“Bien, Marianne, hemos llegado a este tiempo en que somos tan viejos que nuestros cuerpos se caen a pedazos; pienso que te seguiré muy pronto. Que sepas que estoy tan cerca de ti que, si extiendes tu mano, creo que podrás tocar la mía. Ya sabes que siempre te he amado por tu belleza y tu sabiduria pero no necesito extenderme sobre eso ya que tú lo sabes todo. Solo quiero desearte un buen viaje. Adiós, vieja amiga. Todo el amor, te veré por el camino”.
So Long, Marianne
Come over to the window, my little darling
I’d like to try to read your palm
I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy
Before I let you take me home
Now so long, Marianne
It’s time that we began to laugh
And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
Well, you know that I love to live with you
But you make me forget so very much
I forget to pray for the angels
And then the angels forget to pray for us
Now so long, Marianne
It’s time that we began to laugh
And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
We met when we were almost young
Deep in the green lilac park
You held on to me like I was a crucifix
As we went kneeling through the dark
Oh, so long, Marianne
It’s time that we began to laugh
And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
Your letters, they all say that you’re beside me now
Then why do I feel alone?
I’m standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
Is fastening my ankle to a stone
Now so long, Marianne
It’s time that we began to laugh
And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
For now I need your hidden love
I’m cold as a new razorblade
You left when I told you I was curious
I never said that I was brave
Oh, so long, Marianne
It’s time that we began to laugh
And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
Oh, you are really such a pretty one
I see you’ve gone and changed your name again
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside
To wash my eyelids in the rain
Oh, so long, Marianne
It’s time that we began to laugh
And cry and cry and laugh about it all again
Letra y Música: Leonard Cohen