alexandra leaving

• leonard cohen parçası...ten new songs albümünde yer alır.
• (bkz: istanbul'a elveda)
• (bkz: apoleipein o theos antwnion)
• suddenly the night has grown colder.
  the god of love preparing to depart.
  alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
  they slip between the sentries of the heart.
  
  upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,
  they gain the light, they formlessly entwine;
  and radiant beyond your widest measure
  they fall among the voices and the wine.
  
  it’s not a trick, your senses all deceiving,
  a fitful dream, the morning will exhaust –
  say goodbye to alexandra leaving.
  then say goodbye to alexandra lost.
  
  even though she sleeps upon your satin;
  even though she wakes you with a kiss.
  do not say the moment was imagined;
  do not stoop to strategies like this.
  
  as someone long prepared for this to happen,
  go firmly to the window. drink it in.
  exquisite music. alexandra laughing.
  your firm commitments tangible again.
  
  and you who had the honor of her evening,
  and by the honor had your own restored –
  say goodbye to alexandra leaving;
  alexandra leaving with her lord.
  
  even though she sleeps upon your satin;
  even though she wakes you with a kiss.
  do not say the moment was imagined;
  do not stoop to strategies like this.
  
  as someone long prepared for the occasion;
  in full command of every plan you wrecked –
  do not choose a coward’s explanation
  that hides behind the cause and the effect.
  
  and you who were bewildered by a meaning;
  whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed –
  say goodbye to alexandra leaving.
  then say goodbye to alexandra lost.
  
  say goodbye to alexandra leaving.
  then say goodbye to alexandra lost.
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  iyi ki gectin dunyadan cohen <3
• konstantinos kavafis e ait olan the god abandons antony şiirinin yeniden yorumu olan cohen baba şarkısı. şiir roma imparotoru ve kleopatranın sevgilisi markus antonius'un iskenderiye şehrini kaybetmesi ile ilgili. şehir kuşatma altındayken tanrıların onu terkettiğini, her şeyini kaybettiğini anlayarak yeise kapılan marcus anthony'e nasihat niteliğinde. "üzülme, bu da yaşamın bir parçası, güzel günler yaşadın bu şehirde, dön ve iskenderiyeye hoşçakal de, yenilginle barış." diyen bir nasihat.
  
  cohen de iskendireye (yunanca alexandria) şehrini, sevgilisi alexandra ile değiştirerek, sevgilinin ayrılışını, ilişkinin bitişini de bu yenilgi ile özdeşleştiriyor. ve üzülme, güzel günler yaşadın, ona doyamamış olabilirsin ama yenilginle barış ve hatıralarını sevmeye devam et diyor.
  
  son dörtlük'te şöyle diyor baba;
  
  "ve sen,
  anlayınca şaşkına dönen,
  şifresi kırılmış, haç'ı çözülmüş olan sen,
  alexandra'nın gidişine hoşçakal de,
  alexandra'nın kayboluşuna veda et."