Oui, je sais bien que les paroles choisies pour illustrer cette soirée du 30 janvier 2025 ne concernent pas la Marianne dont il est question aujourd’hui, mais une autre. Léonard Cohen disait adieu à sa Marianne dans la chanson, mais quels meilleurs mots pour dire adieu à notre Marianne que ceux-ci ?
C’est ce soir que Marianne Faithfull a quitté la scène pour toujours, il pleuvait sur Egg bei Zürich.
Come over to the window, my little darling,
I’d like to try to read your palm.
I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy
Before I let you take me home.
Now so long, Marianne, it’s time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
Mini diaporama : il faut cliquer sur les côtés des images pour voir la suite.
We met when we were almost young
Deep in the green lilac park.
You held on to me like I was a crucifix,
As we went kneeling through the dark.
Oh so long, Marianne, it’s time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
Your letters they all say that you’re beside me now.
Then why do I feel alone?
I’m standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
Is fastening my ankle to a stone.
Now so long, Marianne, it’s time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
Mini diaporama : il faut cliquer sur les côtés des images pour voir la suite.
For now I need your hidden love.
I’m cold as a new razor blade.
You left when I told you I was curious,
I never said that I was brave.
Oh so long, Marianne, it’s time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
Oh, you are really such a pretty one.
I see you’ve gone and changed your name again.
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside,
To wash my eyelids in the rain!
Oh so long, Marianne, it’s time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
Mini diaporama : il faut cliquer sur les côtés des images pour voir la suite.
Adieu Marianne.
Ici la chanson par Léonard Cohen.
