Ana Belén (born Maria del Pilar Cuesta on May 27, 1951 in Madrid, Spain) is… Read Full Bio ↴Ana Belén (born Maria del Pilar Cuesta on May 27, 1951 in Madrid, Spain) is one of the most relevant Spanish personalities in arts and music. With a musical career that spanned over the last 40 years she has also accomplished a great success as an actress, in feature films, television and theatre.

She sang in public for the first time in a radio contest at the age of ten. She didn't win that year, but won the next year. Her early singing caught the attention of a movie producer who introduced her to the cinema audiences as "Ana Belen" in the movie "Zampo y Yo" when she was thirteen.

Ana didn't want to become a child-star and focused on her studying. It wasn't until she finished drama school that she went back performing in public, being theater her prefered way to do so. She did small incursions in movies till she was offered major parts.

In 1973 she was cast opposite Víctor Manuel in Morbo and he became her husband as well as the composer of the songs included in her first album. In 1982 she released "Ana en Rio", an album with Brazilian music that included the song "Balance" and became an instant hit.

In 1986, took one more step and became one of the first female movie directors in Spain with the movie "Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento" which earned her the Gold Medal of Spanish Cinematographic Academy. That year concluded with another major success, a tour with Victor Manuel and many special guests of which they released a live album: "Mucho mas que dos". The success of this tour lead to a new one, "El Gusto es Nuestro" with Miguel Rios, Joan Manuel Serrat y Victor Manuel.

She releases several albums through the 90's that achieve great success like "Veneno para el Corazon" that included Spanish versions of Cole Porter songs among others, "Mirame" full of duets with the most important Spanish voices or "Lorquiana", a double CD with popular songs and poems of Federico García Lorca.

The new century finds her busy with filming and recording songs. Albums "Peces de Ciudad" or "Viva L'Italia" are released as she appears on stage plays and her name is on some of the most acclaimed films of the moment.

In 2006, she is currently touring with her husband Víctor Manuel across Spain with "Una Cancion me Trajo Aqui", a CD+DVD has been released of their very first performance in Segovia.She also has a new album in the works and a new movie pending.

La Paloma
Ana Belén Lyrics

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Se equivoco la paloma, se equivocaba
Por ir al norte fue al sur, creyo que el trigo era agua
Se equivocaba

Creyo el mar era el cielo, que la noche la mañana
Se equivocaba, se equivocaba
Que las estrellas eran rocio, que la calor era nevada

Se equivocaba, se equivocaba
Que tu falda era su blusa, que tu corazon su casa
Se equivocaba, se equivaba

Ella se durmio en la orilla do en la cumbre de una rama

Se equivocaba, se equivocaba
Que tu falda era su blusa, que tu corazon su casa

Se equivocaba, se equivocaba
Se equivocaba, se equivocaba

Overall Meaning

The song "La Paloma" by Ana Belén and Victor Manuel Mato tells a story of a dove that got lost and confused. The dove made the mistake of flying to the north instead of the south, mistaking wheat fields for water. The dove's confusion continued as it mistook the sea for the sky, night for morning, and stars for dew. The dove even mistook the heat for snow, and a skirt for a blouse, and a heart for a home. Eventually, the dove found itself sleeping on the shore, or perhaps on a branch at the top of a hill. The dove's confusion persists, as it believed that the skirt it slept on was a blouse and the heart it lay upon was its home.

Through the depiction of the dove's confusion, the song delivers a poignant message about life's uncertainties. The dove represents every person who gets lost or confused in the journey of life, making mistakes and struggling to find their way. The lyrics suggest that even when we make mistakes and misinterpret things, we can still find comfort and solace in the things we believe to be true.

Line by Line Meaning

Se equivoco la paloma, se equivocaba
The dove made a mistake, it was wrong

Por ir al norte fue al sur, creyo que el trigo era agua
Going north, it ended up going south, mistaking wheat for water

Se equivocaba
It was wrong

Creyo el mar era el cielo, que la noche la mañana
Believing the sea was the sky, mistaking night for day