Lover, lover, lover
I asked my father,
I said, 'Father change my name.'
The one I'm using now it's covered up
With fear and filth and cowardice and shame.
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
He said, 'I locked you in this body,
I meant it as a kind of trial.
You can use it for a weapon,
Or to make some woman smile.'
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
'Then let me start again,' I cried,
'please let me start again,
I want a face that's fair this time,
I want a spirit that is calm.'
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
'I never never turned aside,' he said,
'I never walked away.
It was you who built the temple,
It was you who covered up my face.'
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
And may the spirit of this song,
May it rise up pure and free.
May it be a shield for you,
A shield against the enemy.
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
I said, 'Father change my name.'
The one I'm using now it's covered up
With fear and filth and cowardice and shame.
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
He said, 'I locked you in this body,
I meant it as a kind of trial.
You can use it for a weapon,
Or to make some woman smile.'
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
'Then let me start again,' I cried,
'please let me start again,
I want a face that's fair this time,
I want a spirit that is calm.'
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
'I never never turned aside,' he said,
'I never walked away.
It was you who built the temple,
It was you who covered up my face.'
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
And may the spirit of this song,
May it rise up pure and free.
May it be a shield for you,
A shield against the enemy.
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
DATOS DEL POETA.
Leonard Norman Cohen, poeta, novelista
y cantante canadiense, nació el 21 de septiembre de 1934 en
Montreal. Es miembro de la Orden de Canadá y de la Orden Nacional de
Quebec. El 1 de junio de 2011 fue galardonado con el Premio Príncipe
de Asturias de las Letras que le fue entregado el 21 de octubre de
2011.
COMENTARIO: No parece necesario justificar la publicación de un poema/canción de este magnífico poeta americano. Nos parece mejor brindar este espacio de nuevo al profesorado de inglés por si quiere utilizarlo en clase. En fin, dicho esto, añadiremos que a veces hay que renunciar a las raíces de nuestro origen para crecer, pero otras, es necesario reconocer esas mismas raíces para defenderse de los enemigos.
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