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The Dove Was Wrong

Mercedes Sosa

Equivocó 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
Se equivocaba

Que las estrellas, rocío
Que la calor, la Nevada
Se equivocaba
Se equivocaba

Que tu falda era tu blusa
Que tu corazón, su casa
Se equivocaba
Se equivocaba

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

The Dove Was Wrong

The dove was mistaken
She was mistaken
For going north, she went south
She thought the wheat was water
She was mistaken

She thought the sea was the sky
That night was morning
She was mistaken
She was mistaken

That the stars were dew
That the heat was snow
She was mistaken
She was mistaken

That your skirt was your blouse
That your heart was her home
She was mistaken
She was mistaken

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