Mecano-Hijo de la Luna (Son of the Moon)
Composed by Jose Mario Cano
1989-MV
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Story of Hijo de La Luna (Son of the Moon)
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The lyrics depict a "gypsy" woman, who prays an entire night to the Moon goddess for a husband. In the end, the moon says that she shall have her man, but in return she wants her first-born child to be turned over to her.
"한 집시 여인이 밤새도록 달님에게 남편을 달라고 기도하였다.
달의 여신은 그 여인에게 남자를 줄테니 대신
첫 아이는 자기것이라고 응답하였다."
When the child is born, it turns out that its skin color does not resemble the father's, but instead is white "like the back of an ermine" (the white fur of a stoat originating from Armenia), and has grey eyes. The gypsy man automatically assumes that his wife committed adultery, and kills her with a knife. Afterwards, he carries the infant onto the top of a mountain, where he abandons it.
"첫 아이가 태어나자 피부는 아버지와 달리 하얀 솜털가죽과
같았고 눈은 회색이었다.
아버지는 당연히 아내를 의심하여 칼로 죽이고
아이는 산꼭대기로 데리고 가서 거기에 버린다."
The child is taken up into the sky by the moon, and on nights when the moon is full, it is because the child is happy, and when the child cries, the moon will wane to make him a cradle.
"아이는 달의 여신에 의해 하늘로 올라간다.
달이 보름달일 때는 아이가 행복하기 때문이며,
아이가 울면 조각달로 변해서 아이를 태워 달래야 한다."
The chorus throughout the song says that the moon wants to be a mother, yet cannot find a lover who will make her a woman (and therefore, impregnate her), and questions her as to what she would do with a child of flesh.
"배경 합창은 내내 달의 여신이 엄마가 되고 싶으나
아이를 갖게할 남자가 없으니 어떻게 아이를 가질거나 한다."
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