the man is a legend  like dylan beyond there years 

haunting, so poignant, so sad, and the "the wind is growing, freedom will soon come, from these shadows..." I do pray...

Fantastic...! Typical Cohen's lyrics. Superbly sombre, dark, melancholic undertones expressed with an inner rawness & passion - share life stories love pain & joy.

Original Lyrics:

Je crois entendre encore,
Caché sous les palmiers,
Sa voix tendre et sonore
Comme un chant de ramier!
O nuit enchanteresse!
Divin ravissement!
O souvenir charmant!
Folle ivresse! doux rêve!
Aux clartés des étoiles,
Je crois encore la voir,
Entr’ouvrir ses longs voiles
Aux vents tièdes du soir!
O nuit enchanteresse!
Divin ravissement!
O souvenir charmant!
Folle ivresse! doux rêve!
Charmant souvenir!

English translation:

I still believe I hear
hidden beneath the palm trees
her voice, tender and deep
like the song of a dove
oh enchanting night
divine rapture
delightful memory
mad intoxication, sweet dream.
In the clear starlight
I still believe I see her
half drawing her long veil
to the warm night breeze.
Oh enchanting night
divine rapture
delightful memory
mad intoxication, sweet dream.
Charming memory.

Je Crois Entendre Encore | David Gilmour | I still believe I hear

Leonard Cohen - The Partisan - Le partisan - Original 1969 - French TV

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So Long Marianne by Leonard Cohen with Dave Cousins on banjo
Recorded Spring 1968 at Paris Theatre, London
Broadcast August 31, 1968 on BBC2 TV (”Leonard Cohen Sings Leonard Cohen”)

Leonard Cohen - The Partisan - Le partisan - Original 1969 - French TV

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