O gather up the brokenness
And bring it to me now
The fragrance of those promises
You never dared to vow
The splinters that you carry
The cross you left behind
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind
And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb
Behold the gates of mercy
In arbitrary space
And none of us deserving
The cruelty or the grace
O solitude of longing
Where love has been confined
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind
O see the darkness yielding
That tore the light apart
Come healing of the reason
Come healing of the heart
O troubled dust concealing
An undivided love
The Heart beneath is teaching
To the broken Heart above
O let the heavens falter
And let the earth proclaim:
Come healing of the Altar
Come healing of the Name
O longing of the branches
To lift the little bud
O longing of the arteries
To purify the blood
And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb
O let the heavens hear it
Lyrics by Leonard Cohen
Music written, produced, arranged, engineered, programmed and performed by Patrick Leonard
Additional engineering: Jesse String
Violin: Bela Santelli
Women’s parts arranged and sang by Dana Glover
Come healing è per me tra le più belle. Ed ha diverse possibilità di significati. Sarebbe interessante conoscerne una traduzione anche se penso che possano divergere dalla mia.
ps: ho scoperto da poco questo sito e me ne rallegro. Non potete immaginare a quanti ignoranti – nel senso che ignoravano – ho fatto conoscere ed apprezzare il grandissimo Leonard Cohen.
Grazie per il lavoro che fate!