Leonard Cohen "By the Rivers Dark" lyrics

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By the Rivers Dark

By the rivers darkI wandered on.I lived my lifein Babylon.

And I did forgetMy holy song:And I had no strengthIn Babylon.

By the rivers darkWhere I could not seeWho was waiting thereWho was hunting me.

And he cut my lipAnd he cut my heart.So I could not drinkFrom the river dark.

And he covered me,And I saw within,My lawless heartAnd my wedding ring,

I did not knowAnd I could not seeWho was waiting there,Who was hunting me.

By the rivers darkI panicked on.I belonged at lastto Babylon.

Then he struck my heartWith a deadly force,And he said, ‘This heart:It is not yours.’

And he gave the windMy wedding ring;And he circled usWith everything.

By the rivers dark,In a wounded dawn,I live my lifeIn Babylon.

Though I take my songFrom a withered limb,Both song and tree,They sing for him.

Be the truth unsaidAnd the blessing gone,If I forgetMy Babylon.

I did not knowAnd I could not seeWho was waiting there,Who was hunting me.

By the rivers dark,Where it all goes on;By the rivers darkIn Babylon.

Pokraj tame rijeke

Pokraj tame rijekeLutao sam dalje.Živio sam životU Babilonu.

I ja jesam zaboravioSvoju svetu pjesmu:I ja nisam imao snageU Babilonu.

Pokraj tame rijekeGdje nisam mogao vidjetiTko je čekao tamoTko me lovio.

I porezao mi je usnuI porezao mi je srce.Tako da nisam mogao pitiIz tame rijeke.

I pokrio me,I vidio sam unutra,Moje srce bez zakonaI moj vjenčani prsten.

Ja nisam znaoI ja nisam mogao vidjetiTko je čekao tamoTko me lovio.

Pokraj tame rijekeI dalje sam paničario.Pripadao sam konačnoU Babilon.

Onda je udario moje srceSmrtonosnom silom,I rekao je, 'Ovo srce:Ono nije tvoje.'

I dao je vjetruMoj vjenčani prsten;I okružio nas jeSa svime.

Pokraj tame rijekeU ranjenoj zori,Ja živim svoj životU Babilonu.

Mada uzimam svoju pjesmuIz ocvalog međuprostora,I pjesma i drvo,Pjevaju za njega.

Neka istina ostane neizrečenaI blagoslov neka nestane,Ako ja zaboravimMoj Babilon.

Ja nisam znaoI ja nisam mogao vidjetiTko je čekao tamoTko me lovio.

Pokraj tame rijekeGdje se sve odvija;Pokraj tame rijekeU Babilonu.

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