原始網址：記憶無非徹底看透的一切
The Book of Longing
I can’t make the hills
The system is shot
I’m living on pills
For which I thank G-d
I followed the course
From chaos to art
Desire the horse
Depression the cart
I sailed like a swan
I sank like a rock
But time is long gone
Past my laughing stock
My page was too white
My ink was too thin
The day wouldn’t write
What the night pencilled in
My animal howls
My angel’s upset
But I’m not allowed
A trace of regret
For someone will use
What I couldn’t be
My heart will be hers
Impersonally
She’ll step on the path
She’ll see what I mean
My will cut in half
And freedom between
For less than a second
Our lives will collide
The endless suspended
The door open wide
Then she will be born
To someone like you
What no one has done
She’ll continue to do
I know she is coming
I know she will look
And that is the longing
And this is the book
渴望之書
我無能登上山丘
身體傾毀
我倚靠藥丸生活
因此我感謝上帝
我沿路前行
從混沌到藝術
慾望是馬
沮喪是車
我航巡如天鵝
我沉落如石塊
可時光悠悠
越過我存積的笑柄逝去
我的紙太白
我的墨太輕
白晝不願寫下
黑夜鉛筆的字句
我的野獸在嘶嗥
我的天使亂了心
可我不被允許
留下後悔的痕跡
因為有人將擷取
我無能成為的自己
我的心將屬於她
此事已注定
她將步上那小徑
她將明白我說的
我的意志對切
自由夾在中間
再過不到一秒
我們的生命就要撞上
無盡成懸念
門大開
這時她將誕生
為了某個神似的你
沒人做過的事
她將繼續
我知道她要來了
我知道她會看
那就是渴望
這就是書
譯 ── 尉遲秀
譯注：上帝（G-d）：柯恩習以 G-d 代替 God。為避免上帝（God）之名於形諸文字後，遭人抹除、破壞、塗改，虔誠猶太教徒會在書寫時，刻意將其改寫為 G-d。本書其他詩中，G-d 或譯為「神衹」、「老天」、「老天爺」。
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非常非常喜歡 2005 年記錄他傳奇生涯的紀錄片〈我是你的男人（I'm Your Man）〉的片尾，Leonard Cohen 在燈光暗下後說的那句話：「每一個生命都有裂縫，如此才會有光射進來。」（引自 3 月 6 日中時藝文新聞：http://0rz.tw/dw0A8）
後來發現，這句話出自於他的歌〈頌歌（Anthem）〉。
鳥兒在破曉時歌唱
The birds they sang
At the break of day
重新來過吧，我聽見牠們唱
Start again
I heard them say
別留戀已逝去的
或是未知的將來
Don't dwell on what
Has passed away
Or what is yet to be
戰禍必將再次燃起
The wars they will
Be fought again
聖鴿永無自由之日
The holy dove
She'll be caught again
買去，賣掉，再買走
Bought and sold
And bought again
聖鴿永無自由之日
The dove is never free
敲響每個還會響的鐘
Ring the bells that still can ring
忘了你的美麗夢想
Forget your perfect offering
世間萬物皆有裂痕
因此光才能透進
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
我們祈求徵兆，徵兆降臨
We asked for signs
The signs were sent
生育遭到背叛，婚姻已經虛度
The birth betrayed
The marriage spent
每個政府不過是度日如年的寡婦
The widowhood
Of every government
徵兆人人可見
Signs for all to see
我無法再跟著這群不法之徒逃亡
I can't run no more
With the lawless crowd
當兇手在高處大聲禱告
While the killers in high places
Say their prayers out loud
他們召來一朵烏雲
But they've summoned up
A thundercloud
他們將會聽見我的聲音
And they're going to hear from me
敲響每個還會響的鐘
Ring the bells that still can ring
忘了你的美麗夢想
Forget your perfect offering
世間萬物皆有裂痕
因此光才能透進
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
你可以將各部分加總
You can add up the parts
但不會得到總數
But you won't have the sum
你可以發起遊行
You can strike up the march
但是沒有擂鼓
There is no drum
每顆有愛的心都會來
Every heart
To love will come
但像是難民
But like a refugee
敲響每個還會響的鐘
Ring the bells that still can ring
忘了你的美麗夢想
Forget your perfect offering
世間萬物皆有裂痕
因此光才能透進
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
引自：http://0rz.tw/C22By
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最後，聽 75 歲的 Leonard Cohen 再唱「我是妳的男人（I'm Your Man）」，難以抗拒的迷人呀～
I'm Your Man
If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner
Take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger
Here I stand
I'm your man
If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
I'll examine every inch of you
If you want a driver
Climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride
You know you can
I'm your man
Ah, the moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep
I've been running through these promises to you
That I made and I could not keep
Ah but a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And I'd claw at your heart
And I'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please, please
I'm your man
And if you've got to sleep
A moment on the road
I will steer for you
And if you want to work the street alone
I'll disappear for you
If you want a father for your child
Or only want to walk with me a while
Across the sand
I'm your man
If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you
我是妳的男人
如果妳需要愛人
我在此聽候妳的差遣
如果妳需要不一樣的愛
我可以為妳戴上面具
如果妳需要伴侶
請拉起我的手
如果妳不揍我我怒氣難消
請用力給我妳的拳頭
我是妳的男人
如果妳要一個拳擊手
我會為你跳上拳擊台
如果妳要一個醫生
我會細細檢查妳的每一吋
如果妳要一個司機
請上車
或是妳想載我去兜風
妳知道我隨時可以出門
我是妳的男人
啊，月光太亮
鍊條緊鎖在我身上
這隻惡獸還不休眠
我反覆重溫這些過去為妳許下
但我從未實現的諾言
啊，但是男人膝下的黃金
哪能喚回離去女人的心
不然寶貝我會爬向妳
我會撲倒在妳的腳邊
我會為妳的美麗嚎哭
像隻發情的野狗
我也會緊緊攫住妳的心
我也會不停撕扯妳的被
我會向妳懇求，向妳懇求
我是妳的男人
如果妳覺得疲累
想在路上略微小睡
我會為你開車
如果妳想單獨在街上工作
我會立刻識相閃人
如果妳的孩子需要父親
或是他只想要我陪他走一走
穿過沙漠
我是妳的男人
如果妳需要愛人
我在此聽候妳的差遣
如果妳需要另類的愛
我可以為妳戴上面具
出自：http://0rz.tw/49dNP
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