Translation of the song lyrics La Paloma - Joan Manuel Serrat

La Paloma (original)

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.

(translation)

The dove was wrong.
She was wrong.
By going North, he went South.
He believed that wheat was water.
He was wrong.
He believed that the sea was the sky;
that the night the morning.
He was wrong.
That the stars were dew;
than the heat, the snowfall.
He was wrong.
That your skirt was your blouse;
let your heart be his home.
He was wrong.
She fell asleep on the shore.
You, on the top of a branch
She got the pigeon wrong.
She was wrong.
That the stars were dew;
than the heat, the snowfall.
She was wrong.
That your skirt was your blouse;
let your heart be her home.
She was wrong.