Alberti, Rafael: 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, 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.)

The dove was wrong.

She was mistaken.

To travel north she flew south,

Believing the wheat was water.

She was mistaken.

Believing the sea was sky,

That the night was dawn.

She was mistaken.

That the stars were dew,

That the heat was snowfall.

She was mistaken.

Your skirt your blouse,

Your heart your home.

She was mistaken.

(She fell asleep on the shore,

You at the tip of a branch.)