I went down to the place
Where I knew she lay waiting
Under the marble and the snow
I said, Mother I'm frightened
The thunder and the lightning
I'll never come through this alone
She said, I'll be with you
My shawl wrapped around you
My hand on your head when you go
And the night came on
It was very calm
I wanted the night to go on and on
But she said, Go back to the World
[...]
Where I knew she lay waiting
Under the marble and the snow
I said, Mother I'm frightened
The thunder and the lightning
I'll never come through this alone
She said, I'll be with you
My shawl wrapped around you
My hand on your head when you go
And the night came on
It was very calm
I wanted the night to go on and on
But she said, Go back to the World
[...]
Is it a coincidence that the new year begins with a song most of Leonard Cohen? He describes himself as a sort of autobiographical journey, evoking people that have marked his life, by their absence as by their presence:
- Sa mother (who died when he was 34 years old), representing the ever-present protection beyond death, and who, by his insistence on keeping him alive.
- Her father (who died when he was only nine years), representing the struggle of life without respite.
- Marriage and the responsibility of children, including when they "fly on their own."
- The "muse" who inspires the poet and singer, and represents the essence of femininity in its various forms and with different faces.
- The entourage and friends, who make up our "world" and we hold but can not make us forget what is past and gone, what is lost is lost.
- And the poet, singer, in his way, trying to go back or to "pass on the other side", but the maternal image, patiently, resolutely, returns to "the world" and, thus, continues to protect (including itself).
the first day of new year it is useful to rethink and to those who have left us (or preceded), but whose thinking continues to protect us and guide us.
Night Occurs
where I stayed I knew that, under the stone
And the snow, waiting
I said "Mother, I I fear any
Lightning and thunder
Alone, I never leave never
She says "I'll be there
My
shawl around you My hand on your head will follow you" And the night came
Everything was quiet
I wish the night is endless
But she said "Go back to the World"
In Egypt, we were fighting
When they promised by treaty
That nothing would be killed
Then came the explosion
And my father fell
A terrible wound to his side
He said, "My son, go ahead
Take my books, my gun
Remembers you as they lied And the night comes
All is quiet
J ' shall be much wanted him to be wrong, however
We would not lie to a kid
In this kitchen, we remain
I entered into religion
Not knowing when to rest (e) would
So I had
Having nothing to touch
It 's that I always wanted
But then my son and my daughter
Leaving water
themselves hoarse, "Daddy, you promised to play" And they carry me
and say "That's the big surprise
Do not look, daddy, eyes closed"
And they hide, hide in the World
And I always looking
Caught this attraction
As a rosary prayer
Saying "When she calls me?
When I return she?
To be ready, what should I do about my vow
When she tilts
Like a willow, like a fountain?
She stands in the light air And the night comes
And everything is very quiet
I'm in her arms, she said, "When I s (e) rai
Part I s (e) spoke to you to sing "
For vespers, crickets
Respond to chime
The cat on her chair, dozing
Go to a local bar
I 'can go further
See if there are still my friends
That the few people who
You forgive or for whom
What you do is not a concern And the night comes
All is quiet
I want to join the other side
But she said, "Go, go, back in the World
(Translation - Adaptation: Polyphrène)
where I stayed I knew that, under the stone
And the snow, waiting
I said "Mother, I I fear any
Lightning and thunder
Alone, I never leave never
She says "I'll be there
My
shawl around you My hand on your head will follow you" And the night came
Everything was quiet
I wish the night is endless
But she said "Go back to the World"
In Egypt, we were fighting
When they promised by treaty
That nothing would be killed
Then came the explosion
And my father fell
A terrible wound to his side
He said, "My son, go ahead
Take my books, my gun
Remembers you as they lied And the night comes
All is quiet
J ' shall be much wanted him to be wrong, however
We would not lie to a kid
In this kitchen, we remain
I entered into religion
Not knowing when to rest (e) would
So I had
Having nothing to touch
It 's that I always wanted
But then my son and my daughter
Leaving water
themselves hoarse, "Daddy, you promised to play" And they carry me
and say "That's the big surprise
Do not look, daddy, eyes closed"
And they hide, hide in the World
And I always looking
Caught this attraction
As a rosary prayer
Saying "When she calls me?
When I return she?
To be ready, what should I do about my vow
When she tilts
Like a willow, like a fountain?
She stands in the light air And the night comes
And everything is very quiet
I'm in her arms, she said, "When I s (e) rai
Part I s (e) spoke to you to sing "
For vespers, crickets
Respond to chime
The cat on her chair, dozing
Go to a local bar
I 'can go further
See if there are still my friends
That the few people who
You forgive or for whom
What you do is not a concern And the night comes
All is quiet
I want to join the other side
But she said, "Go, go, back in the World
(Translation - Adaptation: Polyphrène)