion muy bonita y muy dificil de aprender ! D:
LYiANGEL 10 months ago 2
Elle est trop magnifique mais dur a apprendre
95140Yanis 10 months ago 7
tienens razon
199giss 4 days ago
@ thefaraonmusic: tienes razon. Esta dos tonos mas graves. Esta version la cantó Ana Torrojas (del grupo español MECANO para los que no sepan) en un concierto junto a MIguel Bosé...
eric20javier71 10 months ago
:D esta tengo que cantarla en el liceo :D
TammyLoyola 10 months ago
hermosa la musica en español. =) arriba todos los mexicanos y todos aquellos que hablan español!
pinkitaprincesita 10 months ago
Es hermosaaaaaaaaa me encanta! <3
MarinDeCancer 10 months ago
esta chevere.......
co9226 10 months ago
con soround sound escuhcas los tambores y instrumento k no se escuchan originalmente
snakeye1000 10 months ago
esta buena que voz
vigorcito1 11 months ago
Esta canción está muy bien, y la letra muy a tiempo, pero; ¿¿¿no está en un tono más grave que la original???
thefaraonmusic 11 months ago
@thefaraonmusic sip, suena mas abajo y los coros sobran
KStealed 10 months ago
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zia614 11 months ago
no tengo palabras, que voz, que letra, que todo... que grandes Ana y Nacho (L)
Monpoya 1 year ago
me enkantaaa kawwaii¡¡
mey1007 1 year ago
@mey1007 kawaiiiiiiii ne ^-^
112anime 1 year ago
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lovingharp 1 year ago
Hermosa cancion! :D
Aunque con una historia tragica...
VioletHaleJalicefan 1 year ago
bonito =)
bibbeli7 1 year ago
This is the most beautiful use of music ever.
Shyreenify 1 year ago 88
q bien
xXLuzSCIEsiTAxX 1 year ago
can anyone give me a translation in englisch of this wonderful song? i think it only sounds so beatufil in the original, but I'd still like to know what she sings.
illidan1333 1 year ago
@illidan1333 basically its about a woman who wants to marry, so she asks the moon for a man, and the moon says that he/she/it(she in spanish) will give the woman a husband if their first kid will be the moons and the woman accepts. Then they have their first kid who is white as snow with gray eyes. The man gets infuriated because he thinks that the kid is not his, so he kills the woman and abandons the kid (in a cliff i think), where the moon will take care of the kid.
42f87d89 1 year ago 53
@42f87d89 the moon gives her the man in exchange for the baby, thats why the baby is snow white with grey eyes. The man doesnt believe its his and kills the mom and leaves the baby alone while the moon takes care of him/her
MLimon4 10 months ago
@42f87d89 No, left the child in a mountain, meadow. Everything else you say is correct. =)
BHDVMG96 10 months ago
@42f87d89 Yes but I think, it is implied that the mon was plotting for that happen. When it meant that the firstborn child would be hers, she really awas thinkin go fthat happening she made it so that the child would be born white skinned, knowing what the man would so that the child would be hers to take care of.
DragonofShu 1 month ago
@42f87d89 Don't forget to mention that the man is a Gipsy(Gitana). That makes it special, because he can't accept the color of the skin of this child different with the cinnamon-color of his own skin. After he killed the mother with his knife, he carries the child in his arms to abandon it on a hill, covered by the moon ...
TheBeauduc 1 month ago
a mi me encanta esta cancion :3
darkangellove1000 1 year ago
a mi me encanta esta cancion :3
darkangellove1000 1 year ago
cudowne , kocham tę piosenkę , < 3
lenka13425 1 year ago
ik vind het een heeel leuk liedje....... maar ik kan het niet mee zingen XD maar ik vind hem heeeeeel leuk!!!
1melissalovekevin 1 year ago
*_*
mysteryshadow1992 1 year ago
so greeeat xD here from romania I LOVE UUU
TheValentyn2 1 year ago
Ein schönes Lied für Xavier
melouk2011 1 year ago
5 estrellas por que esa cancion me hace llorar ;(
kariko7 1 year ago
A mi me gusta mucho este video
MrJona77140 1 year ago
ESTA HERMOSO EL VIDEO
edersilvamante 1 year ago
ESTA HERMOSO EL DIDEO
edersilvamante 1 year ago
magnifico ;(
Kroniks10 1 year ago
a me mi gustaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
hab beim 1. mal wo ich das hörte voll geheult ... :P
parmisa14 1 year ago
me molaaaa esta chulo el videoo ;), pero se nota k fue grabado en concierto
carki18 1 year ago
Bueno a mi me gusto :D
^^
97rbkKiss 1 year ago
me encanta soy tu admiradora
valery260497 1 year ago