P. 48. Suzanne, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Graeme Allwright, Maurane, Françoise Hardy...

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Le Prix Prince des Asturies des Lettres 2011 vient d'être attribué à Leonard Cohen.
Le jury a récompensé :
- «Le poète et romancier Leonard Cohen pour l'ensemble de son travail littéraire, qui a influencé trois générations à travers le monde entier, grâce à la création d'images et d'émotions où poésie et musique se fondent, en une oeuvre d'une valeur immuable. Le passage du temps, les relations sentimentales, les traditions mystiques orientales et occidentales, et la vie chantée comme une ballade sans fin nourrissent l'ensemble d'un travail qui reste associé à certains changements décisifs de la fin du XXème et du début de XXIe siècles.»

Leonard Cohen, manuscrit de "Suzanne" (DR).

Su,
"à ses côtés",
"même les yeux fermés"...

- "Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind."