He escuchado toda la discordia
He escuchado todo el dolor
Y siento que no importa lo que haga por ti
Volverá a suceder.
LEONARD COHEN
Señoras y señores... Mr.Leonard Cohen.
Una prueba más de lo raro que era ya de pequeñito es que me encantara un señor tan monótono como este (y judío, por si fuera poco), porque no se puede decir que sea alegre o tenga grandes registros. Y tampoco que me gustaran sus letras, porque esa fue una sorpresa mayúscula, cuando empecé a enterarme de lo que decía en sus canciones (y en sus libros). Señoras y señores...
Suzanne
Sisters of mercy
Tonight will be fine
Famous blue raincoat
Chelsea Hotel
Memories
The traitor
Everybody knows
Bird on a wire
Like a bird on a wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
If I have been unkind
I hope that you can just let it go by
If I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you
Like a baby stillborn
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached our for me
But I swear by this song
And for all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me, You must not ask for so much
I saw a pretty woman leaning in ther darkened door
She cried to me, Hey, why not ask for some more
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I've tried in my way to be free.
Hey that's no way to say goodbye
I loved you in the morningOur kisses deep and warm
Your head upon the pillow
Like a sleepy golden storm
Yes, many loved before us
I know that we are not new
In city and in forest
They smiled like me and you
But now it's come to distances, Suzanne
And both of us must try
Your eyes are soft with sorrow
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye
I'm not looking for another
As I wander in my time
Walk me to the corner
Our steps will always ryme
You know my love goes with you
As your love stays with me
It's just the way it changes
Like the shoreline and the sea
But let's not talk of love or chains
And things we can't untie
Your eyes are soft with sorrow
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.
The guests
One by one the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The open-hearted many
The broken-hearted few
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh, love, I need you, I need you, I need you
I need you now
And those who dance begin to dance
And those who weep beguin
And, welcome, welcome, cries a voice
Let all my guests come in
And all go stumbling through that house
In lonely secrecy
Saying, do reveal yourself
Or, why hast thou forsaken me
All at once the torches flare
The inner door flies open
One by one they enter there
In every style of passion
And here they take their weep repast
While house and grounds dissolve
And one by one the guests are cast
Beyond the garden walls
And those who dance begin to dance
And those who weep beguin
And those who earnestly are lost
Are lost and lost again
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