fredag 11 november 2016

Tack Leonard Cohen


Femtio år är en lång tid i en människas liv. Femtio år följdes jag av Leonard Cohens musik, poesi, konst. Nu är han borta. Tack och lov kan jag lyssna till hans senaste och sista skiva. Gör det ni också. Hineni, hineni.

You want it darker 


Cohen's sparse, spoken-word delivery is paired with Montreal’s Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue Choir

If you are the dealer
Let me out of the game
If you are the healer
I'm broken and lame
If thine is the glory
Mine must be the shame
You want it darker
We kill the flame

Magnified, sanctified
Be the holy name
Feel the fire, crucified
In the human frame
A million candles burning
For the help that never came
You want it darker

Hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my lord

There's a lover in the story
But the story's still the same
There's a lullaby for suffering
And a paradox to blame
But it's written in the scriptures
And it's not some idol claim
You want it darker
We killed the flame

They're lining up the prisoners
And the guards are taking aim
I struggled with some demons
They were middle class and tame
I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim
You want it darker

Hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my lord

Magnified, sanctified
Be the holy name
Feel the fire, crucified
In the human frame
A million candles burning
For the love that never came
You want it darker
We killed the flame

If you are the dealer
Let me out of the game
If you are the healer
I'm broken and lame
If thine is the glory
Mine must be the shame
You want it darker
We kill the flame

Hineni, hineni
Hineni, hineni

I'm ready, my lord

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En mycket intressant text om det hebreiska ordet hineni finner man här.

2 kommentarer:

Malou sa...


Tusen tack, Thomas!

Leonardo sa...

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