Leonard Cohen - Alexandra Leaving

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So very beautiful.. ... ( 4 months ago by joanlagoy)

So very beautiful...Danny sent me this lst time I heard it. One of my very favorites.
Thanks DannyBoy, and thanks so much for posting.
joanie

This song is ... ( 4 months ago by TheHolyThief)

This song is beautiful.

For me this song is ... ( 4 months ago by Recifejune)

For me this song is about exquisite moments we may have in our lives. But,these moments will pass and when they do we should let them go with thanks and dignity.

I think I heard him ... ( 4 months ago by scurvdog84)

I think I heard him say one time it is about his depression lifting. He said he suffered from it earlier in his life and with age it kind of disappeared....So "alexandra" is depression.

beautiful how each ... ( 4 months ago by jennjuniper1952)

beautiful how each word is spoken so clear we love you leonard so much and i have had the honour of seeing you live twice this year better than any holiday,thanks for posting danny.

Whether this is a ... ( 4 months ago by gerobinson812)

Whether this is a song about the lifting of depression or Mark Anthony discovering that Cleopatra had other motives, it changes nothing...It's still a beautiful song about lost. But not a whinny song of teenage lost, but the lost of a man. There is no patheic pleading here, just acknowledgement of the lost and a sense that life goes on. "You who have the honor of her evening, and by that honor had your own restored." That is a stunning line. Later folks enjoy Leonard's music.

After writing the ... ( 4 months ago by gerobinson812)

After writing the last cooment I decided to look up Cavafy's poem. "The Gods Abandon Anthony" is a short lovely poem and its certain that this is the baseline of this song. Still its a beautiful song about love found and lost. And while the song concentrates on the lost it also celebrates the finding. Enjoy it, if its your first time hearing it I envy you.

I heard Cohen ... ( 4 months ago by don588)

I heard Cohen interviewed years ago and he said he wrote for a friend who's wife died of cancer, and he emphasised that the senses of grief and the strong feelings and even smells that liger, for real, or in the heart should not be diminished or 2nd guessed

One of the finest ... ( 3 months ago by beintelegant)

One of the finest songs that LC ever wrote - so simple, so clear, so beautiful.... The perfect song for my daughter, Alexandra, one day she'll be leaving....

Complimenti, la tua ... ( 3 months ago by geroada)

Complimenti, la tua ultima frase " enjoy it,...
è meravigliosa !" My best compliments, your last sentence is wonderful

...I'm also ... ( 3 months ago by mebaheltabitha)

...I'm also Alexandra...

beautiful... ( 3 months ago by RAWRAMP1)

beautiful...

a most eloquent ... ( 2 months ago by wojtek0000)

a most eloquent interpretation. cohenesque:)

my name is ... ( 2 months ago by alliemeister29)

my name is alexandra and this son SUCKS

One of the best ... ( 2 months ago by heiland2012)

One of the best songs ever written, in a wonderful interpretation by both Sharon and Leonard. Lines like "you who had the honour of her evening" is one of the verses that make you cry. It's not about juvenile losses, not a song of falling in love for the first time, as so many others. Alexandra does not have to be introduced - she has always been there. And now she's going. So say goodbye to Alexandra leaving. And say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

How can you say a ... ( 2 months ago by heiland2012)

How can you say a thing like this to such a piece of art? Apoligize and be ashamed.

Array ( 2 months ago by nataliaan)

yeah....
but not evereone it's capabile to understand this things...
only thouse people who care enought...

my name is ... ( 1 month ago by d1sintegration)

my name is alexandra and i think it's lovely ~

Your *first* ... ( 1 month ago by cariboost)

Your *first* commitments. Can it be fixed. It detracts from the fineness of the words and singing.

I've read somewhere ... ( 1 month ago by cuilwen1)

I've read somewhere that Cohen based this beautiful song on a poem written by Constantine P. Cavafy "The God Forsakes Antony". The song is beautifu, so is the poem. Look at the similarities:
When suddenly, at the midnight hour, an invisible troupe is heard passing with exquisite music, with shouts -- your fortune that fails you now, your works that have failed, the plans of your life that have all turned out to be illusions, do not mourn in vain.

Array ( 1 month ago by cuilwen1)

Part 2
As if long prepared, as if courageous, bid her farewell, the Alexandria that is leaving. Above all do not be fooled, do not tell yourself it was a dream, that your ears deceived you; do not stoop to such vain hopes. As if long prepared, as if courageous, as it becomes you who have been worthy of s
uch a city,

Array ( 1 month ago by cuilwen1)

Part 3
approach the window with firm step, and with emotion, but not with the entreaties and complaints of the coward, as a last enjoyment listen to the sounds, the exquisite instruments of the mystical troupe, and bid her farewell, the Alexandria you are losing.

You either love ... ( 1 month ago by otis123redding)

You either love Lenny or you can't stand him. Most people say they want to slit their wrists after listening to him - lol - I love him and always have.

Hello heiland2012 - ... ( 2 weeks ago by chrisharro)

Hello heiland2012 - yours is a beautiful response to a beautiful song. I won't choose a "coward's explanation" of this one, but LC has always written poetic words - "she held onto me like I was a crucifix" or "if your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn" or "like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild he'll never have to deal another". He always sang like he was trying to hypnotize you! A true artist.

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