Dance Me to the End of Love
Leonard Cohen Lyrics
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till 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 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 or 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
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Written by: Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and romantic relationships. Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. Read Full BioLeonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and romantic relationships. Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize.
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.
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.
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Elena Mamais
Dearest Theodoros, Λυπήθηκα με τα λόγια σου για τη μητέρα σου. Στην αρχή νόμιζα ότι ήταν ένα όμορφο ποίημα. Αλλά όχι - η μαμά σου είναι τώρα με τον πατέρα σου και χορεύουν σε αυτή τη μουσική.
Just in case you do not read Greek -
I was saddened by your eloquent words about your mother's passing. At first I honestly thought what a beautiful poem. But no - your mama is now with your father and I am sure they are dancing to this music that has so much Greek influence. Leonard Cohen lived on Lesbos I believe. He loved the Greek culture and clearly evident in this song - at least is it for me.
Δεν μπορώ να σας πω. - Μην κλαις, αλλά η καρδιά σου κλαίει. Ξέρω ότι είναι δύσκολο.
I will light a candle for your mom and your dad tomorrow Friday eve for - 5th Salutations of the Theotokos. May her memory be eternal.
Be well you and your family.
A Greek Canadian from Toronto.
Elena
Penny G. Adventures
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 or 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
y mitchell
La la la la
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till 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
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
La la la la
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 /or 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
La la la la
shelest liubov
А меня муж с 5 лет любил.
20 лет прожила и бросила
Из-за его матери!!
Свекровь все чувства
Убила и по приезду в город
Где она жила просто
Потребовала через его
Начальника училища
Военного генерала развод.
Не хотел давать а я устала
От ведьмы которая
Командывала моим мужем
Вдали от неё 20 лет а рядом был бы ад!!!
Муж был золотой!!
И любил меня и маму тоже.
Вот и друга французского
Потеряла....
Здесь не пошла за него
Замуж!!
Не моя половина кричала и
2.4 года мучила обещаниями...
Купалась в его любви
Золоте подарках
Ресторанах
Танц балах шампанском
И все мне было не так....
Весь город знает как
Ноги вытирала...
Вот теперь нет человека
И рыдаю огромными
Слезами...
За все мне расплата.
3 раза ходила ра подачу
Документов и не пошла
Замуж...
Сейчас без документов и
Без денег и такого уже в
Мире не найду чтоб по
4тыс.евро в месяц тратил
На меня..
Всю самую дорогую
Одежду обувь парфюм
Золото покупал...
Деньгами засыпал и готов
Был все переписать на меня...
Но я не захотела...
Не Ален де Лон!!!
shelest liubov
СУПЕР КРАСИВАЯ🌹
ЛЮБОВЬ В ТАНЦЕ!!!
ВО ФРАНЦИИ НАНСИ
ПАРЫ ПО 90 ЛЕТ
ПРИЕЗЖАЮТ В ЗАЛЫ
ТОРЖЕСТВ И ТАНЦУЮТ,
СКЛОНИВ ГОЛОВУ НА
ПЛЕЧИ ДРУГ ДРУГ!!
И ЭТО ТАК УМИЛИТЕЛЬНО
И ТРОГАТЕЛЬНО!!!
ИХ ЧУСТВА НАПОЛНЕНЫ
ЛЮБОВЬЮ!!!!❣🤗❣
❣💃🏻🕺❣💃🏻🕺❣💃🏻🕺❣
shelest liubov
@валентина денисова
Да шикарные банкеты по
5 часов были !!!
Но вот с этим
Короновирусом все
Закрыто!!!
В четверг захоронение
Урны с прахом моего
Партнера по танцам и
Лучшего моего друга
Которого не оценила при
Жизни!!!🔥🙋♀️😥😥😥😥🕊
Sr. Bolainas De Iztapalapa
La voz del gran Cohen se escuchará por siempre, me atrevo a decir que la maravillosa voz de el y la de Barry White son las más relajantes que he escuchado, ¿alguien más a parte de este servidor tiene una copa de un buen licor y un buen cigarrillo disfrutando ésto?
María Jose Leiza
No se olvidará nunca , lo conocí personalmente en Oviedo Asturias ) . Un gran caballero !!!!!!!!
Viktor Anohin
,
хщш8хя
Nancy Lazo
NO.LO.MAS.IMPORTANTE.ES.TENER.A.JESUCRISTO.EN.TU.CORAZON.BENDICIONES.SALUDOS.DESDE.U.S.A.UNION.N.J🇺🇸🙋🇨🇺🕊️
elba rios
No tengo la copa de licor ni el cigarro, pero si, me transporta a estar sentada escuchando y disfrutando esta bellísima canción en un sofá ;en una casa frente al mar viendo como las olas se recuestan en la arena y me traen mis nostalgias que estaban guardadas.
Агнесса Расновская
Скрипка не играет, а поёт, за душу берет, спасибо.
Tatyana Kolesnichenko
Шедевр!Читала перевод и плакала.Очень горькая песня.Концлагерь,девушку ведут в газовую камеру,а парень вроде играет в оркестрике возле.И повтор в тексте,,дансинг,т е , танцуй любовь моя..,пока ты танцуешь,я жива,или жив...Не помню,давно читала.Найдите в интернете перевод.
Chad Parks
86 Million views....I'd say Leonard hit this one out of the park. Definitely gets you in the mindset of lifes journey and beyond.
theodoros meliadis
I lost my mother Irene this morning
I lost my father George 6 years ago
I wish to find each other
They was such a good parents
They was together for 52 years
R.I.P Αναπαυθητε εν ειρήνη
Vaya Con Dios
Elena Mamais
@theodoros meliadis Thank you and your are welcome. Εγώ είμαι αυτη που ευχαριστεί εσένα. Keep well and safe. A warm embrace to you and your family.