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Titolo: Leonard Cohen: "The Stranger Song"

Leonard Cohen
THE STRANGER SONG
It's true that all the men you knew
Were dealers who said they were through
With dealing every time you gave them shelter.
I know that kind of man,
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
Who's reaching for the sky just to surrender,
Who's reaching for the sky just to surrender.
And sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
You find he did not leave you very much, not even laughter.
Like any dealer, he was watching for the card
That is so high, and wild
He'll never need to deal another;
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger,
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger.
And then leaning on your window sill
He'll say one day you caused his will
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter.
And then taking from his wallet
An old schedule of trains, he'll say,
"I told you when I came I was a stranger,
I told you when I came I was a stranger."
But now another stranger seems
To want you to ignore his dreams
As though they were the burden of some other.
You've seen that man before, his golden arms dispatching cards
But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger,
And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter,
He wants to trade the game he knows for shelter,
He wants to trade the game he knows for shelter.
You hate to watch another tired man
Lay down his hand,
Like he was giving up the holy game of poker.
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
You notice there's a highway
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder,
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder.
You tell him to come in sit down
But something  makes you turn around;
The door is open, you can't close your shelter.
You try the handle of the road,
It opens, do not be afraid,
It's you, my love, you who are the stranger,
It's you, my love, you who are the stranger.
Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for,
I think it's time to board another.
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
To get me the heart of this or any other matter.
When he talks like this you don't know what he's after,
When he talks like this you don't care what he's after,
When he talks like this you don't care what he's after.
Let's meet tomorrow, if you choose,
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
That they are building on some endless river.
Then he leaves the platform for the sleeping car that's warm,
You realize he's only advertising one more shelterm
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger,
And you say, "Ok, the bridge or someplace later",
And you say, "Ok, the bridge or someplace later".
And sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
You find he did not leave you very much, not even laughter.
Like any dealer, he was watching for the card
That is so high, and wild
He'll never need to deal another,
And so, he'll never need to deal another.
And leaning on your window sill
He'll say one day you caused his will
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter.
And then taking from his wallet
An old schedule of train, he'll say,
"I told you when I came I was a stranger,
I told you when I came I was a stranger."
*Riccardo Venturi*
*Er muoz gelīchesame die leiter abewerfen
*So er an īr ūfgestigen ist (Vogelweide)
*
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Alors, quoi, c'est vraiment vrai que tu ne vas plus rien dire ? Allez, soit
cool, j'aimais bien me faire envoyer des fleurs devant tout le monde :)))
Tu vois, par exemple, là il serait judicieux de me faire un petit discours
pour me convaincre d'acheter un Cd de Léonard Cohen, puisque je ne le
connais que de nom...
Et si tu continues à résister, il va falloir que je rallie tes potes (Franco
Senia, Alex, et qui sais-je encore...) pour te harceler virtuellement, et
que tu l'ouvres, bon sang de bonsoir !!!!
Un gros bisou (mais un seul, je boude, voilà !)
Joe.

Cara Joe,vorrei ricordarti che sei su un ng.
Ed un ng italiano.Io,ad esempio,non conosco il Francese
e probabilmente anche molti altri dell'ng.
Era giusto per ricordarti che esistono anche gli e-mail
privati per conversazioni private.
Saluti.

Allez, soit  cool, j'aimais bien me faire envoyer des fleurs devant tout le
monde :)))
"Sois cool"
C'est malin, avec ton silence je passe pour une prof analphabète... :)))
Joe.

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Grazie dell'informazione, ma i miei mess. scritti in francese non sono
destinati al solo Riccardo, ma anche ad altri che intervengono spesso sul
Ng.
Perciň mi sono permesso di scriverli. Se poi ti disturba cosě tanto mi
dispiace... non era lo scopo.
Ciao ciao
Joe.

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Non capisco molto bene il francese (a parte deleuze e guattari :-)))
Comunque leonard cohen vale ben più di un ascolto: in commercio ci
dovebbe essere uno o due "live" che ti possono aiutare a cominciare a
conoscerlo. Dopo, sarà giocoforza, entrare in possesso di tutta la
discografia!
Per quanto riguarda il "continuare a resistere", non ti 
preoccupare :-)) io dico che li facciamo neri (più di quanto non
siano!)
Un caro saluto
--Franco Senia--
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"Oh gentiluomini, il tempo della vita è breve!
Trascorrere questa brevità nella bassezza
sarebbe cosa troppo lunga.
Se viviamo è per marciare sulla testa dei Re.
Se moriamo, o che bella morte, quando i Principi
muoiono con noi.
Ora per le nostre coscienze le armi sono giuste.
Quando l'intenzione nel portarle è ragionevole."
William Shakespeare - Enrico IV -
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Sei proprio piccino!
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Un gros bisou
Tu invece non esporti e non importi proprio niente!
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 Un gros bisou
Un bacione anche a te:-)
(Adoro le francesi)
Lupo Grigio

(Adoro le francesi)
La domanda è: "ma le francesi adorano lupo grigio o paolo carta che
dir si voglia?)
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 --Franco Senia--
Hum, non avrei la pretesa di rappresentare 'le francesi', e forse neanche la
voglia !
Grazie per le info. sui Cd,
Buonanotte !
Joe.


Al prossimo mess. insultante, oppure solo scortese, ti propongo di
rispondere, in francese ovviamente, un intelligentissimo "C'est celui qui
dit qui y est !", molto usato dai miei alunni (8 anni), e secondo loro molto
'efficace' !
Bonne nuit,
Joe.

 Bonne nuit,
Grazie del suggerimento:-)
Lo dicevo anch'io da piccolo:-)
Bonne nuit.
Loup Gris

Lascia perdere, Joėlle. Non voglio metterti in imbarazzo, né provocarti
problemi con gli altri, che non meriti. Quando ti va, posta i tuoi testi
ed io li traduco; tanto ci capiamo lo stesso; per il resto, ci sentiamo
per email se e quando desideri. Lo sai che stasera Alex č venuto a
trovarmi a casa? ;-))
Bisou,
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