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Übersetzung
Child of the Moon
Those that don't understand the following are fools:
there's a legend that tells
of a gypsy woman
who called upon the moon until the sun rose.
She begged in tears
for the day to arrive,
in which she would marry a gypsy.
said the full moon from up in the sky,
your first born child
that you should have with him".
Those who are willing to sacrifice their child
in order to avoid being alone
would certainly not come to care for the child.
Moon — you want to be a mother
and you can't find someone to love you
in order to make you into a woman.
Tell me, silver moon,
what do you intend to do
with a human child?
child of the moon.
From a dark-skinned father, a child was born
white like the back of an ermine,
with grey eyes
instead of olive ones;
white child of the moon.
"Damn this child's appearance!
this child belongs to a white man1
and I will not be silenced".
Moon — you want to be a mother
and you can't find someone to love you
in order to make you into a woman.
Tell me, silver moon,
what do you intend to do
with a human child?
child of the moon.
The gypsy at believing himself dishonored,
went with a knife in hand to his wife:
"Whose son is he?
you have surely deceived me!"
and he mortally wounded her.
Then, he headed towards the mountain
with the child in his arms
abandoned it there.
Moon — you want to be a mother
and you can't find someone to love you
in order to make you into a woman.
Tell me, silver moon,
what do you intend to do
with a human child?
child of the moon.
And on nights when the moon is full,
it will be because the child is in good spirits.
And if the child should cry,
the moon will wane
to make a cradle for the child.
And if the child should cry,
the moon will wane
to make a cradle for the child.
- 1. a non-Romani person
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This song has been translated many times, but I feel like it could have been translated better. I took some liberties here and there but the meaning has not changed.
The parts that are highlighted are the moon talking, the parts in italics is the man talking.