“A Thousand Kisses Deep”: Your Invincible Defeat!

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“The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat.
You win a while, and then it’s done –
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it’s real,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.”

“The traitor” Interpretata in mod inegalabil de Martha Wainwright in cadrul concertului dedicat muzicii lui Leonard Cohen, in Filmul “I’m Your Man“,

De neegalat intr-adevar, nu numai poemul care este asa de bine imbracat de compozitia muzicala, si de instrumentatia specifica acestui concert, dar mai ales prin profunda viziune interpretativa si totala daruire a cantaretei. In decursul aceluiasi concert Martha a interpretat  “The tower Of Song” si coloratura  multor alte cantece.  Fratele Marthei, Rufus Wainwright, interpretaza Hallelujah, acompaniindu-se la pian.

Santem martorii unui artist exceptional, asa cum nu sant multi azi sau au fost vreodata. Sant versuri in poemele lui Leonard Cohen care ating perfectiunea lingvistica, apogeul umanismului si al filosofiei existentei ce nu pot fi exprimate decat prin a fi invatate,  pentru a fi traite la nivelul de dragoste de aproape pe care poetul il arata cu fiecare poem-cantec.

LEONARD COHEN
“The Traitor“

Now the Swan it floated on the English river
Ah the Rose of High Romance it opened wide
A sun tanned woman yearned me through the summer
and the judges watched us from the other side
I told my mother “Mother I must leave you
preserve my room but do not shed a tear
Should rumour of a shabby ending reach you
it was half my fault and half the atmosphere”

But the Rose I sickened with a scarlet fever
and the Swan I tempted with a sense of shame
She said at last I was her finest lover
and if she withered I would be to blame

The judges said you missed it by a fraction
rise up and brace your troops for the attack
Ah the dreamers ride against the men of action
Oh see the men of action falling back

But I lingered on her thighs a fatal moment
I kissed her lips as though I thirsted still
My falsity had stung me like a hornet
The poison sank and it paralysed my will

I could not move to warn all the younger soldiers
that they had been deserted from above
So on battlefields from here to Barcelona
I’m listed with the enemies of love

And long ago she said “I must be leaving,
Ah but keep my body here to lie upon
You can move it up and down and when I’m sleeping
Run some wire through that Rose and wind the Swan”

So daily I renew my idle duty
I touch her here and there — I know my place
I kiss her open mouth and I praise her beauty
and people call me traitor to my face.

In interviul care este incorporat in filmul I’m Your Man, Leonard Cohen explica circumstanta in care ne aflam din cand incand in viata dupa ce pierdem intr-o iposaza, si intelegem ca de fapt fusesem sortiti a fi invinsi, aprioric, si deci ca urmare adevaratul act de curaj este de a sta drep si cu capul sus, fara a ne simti vinovati, cu adevarat: Nevinovati. Am petrecut multe ore in compania acestui scenariu care nu ne e de fel necunoscut, si care e viata fiecaruia dintre noi, mai mult sau mai putin.

Unul dintre cele mai frumoase si plin de speranta e Anthem, o capodopera  de arta, care asa cum destainuie poetul, a cerut mult timp pentru a se fi distilat in forma pe care o cunoastem, si pe care Rebeca De Mornay, amica a poetului a recunoscut-o a fi de o valoare asa de mare ca au inregistrat-o aceeasi zi, intr-un studio aici in Los Angeles. Este un imn, un canted de solidaritate, de speranta in cai noi de a invoca ajutorul sortii. Desigur si aici interpretarea de catre Perla Batalla si Julie Cristensen, este perfecta, ca si orchestratia muzica.

Ring the bells that still can ring,

Forget your perfect offerings,

 there is a crack, a crack in everything,

that’s how the light gets in.

Auditie placuta, si curaj in talmacirea filozofiei artistice a lui Leonard Cohen.

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