Alexandra Leaving
Suddenly the night has grown colder...
The god of love preparing to depart...
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
They slipped between the sentries of the heart
Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,
They gain the light, they formlessly entwine;
And radiant beyond your wildest measure
They fall among the voices in the wine
It's not a trick, your senses all deceiving,
A fitfull dream, the morning will exhaust -
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost
Even though she sleeps upon your satin;
Even though she wakes you with a kiss...
Do not say the moment was imagined;
Do not stoop to strategies like this...
As someone long prepared for this to happen,
Go firmly to the window, drink it in...
Exquisite music, Alexandra laughing
Your first commitments tangible again
And you who had the honor of her evening,
And by that honor had your own restored -
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
Alexandra leaving with her lord
Even though she sleeps upon your satin;
Even though she wakes you with a kiss...
Do not say the moment was imagined;
Do not stoop to strategies like this...
As someone long prepared for the occasion;
In full command of every plan you wrecked -
Do not choose a coward's explanation
That hides behind the cause and the effect
And you who were bewildered by a meaning;
Who's code was broken, crusifix uncrossed -
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
Then goodbye to Alexandra lost
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost
- Leonard Cohen
Marlyn Repsold Purring
- 16 years, 5 months, 23 days ago
