vendredi 11 novembre 2016

So long Leonard...

Un grand poète, Léonard Cohen, s'en est allé... So long...


So long Marianne 

Come over to the window, my little darling,


I'd like to try to read your palm.
I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy
Before I let you take me home.

Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

Well you know that I love to live with you,
But you make me forget so very much.
I forget to pray for the angels
And then the angels forget to pray for us.

Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began ...

We met when we were almost young
Deep in the green lilac park.
You held on to me like I was a crucifix,
As we went kneeling through the dark.

Oh so long, Marianne, it's time that we began ...

Your letters they all say that you're beside me now.
Then why do I feel alone?
I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
Is fastening my ankle to a stone.

Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began ...

For now I need your hidden love.
I'm cold as a new razor blade.
You left when I told you I was curious,
I never said that I was brave.

Oh so long, Marianne, it's time that we began ...

Oh, you are really such a pretty one.
I see you've gone and changed your name again.
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside,
To wash my eyelids in the rain!

Oh so long, Marianne, it's time that we began ...


Viens près de la fenêtre, ma jolie
Je voudrais essayer de lire la paume de ta main
Je pensais que j'étais un genre de gitan
Avant de te laisser m'emmener chez toi

Refrain : Adieu Marianne, c'est l'heure où nous commençons

A rire et à pleurer, et à pleurer et à rire à propos de
tout à nouveau.

Tu sais que j'aime vivre avec toi
Mais tu me fais oublier tellement de choses
J'oublie de prier les anges
Et puis les anges oublient de prier pour nous

Refrain

Quand nous nous sommes rencontrés nous étions presque
jeunes
Au fond du parc aux lilas verts
Tu t'es accrochée à moi comme à un crucifix
Comme nous nous agenouillions dans les ténèbres

Refrain

Tes lettres disent que tu es à mes côtés maintenant
Alors pourquoi je me sens si seul ?
Je me tiens tout au bord et ta jolie toile d'araignée
Retient ma cheville à un rocher

Refrain

J'ai maintenant besoin de ton amour caché
Je suis froid comme une nouvelle lame de rasoir
Tu es partie quand j'ai dit que j'étais curieux
Je n'ai jamais dit que j'étais courageux

Refrain

Oh tu es vraiment si belle
Je vois que tu es partie et que tu as encore changé de nom
Juste quand j'escaladais cette montagne
Pour laver mes paupières sous l'eau de la pluie

Refrain

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Anonyme a dit…

And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower (désert)
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him (esprit brisé)
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them" (notre sauveur)
But he himself was broken (crucifixion)
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.(Son esprit m'a touché). Nathanael