Esperando El Milagro

Hermosa, he estado esperando,
esperando noche y día
no sé bien desde cuándo:
llevo media vida en ello.
Recibí muchas invitaciones
y sé que me enviaste algunas de ellas,
pero yo estaba esperando el milagro,

el milagro por venir.


Sé que realmente me amaste,
pero, ya ves, mis manos estaban atadas.
Sé que debió dolerte,
que debió herir tu orgullo
Permanecer debajo de mi ventana
con tu corneta y tu tambor.
En cuanto a mí,
aún estoy allí
esperando el milagro,
el milagro por venir.


Ah, no creo que te gustaría,
No te gustaría mi aquí.
No hay entretenimiento
Y los juicios son severos.
El Maestro dice: esto es Mozart,
pero esto suena a goma de mascar
cuando se espera el milagro,
el milagro por venir.


Esperar el milagro
nada qué hacer.
No había estado tan feliz
desde el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.


Nada qué hacer
Cuando sabes que has sido arrebatado.
Nada qué hacer
cuando suplicas por una miga de pan.
Nada qué hacer
Cuando tienes que seguir esperando
Esperando el milagro por venir.


Soñé contigo, hermosa
fue justo la otra noche:
estabas casi desnuda
Ah! parte de ti era luz.
Las arenas del tiempo caían

de tus dedos
y estabas esperando el milagro,
el milagro por venir


Ah hermosa, casémonos,
llevamos mucho tiempo solos
juntos, estemos solos;
veamos si somos tan fuertes.
Hagamos algo loco,
algo absolutamente erróneo
mientras esperamos el milagro,
el milagro por venir.


Nada qué hacer ...


Cuando caigas sobre la avenida
y te halles bajo la lluvia
y te pregunten cómo vas
por supuesto, dirás
que no te puedes quejar.
Si buscan más información,
juega al idiota:
sólo diles que estás ahí esperando
el milagro, el milagro por venir.

Leonard Cohen 

Versión libre al español de Mauricio Alejandro Moreno

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Dance Me To The End Of Love

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love


Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love


Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love


Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand, touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Leonard Cohen

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A Thousand Kisses Deep

The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat.
You win a while, and then it’s done –
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it’s real,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,
I’m back on Boogie Street.
You lose your grip, and then you slip
Into the Masterpiece.
And maybe I had miles to drive,
And promises to keep:
You ditch it all to stay alive,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

Confined to sex, we pressed against
The limits of the sea:
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me.
I made it to the forward deck.
I blessed our remnant fleet –
And then consented to be wrecked,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,
I’m back on Boogie Street.
I guess they won’t exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep.
And quiet is the thought of you,
The file on you complete,
Except what we forgot to do,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat...

Maria Krein: Alone Together 

Leonard Cohen

Waiting For The Miracle

Baby, I've been waiting,
I've been waiting night and day.
I didn't see the time,
I waited half my life away.
There were lots of invitations
And I know you sent me some,
But I was waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come.


I know you really loved me.
But, you see, my hands were tied.
I know it must have hurt you,
It must have hurt your pride
To have to stand beneath my window
With your bugle and your drum,
And me I'm up there waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come.


Ah I don't believe you'd like it,
You wouldn't like it here.
There ain't entertainment
And the judgements are severe.
The Maestro says it's Mozart
But it sounds like bubble gum
When you're waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come.


Waiting for the miracle
There's nothing left to do.
I haven't been this happy
Since the end of World War II.


Nothing left to do
When you know that you've been taken.
Nothing left to do
When you're begging for a crumb
Nothing left to do
When you've got to go on waiting
Waiting for the miracle to come.


I dreamed about you, baby.
It was just the other night.
Most of you was naked
Ah but some of you was light.
The sands of time were falling
From your fingers and your thumb,
And you were waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come


Ah baby, let's get married,
We've been alone too long.
Let's be alone together.
Let's see if we're that strong.
Yeah let's do something crazy,
Something absolutely wrong
While we're waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come.


Nothing left to do ...


When you've fallen on the highway
And you're lying in the rain,
And they ask you how you're doing
Of course you'll say you can't complain --
If you're squeezed for information,
That's when you've got to play it dumb:
You just say you're out there waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come.

Leonard Cohen

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