To a Teacher

LEONARD COHEN

[Dedicated to A. M. Klein (1909-1972)]

Hurt once and for all into silence.
A long pain ending without a song to prove it.
Who could stand beside you so close to Eden,
When you glinted in every eye the held-high
Razor, shivering every ram and son?
And now the silent loony bin, where
The shadows live in the rafters like
Day-weary bats,
Until the turning mind, a radar signal,
Lures them to exaggerate
Mountain-size on the white stone wall
Your tiny limp.
How can I leave you in such a house?
Are there no more saints and wizards
To praise their ways with pupils,
No more evil to stun with the slap
Of a wet red tongue?
Did you confuse the Messiah in a mirror
And rest because he had finally come?
Let me cry Help beside you, Teacher.
I have entered under this dark roof
As fearlessly as an honoured son
Enters his father's house.

Curiosités sur la chanson To a Teacher de Leonard Cohen

Sur quels albums la chanson “To a Teacher” a-t-elle été lancée par Leonard Cohen?
Leonard Cohen a lancé la chanson sur les albums “Dear Heather” en 2004 et “The Complete Studio Albums Collection” en 2011.
Qui a composé la chanson “To a Teacher” de Leonard Cohen?
La chanson “To a Teacher” de Leonard Cohen a été composée par LEONARD COHEN.

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