Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s; he did not launch a music career until 1967, at the age of 33. His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974). His 1977 record Death of a Ladies' Man, co-written and produced by Phil Spector, was a move away from Cohen's previous minimalist sound. In 1979, Cohen returned with the more traditional Recent Songs, which blended his acoustic style with jazz, Oriental, and Mediterranean influences. Perhaps Cohen's most famous song, "Hallelujah", was first released on his studio album Various Positions in 1984. I'm Your Man in 1988 marked Cohen's turn to synthesized productions and remains his most popular album. In 1992, Cohen released its follow-up, The Future, which had dark lyrics and references to political and social unrest.
Cohen returned to music in 2001 with the release of Ten New Songs, which was a major hit in Canada and Europe. His 11th album, Dear Heather, followed in 2004. Following a successful string of tours between 2008 and 2013, Cohen released three albums in the final four years of his life: Old Ideas (2012), Popular Problems (2014) and You Want It Darker (2016), the last of which was released three weeks before his death.
Leonard Cohen was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Westmount, Quebec, on September 21, 1934. His Lithuanian mother, Marsha Klonitsky ("Masha"; 1905–1978), was the daughter of a Talmudic writer, Rabbi Solomon Klonitsky-Kline, and emigrated to Canada in 1927. His paternal grandfather, whose family had moved from Poland to Canada, was Lyon Cohen, the founding president of the Canadian Jewish Congress. His father, Nathan Bernard Cohen (1891–1943), who owned a substantial clothing store, died when Cohen was nine years old. The family observed Orthodox Judaism, and belonged to Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, to which Cohen retained connections for the rest of his life. On the topic of being a Kohen, Cohen told Richard Goldstein in 1967, "I had a very Messianic childhood. I was told I was a descendant of Aaron, the high priest."
Cohen attended Roslyn Elementary School and completed grades seven through nine at Herzliah High School, where his literary mentor Irving Layton taught, then transferred in 1948 to Westmount High School, where he studied music and poetry. He became especially interested in the poetry of Federico García Lorca. Cohen involved himself actively beyond Westmount's curriculum, in photography, on the yearbook staff, as a cheerleader, in the arts and current events clubs, and even served in the position of president of the Students' Council while "heavily involved in the school's theater program". During that time, Cohen taught himself to play the acoustic guitar, and formed a country–folk group that he called the Buckskin Boys. After a young Spanish guitar player taught him "a few chords and some flamenco", Cohen switched to a classical guitar. He has attributed his love of music to his mother, who sang songs around the house: "I know that those changes, those melodies, touched me very much. She would sing with us when I took my guitar to a restaurant with some friends; my mother would come, and we'd often sing all night.
Cohen frequented Saint Laurent Boulevard for fun and ate at such places as the Main Deli Steak House. According to journalist David Sax, Cohen and one of his cousins would go to the Main Deli to "watch the gangsters, pimps, and wrestlers dance around the night". Cohen enjoyed the formerly raucous bars of Old Montreal as well as Saint Joseph's Oratory, which had the restaurant nearest to Westmount, for him and his friend Mort Rosengarten to share coffee and cigarettes. When Cohen left Westmount, he purchased a place on Saint-Laurent Boulevard, in the previously working-class neighbourhood of Little Portugal. He would read his poetry at assorted nearby clubs. In that period and that place, Cohen wrote the lyrics to some of his most famous songs.
Ain't No Cure For Love
Leonard Cohen Lyrics
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I know this love is real
It don't matter how it all went wrong
That don't change the way I feel
And I can't believe that time is
Gonna heal this wound I'm speaking of
There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love
I can't pretend I'm not
I need to see you naked
In your body and your thought
I've got you like a habit
And I'll never get enough
There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love
(There ain't no cure for love)
(There ain't no cure for love)
All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky
The holy books are open wide
The doctors working day and night
But they'll never ever find that cure for love
(There ain't no drink, no drug) ah, tell them, angels
(There's nothing pure enough to be a cure for love)
I see you in the subway and I see you on the bus
I see you lying down with me, I see you waking up
I see your hand, I see your hair
Your bracelets and your brush
And I call to you, I call to you
But I don't call soft enough
There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love
I walked into this empty church, I had no place else to go
When the sweetest voice I ever heard whispered to my soul
I don't need to be forgiven for loving you so much
It's written in the scriptures
It's written there in blood
And I even heard the angels declare it from above
There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love
(There ain't no cure for love)
(There ain't no cure for love)
All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky
The holy books are open wide
The doctors working day and night
But they'll never-ever find that (cure for love), that cure for love
(That cure for love)
(There ain't no cure for love)
(No cure for love, there ain't no cure for love)
The lyrics of Leonard Cohen's song "Ain't no cure for love" express the singer's enduring love for someone. The singer states that their love is real and that despite everything that went wrong, it does not change the way they feel. They also acknowledge that time will not heal the wound caused by their separation, and that there is no cure for this love. The singer aches for the person they love and admits that they need to see them naked, not just physically but also in their thoughts. They describe their love as a habit that they can never get enough of. The chorus repeats that there is no cure for love.
In the second verse, the singer sees the person they love everywhere they go, on the subway, on the bus, and in their dreams. The singer calls out to them but feels that they do not call out soft enough. In the final verse, the singer walks into an empty church and hears a voice that whispers to their soul that they do not need to be forgiven for loving this person so much. The voice declares that there is no cure for love and that it is written in the scriptures and in blood.
Overall, the song conveys the idea that true love is an unstoppable force that cannot be cured or forgotten. The singer accepts that they will always love this person, no matter what happens.
Line by Line Meaning
I loved you for a long, long time
I have loved you for a significant amount of time
I know this love is real
I am convinced that our love is genuine
It don't matter how it all went wrong
Regardless of how things fell apart
That don't change the way I feel
My feelings for you remain the same
And I can't believe that time is
I do not believe that the passage of time is
Gonna heal this wound I'm speaking of
Going to cure the pain and hurt that I feel
There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love
There is no cure for love
I'm aching for you baby
I am yearning for you intensely
I can't pretend I'm not
I cannot deny it
I need to see you naked
I want to see your true self, both physically and mentally
In your body and your thought
Both in your physical and mental being
I've got you like a habit
I am addicted to you
And I'll never get enough
I can never get enough of you
All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky
Human progress is being made in various fields
The holy books are open wide
Religious texts are available for examination
The doctors working day and night
Medical professionals are tirelessly working
But they'll never ever find that cure for love
However, they will never discover a cure for love
(There ain't no drink, no drug) ah, tell them, angels
Even divine beings know that there is no substance that can cure love
(There's nothing pure enough to be a cure for love)
Nothing untarnished makes for an antidote to love
I see you in the subway and I see you on the bus
I constantly visualize you on commutes
I see you lying down with me, I see you waking up
I can picture the proximity and intimacy we share
I see your hand, I see your hair
I imagine your physical features in detail
Your bracelets and your brush
I notice your adornments and necessities
And I call to you, I call to you
I am calling out to you
But I don't call soft enough
My plea for your affection is not persuasive enough
I walked into this empty church, I had no place else to go
I came to this cathedral out of desperation
When the sweetest voice I ever heard whispered to my soul
But then the loveliest sound ever entered my mind
I don't need to be forgiven for loving you so much
I am not remorseful for loving you excessively
It's written in the scriptures
Even religious texts attest to my love
It's written there in blood
It is inscribed there in actuality
And I even heard the angels declare it from above
Even celestial entities acknowledge my affection
There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love
There is no cure for love
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: LEONARD COHEN
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Pepote Coll
Te amé durante mucho, mucho tiempo.
Sé que este amor es real,
no importa cómo todo salió mal,
eso no cambia la forma en que me siento.
Y no puedo creer que el tiempo
vaya a curar esta herida de la que estoy hablando.
No hay cura.
No hay cura.
No hay cura para el amor.
Me muero por ti, cariño,
no puedo fingir que no.
Necesito verte desnuda,
en tu cuerpo y en tu mente.
Te tengo como una adicción,
y nunca me saciaré.
No hay cura.
No hay cura.
No hay cura para el amor.
No hay cura para el amor.
No hay cura para el amor.
Todos los cohetes espaciales
están ascendiendo cruzando el cielo.
Los libros sagrados están abiertos de par en par.
Los doctores están trabajando día y noche.
Pero nunca encontrarán esa cura para el amor.
No hay bebida ni droga
Ah, decídselo, ángelesNo hay nada lo suficientemente puro
para ser una cura para el amor.
Te veo en el metro,
y te veo en el autobús,
te veo tumbada conmigo,
te veo despertando.
Veo tu mano, veo tu pelo,
tus pulseras y tu cepillo.
Y te llamo, te llamo,
pero no te llamo con la delicadeza suficiente.
No hay cura.
No hay cura.
No hay cura para el amor.
Entré en esta iglesia vacía,
no tenía ningún otro sitio al que ir,
cuando la voz más suave que jamás he oído,
susurró a mi alma.
No necesito ser perdonado por quererte tanto.
Está escrito en las Escrituras.
Está escrito ahí con sangre.
Incluso oí a los ángeles proclamarlo desde las alturas.
No hay cura.
No hay cura.
No hay cura para el amor.
No hay cura para el amor.
No hay cura para el amor.
Todos los cohetes espaciales
están ascendiendo cruzando el cielo.
Los libros sagrados están abiertos de par en par.
Los doctores están trabajando día y noche.
No hay cura para el amorPero nunca encontrarán esa cura para el amor.
No hay cura para el amorNo hay cura para el amorNo hay cura para el amorNo hay cura para el amorLeonard Cohen - No hay cura para el amor
There ain't no cure for loveBut they'll never ever find that cure
No cure for loveThere ain't no cure for loveNo cure for loveThere ain't no cure for loveLeonard Cohen - Ain't no cure for love
Más letras de canciones traducidas...
Михаил Сергопольцев
НЕ ИСЦЕЛИТЬ ЛЮБОВЬ
Люблю я Вас уже давно
И знал - любовь права.
Что с того, что всё пошло не так?
Чувств не изменить в словах.
Не могу поверить, что
Время рану исцелит тех слов:
Не исцелить,
Не исцелить,
Не исцелить любовь.
Боюсь за Вас я, детка, -
Притворщик не большой.
Мне нужно зреть нагой Вас
Вашим телом и душой.
Знать, Вы моя привычка -
Мне не получить Вас вновь.
Не исцелить,
Не исцелить,
Не исцелить любовь.
Не исцелить любовь,
Не исцелить любовь.
Небеса несут ракет стальных полёт,
Священных книг открытых гнёт,
Врачей труд - сутки напролёт,
Но им не найти, как исцелить любовь -
Нет здесь лекарств таких,
(Скажи им, ангел)
Нет чище ничего, чтоб исцелить любовь.
Увидел Вас в метро я
И в автобус Ваш я сел.
Смотрел - лежали Вы со мной,
Проснулись - я глядел
На рук кольцо, на блеск волос,
Браслеты на кистях,
И я звал лишь Вас, я звал лишь Вас,
Но тише не сказать вновь:
Не исцелить,
Не исцелить,
Не исцелить любовь.
В пустую церковь я вошёл -
Куда идти вообще?
И сладчайший голос слышал - он
Прошептал душе:
"Не нужно тебе прощенье
За то, что так любил -
То сказано в Писаньях,
Записано в крови".
И я слышал сверху пенье -
Сонм ангельских тех слов:
Не исцелить,
Не исцелить,
Не исцелить любовь.
Не исцелить любовь,
Не исцелить любовь.
Небеса несут ракет стальных полёт,
Священных книг открытых гнёт,
Врачей труд - сутки напролёт,
Но им не найти, как исцелить любовь -
Нет здесь лекарств таких,
(Скажи им, ангел)
Нет чище ничего, чтоб исцелить любовь.
Ann DownSouth
To have been loved by this man must have been an incredible experience. His words touches every part of my being and I'm a total stranger. Just imagine this passion directed at you.
erepsekahs
Beautiful, just beautiful. Leonard Cohen says everything so perfectly. I have been a follower in this wonderful Cult of Cohen since I first heard him in 1972 when I lived in the McGill Ghetto and on Cote Des Neiges in the very, very early 1970's. There has never been anyone like him and probably never will be.
Aleksandra Saška Đurović
I agree with you. I am his follower too. Hi is perfect. For him ❤️❤️❤️
David D. Alejandro
Leonard you are the best songwriter in the world, thank you for your art.
Ron Rijnders
Thank you for the music, you will never be forgotten!
André Zaalberg
Was gibts ausser Lieve mensen in Oberwil bei Zug
André Zaalberg
Foreever and a Day, André Zaalberg
Kim Senior
There ain't no cure for Leonard Cohen! ❤
DM Giova
❤❤
Poisen Ivie
@DM Giova me too all I listen hoo for last 4 months ❤🎶🎵🎶