LEONARD COHEN, PREMIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS DE LAS LETRAS
PREMIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS DE LAS LETRAS
"La poesía viene de un lugar que nadie controla, nadie conquista".
No es difícil encontrar auténticos poetas entre los cantantes (los llamados cantautores porque no solo componen la música de sus canciones, sino que también escriben letras que son en realidad poemas de gran calidad literaria). De una lista muy larga podemos citar algunos como Joan Manuel Serrat, Bob Dylan, Lluis Llach, Joaquín Sabina...
SUZANNE
Letra original:
Suzanne takes you down
To her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
She feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
She gets you on her wavelength
She lets the river answer
You've always been her lover.
And you want to travel with her
You want to travel blind
You know she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From a lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone.
And you want to travel with him
You want to travel blind
And you know he will find you
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.
Suzanne takes your hand now
She leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our..., our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Amid the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror.
And you want to travel with her
You want to travel blind
And you know she will find you
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.
