Leonard Cohen - Dance me to the End of Love

I seguint amb grups i cantants que em pensava que ja havia parlat sobre ells, passem a Leonard Cohen.

Simplement estava escoltant un cd amb els seus grans èxits i quan ha sonat Dance me to the End of Love se m'han posat els pèls de punta. Literalment. Per això he pensat que era necessari compartir-ho:



Hi ha poques coses que jo em mereixi dir sobre Leonard Cohen. No conec tota la seva discografia, ni molt menys. Quasi sempre escolto les mateixes cançons, però dubto que hi hagi poetes que et puguin fer sentir d'aquestes maneres.

"Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love"

No tindrà la millor veu per a cantar, però pel que he llegit, ha millorat molt amb els anys i, a part, aquest to que té és, potser, el que el fa tan especial. L'acompanyament femení li va clavat.