Lyrics and translation Joan Manuel Serrat - La Paloma

La Paloma

Se equivocó la paloma.
Se equivocaba.

Por ir al Norte, fue al Sur.
Creyó que el trigo era agua.
Se equivocaba.

Creyó que el mar era el cielo;
Que la noche la mañana.
Se equivocaba.

Que las estrellas eran rocío;
Que la calor, la nevada.
Se equivocaba.

Que tu falda era tu blusa;
Que tu corazón su casa.
Se equivocaba.

Ella se durmió en la orilla.
Tú, en la cumbre de una rama

Se equivocó la paloma.
Se equivocaba.

Que las estrellas eran rocío;
Que la calor, la nevada.
Se equivocaba.

Que tu falda era tu blusa;
Que tu corazón su casa.
Se equivocaba.

The Dove

The dove was mistaken.
She was wrong.

By going North, she went South.
She thought the wheat was water.
She was wrong.

She thought the sea was the sky;
That the night was the morning.
She was wrong.

That the stars were dew;
That the heat was snow.
She was wrong.

That your skirt was your blouse;
That your heart was its home.
She was wrong.

She fell asleep on the shore.
You, on the top of a branch

The dove was mistaken.
She was wrong.

That the stars were dew;
That the heat was snow.
She was wrong.

That your skirt was your blouse;
That your heart was its home.
She was wrong.