O dia de hoje (contra a
violência sobre o sexo feminino) trouxe-nos à memória uma das mais belas canções de Leonard
Cohen: “So long, Mariane”.
Foi inspirada em Marianne
Jensen, baptizada como Marianne Ihlen. Cohen conheceu-a na ilha grega de Hydra
em 1960. Marianne tinha sido abandonada, com o filho de seis meses, pelo marido,
o escritor norueguês Axel Jensen. Leonard ajudou-a, levando-a para Oslo. Mais
tarde juntaram-se e deram-se bem. Marianne foi viver com ele para Montreal, viveram
juntos durante a década de 60 do século passado e tornou-se a musa de muitas
das suas canções.
Marianne morreu em Oslo a
28 de Julho de 2016, com 81 anos, e Leonard que, pouco antes lhe havia escrito,
demonstrando-lhe o seu amor, morreu três meses depois.
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
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
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
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 to laugh
And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
It's time that we began to laugh
And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
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
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 to laugh
And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
It's time that we began to laugh
And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
Your letters,…
Fonte: LyricFind
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