Suddenly the night has grown colder.
The god of love preparing to depart.
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
They slip between the sentries of the heart.
Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,
They gain the light, they formlessly entwine;
And radiant beyond your widest measure
They fall among the voices and the wine.
It’s not a trick, your senses all deceiving,
A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust –
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
Even though she sleeps upon your satin;
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
Do not say the moment was imagined;
Do not stoop to strategies like this.
As someone long prepared for this to happen,
Go firmly to the window. Drink it in.
Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing.
Your first commitments tangible again.
And you who had the honor of her evening,
And by that honor had your own restored –
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving;
Alexandra leaving with her lord.
Even though she sleeps upon your satin;
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
Do not say the moment was imagined;
Do not stoop to strategies like this.
As someone long prepared for the occasion;
In full command of every plan you wrecked –
Do not choose a coward’s explanation
that hides behind the cause and the effect.
And you who were bewildered by a meaning;
And you who were bewildered by a meaning;
Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed –
Say goodbye to Alexandra
编辑于2001/10/09更新

Alexandra Leaving歌词

Leonard Cohen

简介： Gipsy Kings（吉普赛国王合唱团）来自法国南部，成立于20世纪70年代，由西班牙着名的佛朗明哥音乐家Jose Reyes的两位儿子Nicolas和Andre Reyes及其表兄弟等共八人组成，

[ti:Alexandra leaving]
[ar:Leonard Cohen]
[al:ten new songs]
[by:ClaireTong]
[00:01.48]Suddenly the night has grown colder.
[00:10.04]The god of love preparing to depart.
[00:18.86]Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
[00:26.56]They slip between the sentries of the heart.
[00:33.10]
[00:33.75]Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,
[00:42.08]They gain the light, they formlessly entwine;
[00:51.22]And radiant beyond your widest measure
[00:59.65]They fall among the voices and the wine.
[01:05.90]
[01:08.22]It’s not a trick, your senses all deceiving,
[01:16.66]A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust –
[01:25.31]Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
[01:33.81]Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
[01:40.17]
[01:43.22]Even though she sleeps upon your satin;
[01:51.52]Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
[01:59.81]Do not say the moment was imagined;
[02:08.03]Do not stoop to strategies like this.
[02:14.50]
[02:16.17]As someone long prepared for this to happen,
[02:24.38]Go firmly to the window. Drink it in.
[02:31.33]Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing.
[02:40.65]Your first commitments tangible again.
[02:47.36]
[02:49.67]And you who had the honor of her evening,
[02:58.23]And by that honor had your own restored –
[03:06.46]Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving;
[03:15.87]Alexandra leaving with her lord.
[03:21.60]
[03:22.56]Even though she sleeps upon your satin;
[03:31.53]Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
[03:39.05]Do not say the moment was imagined;
[03:47.35]Do not stoop to strategies like this.
[03:56.00]
[03:57.65]As someone long prepared for the occasion;
[04:05.84]In full command of every plan you wrecked –
[04:14.27]Do not choose a coward’s explanation
[04:22.49]that hides behind the cause and the effect.
[04:28.17]
[04:29.16]And you who were bewildered by a meaning;
[04:29.24]
[04:29.62]And you who were bewildered by a meaning;
[04:37.46]Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed –
[04:45.89]Say goodbye to Alexandra";