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Going Home
Leonard Cohen
I love to speak with Leonard
He’s a sportsman and a shepherd
He’s a lazy bastard
Living in a suit
But he does say what I tell him
Even though it isn’t welcome
He just doesn't have the freedom
To refuse
He will speak these words of wisdom
Like a sage, a man of vision
Though he knows he’s really nothing
But the brief elaboration of a tube
Going home
Without my sorrow
Going home
Sometime tomorrow
Going home
To where it’s better
Than before
Going home
Without my burden
Going home
Behind the curtain
Going home
Without the costume
That I wore
He wants to write a love song
An anthem of forgiving
A manual for living with defeat
A cry above the suffering
A sacrifice recovering
But that isn’t what I need him
to complete
I want him to be certain
That he doesn’t have a burden
That he doesn’t need a vision
That he only has permission
To do my instant bidding
Which is to SAY what I have told him
To repeat
Going home
Without my sorrow
Going home
Sometime tomorrow
Going home
To where it’s better
Than before
Going home
Without my burden
Going home
Behind the curtain
Going home
Without the costume
That I wore
I love to speak with Leonard
He’s a sportsman and a shepherd
He’s a lazy bastard
Living in a suit |
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tłumaczenie Daniel Wyszogrodzki
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Amen
Leonard Cohen
Tell me again
When I’ve been to the river
And I’ve taken the edge off
my thirst
Tell me again
We’re alone
and I’m listening
I’m listening so hard that
it hurts
Tell me again
When I’m clean
and I’m sober
Tell me again
When I’ve seen
through the horror
Tell me again
Tell me over
and over
Tell me that you want me
then
Amen, amen, amen
Tell me again
When the victims are singing
And the Laws of Remorse are
restored
Tell me again
That you know
what I’m thinking
But vengeance belongs to the
lord
Tell me again
When I’m clean
and I’m sober
Tell me again
When I’ve seen
through the horror
Tell me again
Tell me over
and over
Tell me that you love me
then
Amen,
amen,
amen
Tell me again
When the day
has been ransomed
And the night has no right
to begin
Try me again
When the angels
are panting
And scratching at the door
to come in
Tell me again
When I’m clean
and I’m sober
Tell me again
When I’ve seen
through the horror
Tell me again
Tell me over
and over
Tell me that you need me
then
Amen,
amen,
amen
Tell me again
When the filth
of the butcher
Is washed in the blood of
the lamb
Tell me again
When the rest
of the culture
Has passed through the eye
of the cam
Tell me again when I’m clean
and I’m sober
Tell me again
When I’ve seen
through the horror
Tell me again
Tell me over
and over
Tell me that you love me
then
Amen,
amen,
amen
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Amen
tłumaczenie
Daniel Wyszogrodzki
Powiedz mi znów
Jak to byłem nad
Rzeką
I pozbyłem się
niepokoju
pragnienia
Powiedz mi znów
Jesteśmy sami i
słucham
Słucham tak
intensywnie, że
to boli
Powiedz mi znów
Kiedy będę
czysty i trzeźwy
Powiedz mi znów
Kiedy przebiję
się wzrokiem
przez grozę
Powiedz mi znów
Powtarzaj raz za
razem
A potem dodaj,
że mnie
pragniesz
Amen, amen, amen
Powiedz mi znów
Kiedy ofiary
zaśpiewają
I przywrócone
zostaną Prawa
Sumienia
Powiedz mi znów
Że chociaż wiesz
o czym myślę
To zemsta należy
do Pana
Powiedz mi znów
Powtarzaj raz za
razem
Powiedz mi znów
A potem dodaj,
że mnie
pragniesz
Amen, amen, amen
Powiedz mi znów
Kiedy okup za
dzień zostanie
zapłacony
A noc nie będzie
miała prawa się
rozpocząć
Spróbuj mnie
znów
Kiedy zdyszane
anioły
Będą skrobać w
drzwi, żeby je
wpuścić
Powiedz mi znów
Kiedy będę
czysty i trzeźwy
Powiedz mi znów
Powtarzaj raz za
razem
A potem dodaj,
że mnie
pragniesz
Amen, amen, amen
Powiedz mi znów
Kiedy
nieczystości u
rzeźnika
Zmyje krew
baranka
Powiedz mi znów
Kiedy reszta
kultury
Przejdzie pod
Okiem Jurorów
Powiedz mi znów
Powtarzaj raz za
razem
A potem dodaj,
że mnie
pragniesz
Amen, amen, amen
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The
Darkness
Leonard Cohen
I caught the
darkness
Drinking from your cup
I caught the darkness
Drinking from your cup
I said: Is this contagious?
You said: Just drink it up
I got no future
I know my days are few
The present’s not that
pleasant
Just a lot of things to do
I thought the past would
last me
But the darkness got that
too
I should have seen it coming
It was right behind your
eyes
You were young and it was
summer
I just had to take a dive
Winning you was easy
But darkness was the prize
I don’t smoke no cigarette
I don’t drink no alcohol
I ain’t had much loving yet
But that’s always been your
call
Hey I don’t miss it baby
I got no taste for anything
at all
I used to love the rainbow
I used to love the view
I loved the early morning
I’d pretend that it was new
But I caught the darkness
baby
And I got it worse than you
I caught the darkness…
Anyhow
Leonard
Cohen
It’s a shame and it’s a pity
The way you treat me now
I know you can’t forgive me
But forgive me anyhow
The ending got so ugly
I even heard you say
You never ever loved me
Oh but love me anyway
Dreamed about you baby
You were wearing half your
dress
I know you have to hate me
But could you hate me less?
I used up all my chances
And you’ll never take me
back
But there ain’t no harm in
asking
Could you cut me one more
slack?
I’m naked and I’m filthy
And there’s sweat upon my
brow
And both of us are guilty
Anyhow
Have mercy on me baby
After all I did confess
Even though you have to hate
me
Could you hate me less?
It’s a shame and it’s a pity
I know you can’t forgive me
The ending got so ugly
You never ever loved me
Dreamed about you baby
I know you have to hate me
I’m naked and I’m filthy
And both of us are guilty
Anyhow
Have mercy on me baby
Crazy to Love You
Leonard
Cohen
Had to go
crazy to love you
Had to go down to the pit
Had to do time in the tower
Beggining my crazy to quit
Had to go crazy to love you
You who were never the one
Whom I chased through the
souvenir heartache
Her braids and her blouse
all undone
Sometimes I'd head for the
highway
I'm old and the mirrors
don't lie
But crazy has places to hide
in
Deeper than saying
goodbye
Had to go crazy to love you
Had to let everything fall
Had to be people I hated
Had to be no one at all
I'm tired of choosing desire
Been saved by a sweet
fatigue
The gates of commitment
unwired
And nobody trying to leave
Sometimes I'd head for the
highway
I'm old and the mirrors
don't lie
But crazy has places to hide
me
Deeper than saying
goodbye
Had to go
crazy to love you
You who were never the one
Whom I chased through the
souvenir heartache
Her braids and her blouse
all undone
Come Healing
Leonard
Cohen
Oh gather
up the brokenness
And bring it to me now
The fragrance of those
promises
You never dared to vow
The splinters that you
carry
The cross you left
behind
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind
And let the heavens
hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the
spirit
Come healing of the limb
Behold the gates of
mercy
In arbitrary space
And none of us deserving
The cruelty or the grace
Oh solitude of longing
Where love has been
confined
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind
O see the darkness
yielding
That tore the light
apart
Come healing of the
reason
Come healing of the
heart
O trouble dust
concealing
An undivided love
The Heart beneath is
teaching
To the broken heart above
O let the heavens
falter
And let the earth proclaim:
Come healing of the Altar
Come healing of the Name
O longing of the
branches
To lift the little bud
O longing of the
arteries
To purify the blood
And let the heavens hear
it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the
spirit
Come healing of the limb
Banjo
Leonard Cohen
There’s
something that I’m
watching
Means a lot to me
It's
a broken banjo bobbing
On the dark infested sea
Don’t know how it got
there
Maybe taken by the wave
Off of someone's
shoulder
Or out of someone’s
grave
It’s coming for me
darling
No matter where I go
Its duty is to harm me
My duty is to know
There’s something that
I’m watching
Means a lot to me
It’s a broken banjo
bobbing
On the dark infested sea
Lullaby
Leonard Cohen
Sleep
baby sleep
The day’s on the run
The wind in the
trees
Is talking in
tongues
If your heart is
torn
I don’t wonder why
If the night is long
Here’s my lullaby
Well the mouse ate
the crumb
Then the cat ate the
crust
Now they’ve fallen
in love
They’re talking in
tongues
If your heart is
torn…
Sleep baby sleep
There’s a morning to
come
The wind in the
trees
they’re talking in
tongues
If your heart is
torn
I don’t wonder why
If the night is long
Here’s my lullaby
Different
Sides
Leonard Cohen
We find
ourselves on
different
sides
Of a line
nobody drew
Though it
all may be
one in the
higher eye
Down here
where we
live it is
two
I to my side
call the
meek and the
mild
You to your
side call
the Word
By virtue of
suffering I
claim to
have won
You claim to
have never
been heard
Both of us
say there
are laws to
obey
But frankly I
don’t like
your tone
You want to
change the
way I make
love
I want
to leave it
alone
(I want to
leave it…)
The pull of
the moon,
the thrust
of the sun
And thus the
ocean is
crossed
The waters
are blessed
while a
shadowy
guest
Kindles a
light for
the lost
Both of us
say there
are laws to
obey...
But frankly
I don’t like
your tone
You want to
change the
way I make
love
I want
to leave it
alone
Down in the
valley the
famine goes
on
The famine
up on the
hill
I say that
you
shouldn’t,
you couldn’t,
you can’t
You say that
you must and
you will
You want to
live where
the
suffering is
I want to
get out of
town
Come on,
baby, give
me a kiss
Stop writing
everything
down
Both of us
say there
are laws to
obey
But frankly I
don’t like
your tone
You want to
change the
way I make
love
I want
to leave it
alone
Both of us
say there
are laws to
obey
Yeah, but
frankly I
don’t like
your tone
You want to
change the
way I make
love
(But) I want
to leave it
alone…
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