Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (Lyric)

[@arib8367]

For anyone wondering, "hineni" is Hebrew for "here I am".

[@cristinachelariu1819]

Thanks for the clarification. Also, what does he mean by "You want it darker"?

[@hermite63]

Hineni, Hineni, I am ready my Lord...

[@MeT2338]

WE are killing the flame...

[@NatandGeorge]

Good ol' Kol Nidrei. . .

[@nenadcikic146]

tnx I was just to look for the meaning

[@simikess]

Does anyone else agree with me that Leonard Cohen, rather than Bob Dylan, should have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, for his poetry?

[@kh91132]

simikess I agree with you

[@raquelstrauss4139]

Yes.

[@ericgilbert8725]

Yes, but I love both!

[@otto4983]

Absolutely

[@jimmckie8818]

Both of them. Dylan's lyrics are divine, concise and amazingly lyrical. Been listening to the old bugger for 52 years now. :-)

[@zem7127]

Heard this in the Assassin's Creed Origins trailer, it's so good. His voice reminds me vaguely of Johnny Cash when he was older.

[@Jamesthechef0311]

No one writes lyrics like this. No one sounds like this

[@Wolfman-tx1ne]

James Brenner that’s what makes this song FUCKING AWESOME

[@GraeByorhil]

It's a different genre but I would recommend you take a look at Zach Hemsey, may I suggest you start with either "The Pursuit of Knowledge" or "Lesson From A Nomad"? Edit - temporarily forgot the name of the second song and fixed this.

[@navb0tactual]

Steve Downes sounds like a very slightly high pitched version of him... just a little bit

[@brotherchrisgr9070]

Have u listen songs of eminem?

[@55metsfan]

Cohen passed away shortly after releasing this song. And there is speculation that he knew that he was not long for the world when he wrote it.

[@tamarapetrov4990]

The creepiest thing is realising he wrote this when he knew he was dying. it's so apt for someone in his disease state. I feel him.... given in to the inevitival, but so much respect for never giving up and hiding his voice.. It makes me weep to know most of this album was recorded with him in his loungeroom chair...but SO grateful he gave us this! May his legend live on for many years!He is the grand master of poetry!

[@ИльяЛенин-е8у]

Да, это действительно так!!!

[@eileengabellini6935]

Just found this gem. What a beautiful last gift to the world. This is powerful. Bless you Leonard Cohen

[@MadonnaGrogan]

Not creepy just ready to go to next levei

[@Binknew]

💛🔥🕊️

[@DarrenAllison-i9k]

On top of you sold your sold it's really here.

[@UwUKawaiiAnimeFanUwU69]

Woah. I've literally never heard anything like this before. I've got chills.

[@DoctorFurioso]

You might like Scott 4 or Tilt by Scott Walker. He was a near contemporary of Leonard Cohen who also died recently, and worked on similar aesthetics of pop, folk, and classical overlayed with dark, cryptically poetic lyrics.

[@brianwade879]

It does that ! I found this guy not long ago. November December 2019. Hit a rough patch ! Suddenly homeless. Temporarily staying Garfield Park. Not far from the Hawks practice arena. A home in a row of homes. It's cold out. I'm on the stoop ! Got my headphones on. And my phone just goes to sum .. next song. And it was this one. I stand out, on this block. I'm fair skinned, Those that live on this block are not. Once I hit play, he's singing deep, I've got the chills listening... And these gorgeous young ladies are walking back and forth, looking me over. What's this doing. What's he listening to ? Now they too, are sitting on the stoop. I'm half way through this song, and I guess I started to sing... I go grab a Bluetooth speaker 🔊 And I share what I'm listening to ... They must sing in church ! They pick up the back vocal , like immediately. I'm blown away ! These girls are singing background vocals, to Lenord Cohen !

[@brianwade879]

Just hearing Lenord they can just go to choir ! Yep ! I was awestruck ! After that fist night.. I went out on the stoop, each night, after that, playing through Lenord's hits. These gals singing. Met their parents. We talked. They took it upon themselves, to introduce me, to the block ! For November and December, down the block, we sang and danced ! Lenord Cohan, they sang vocals, and Tupac ! Ha ! Man.. it was great, for a little while. Thank you neighbors, on 2500 block. Just south of Madison. I was so moved, I went to Pete's. This Mother has 3 kids. They're bumping me with the cart. This Mother looks up at me.. like, sorry dude ! My kids.... Yeah ! She's getting wrung up.. looking at me like, why you still here ? I say... Dude, let me pick up her tab ! And, can I get one of those trees ? He looks at me like.. you good for this ? Yeah ! Go get a 🎄 tree. She's like "what are you doing" ? Strange white man ? I said, "can I pay for your groceries" ? She looks at me like, I spoke French or something. I said yeah ! Let me treat you, and the kids. As the store assistant is placing the groceries in car, I say, bring that Christmas tree ! I help strap it to her hood. The whole time, she's looking at me like ? I don't even know you ! Yeah. That's ok !

[@brianwade879]

Hope she had a good Christmas 🌲 Compliments of Lenord Cohan. He got in my head. Took another tree home to my daughter. She scowled ! Dad ! I don't need you dancing with my neighbors ! You have to go. Wow. By Garfield Park ! It was swell meeting you ! And, yes, the girls were in the choir ! Just a block away. They pulled me in ! Welcomed me. Man. Lenord Cohan meets Garfield Park ! 🕊️

[@GuadalupePicasso]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Leonard Cohen! May his memory be eternal☦❤

[@MortenGrueSrensen]

Give this man a Nobel prize in literature ! This is just amazing.

[@AnnaBelangerAnnabelle]

TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ! ALL OF HIS MATERIAL IS AMAZING!!!

[@targarosko]

YES YES YES ........♥♥♥

[@fredngeoffphone1320]

bitchy queens

[@fredngeoffphone1320]

what happens when does the same thing

[@targarosko]

wow so so class !!!!

[@cullyschmetterling3963]

Leonard Cohen never disappoints. The older he becomes, the better his music.

[@wintherr3527]

Nope. His music has always been as good as this.

[@ishosharma3466]

NOBEL PRIZE FOR LEONARD COHEN IS OVERDUE :-)

[@kllk90]

Cully Schmetterling HE JUST DIED

[@noeldocrpsych2966]

rest in peace sir, what a poet, wordsmith you were!

[@woswasdenni1914]

kllk90 well that just means his next album will be on a whole new level

[@markv8]

I always come back to this song every time I'm at rock bottom and need strength to make a big decision in my life. Thank you Leonard. May you Rest in Peace.

[@MOGGS1942]

I've just woken to the news that Mr. Cohen has left us. My world has indeed become much darker. Knowing that countless millions of his fans' are sharing my pain, is a comfort, but nothing will ever be the same again. RIP, Sir., may you find eternal peace.

[@kerryg100]

brian morgan I concur

[@Theimbennn]

His physical being has left us but he is immortal and is cemented deep in history and heart. We the choir will keep singing his songs for the rest of all days. God bless

[@ViFeTeVi]

No one's world can be darker. Leonard's lyrics are the light that guide us. RIP, LC.

[@gitanaana]

I agree with you Brian ! My beloved long-lost friend Susan Brinckman in Montreal once rented Leonard her entire home- and moved out- so he could film "Beautiful Losers" . Maybe his songs can inspire us all though to take our own fading poems and lonely lives from the bottom shelf and refine them. By the way, what happened to Suzanne? His last letter to Marianne was very beautiful too- reaching out so he could "almost' touch her hand when she too was moving to the next dimension where he said he would soon be following. Happy they kept in touch... Listening over and over to Farewell Marianne and Suzanne, I wondered what his two beloveds looked like and saw pix here. I feel that Bob Dylan would gladly have wanted Leonard to have the Nobel Prize, At least they rushed Leonard's new CD out while he was still living. NAMASTE! - Ana ( sad sad about everything this past week! )

[@MOGGS1942]

The BBC rescheduled their BBC Four Channel last night, repeating a 1988 programme which featured a live concert, interspersed with interview snippets and ending with a visit to his home on Hydra, Greece, which he purchased for $1,500.00 back in 1966. As I watched the great man perform on stage and interact with interviewer and neighbours on Hydra, it became so much clearer just why he was so adored by so many, and for so long. His death at 82 came as a real bolt out of the blue, to me anyway. I just assumed he would go on forever. I'm glad he passed our way, and that I was introduced to his music by a girl friend whose name just happened to be - Marianne. Best wishes to you Ana.

[@RemusNeo]

"I am ready my lord."

[@roberttuiten8858]

iam not!!!

[@amicable5237]

Edgy twelve-year-old alert!

[@walkwithus9894]

It has been one year already, and it is the first time, i`m listening to this song. It is hard to describe, how much i love everything, Leonard Cohen has done. And that is the reason, why i was not ready to hear his last album, knowing, that there will be nothing more. I thought, i would cry. And now i`m not crying. Feeling, as if everything inside me was shaking. I know, he WAS ready. I`m still not.

[@otto4983]

We are never ready... well... except for Leonard... he was born ready...

[@karol__rol]

hineni, hineni

[@pbunting5143]

I love Cohen's conversations with God

[@Columba_Kos]

Indeed. Much of Cohen's art was either a conversation with God, or a celebration of a man's greatest treasure; his lover.

[@fabriciotavaresdemoraes9376]

His music has made us walk confortably through the darkness. His flame will not be killed.

[@mynameispolak]

Fabrício Tavares de Moraes well said, brother!

[@SecretCh0rd]

it seems our writing on the wall was Lorem Ipsum after all A higher tide will wash it all Wash it all away -Dessa, Sound the Bells

[@williambulsara3356]

Fabrício Tavares de Moraes 🌠

[@GoldcoastSurfCam]

Beautiful

[@Bang-bangBart]

You very casually threw out some poetry very very nice 👍

[@LaughingStock_]

"I am, ready, My Lord". Maybe you were, Dear Leonard . . . but we certainly weren't. Damn. We still need your light. Here. Now. Goodbye. And, thank-you.

[@jimmyjoe8225]

Martin Hugh hineni doesnt mean i am ready. it means here i am, or more powerfully, here i stand.

[@awendigowithinternetaccess4400]

Jimmy Joe He was referring to the actual English quote from the song you doofus.

[@GavinMaGrath]

Well said.

[@lindaelawson9415]

I fell in love with Cohen and his glorious gravel voice when I was 12. Never ready! I began to think he was immortal, would endlessly regale us with his dark brooding witty songs. Now, when I sing, "Hallelujah" and the line "I stand before the lord of song" -- I think of Leonard Cohen. Hallelujah. We miss you.

[@JOSHGD]

Beautiful

[@samsepiol4761]

John 3.19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

[@MichaelBeatonx]

And what is darker than to take the light and extinguish it? What deed more evil?

[@jacobsamorodin9937]

Leonard Cohen, blood lineage of the Jewish tribe of Levi, came to know the Lord (Adonai) whom you know as Jesus (Yeshua).

[@chrissonofpear1384]

What were they expect, after so much of the Old Testament conditioned them to kill those who claim a different God, though, @Sam Sepiol ? And it's no excuse for running with Matthew 27:25 so far, surely.

[@c.a.savage5689]

Not sure who is speaking to whom here. Is it Man reproaching God or vice versa?

[@janel342]

@@c.a.savage5689 Read on Google!

[@Herbiemassop]

Dear Leonard, The first time you came to my attention was in the 1960s during an English lesson, when your poems were put up as an example of modern poetry in the English language. Later a friend played one of your albums and since then hardly a day has gone by that I have not listened to at least one of your tracks. Many people think your music is dark or depressing. But during times of depression and during long nights when sleep eluded, you have kept me company and lifted my spirits. For over fifty years, you have been the one constant, the soundtrack of my life. And now that you have joined your muse in that big concert hall of fame, I cannot be sad because your soul lives on in the music that keeps playing as an accompaniment to my life. Sleep well my friend.

[@claraovejero3559]

Beautifully said Herman. I feel very much the same.

[@Okamiobidala]

Thank you for writing this for him x I feel similarly that this man is immortal x and he has accompanied me through the happiest moments and the saddest x

[@coryavila01]

Beautifully said! I enjoy reading people's stories, or in this case, more of an homage. Bless you and thank you for sharing.

[@elliotstannard5621]

"Hineni hineni... I'm ready my lord."

[@galabrielh]

Thats beautiful

[@Gew219]

Leonard should have been awarded the Nobel Prize instead of Dylan while he was still living. Cohen was a true poet and a musician, not only a rockman. His lines have the greatest depth of all the lyrics you can hear from a radio.

[@troolov6512]

yeah, but perhaps not instead but besides, and there are so many others unknown that deserve/d it

[@Gew219]

That's true but I'm still bitter and sorrowful that Leonard didn't get the recognition and prize he deserved before he died. If Nobel Comitee wanted to start to honour musicians and songwriters they should have started with Cohen. He brought poetry and music together in a perfect manner.

[@yuribotnarenko5010]

i thought of Leonard too when Dylan got the prize

[@MsTwelvemoons]

Totally agree!

[@dylanwaits2691]

Come now - it is not an either-or proposition... but both.

[@hiimcharlottecharlotte]

The weird thing about this song(I don't know whether to call it a song or poem), is that it hits you. It doesn't matter whether you're Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Hindu, Agnostic, or otherwise. I'm personally not religious, I have no god I believe in, and yet this song still hits me as hard as it hits my Jewish friend, and it hits all our friends the same. I see this as a testament to how powerful this song, and Leonard Cohen himself is.

[@lovejustifiesexistence]

Not as powerful as god himself

[@tiredaleir]

@@lovejustifiesexistence that wasn't what the comment was talking about tho...it's not talking about who or which is the most powerful one...

[@shaftdrive7567]

I love the personal writing, I suppose he added the religious bit coz bigger market.

[@honingbijtje83]

@@lovejustifiesexistence There is no god, all there is human made up stories that led to the death and suffering of billions of people.

[@johnnjuguna5352]

"I'm ready my Lord." Find God and submit.

[@po1897]

(im ready my lord) - and then died after ~1 month !! so emotional song wow. RIP

[@deennaemilio]

It wasn't a month, it was 2 weeks. This song released 10/20/16 and he died on 11/7/16

[@raddley1]

i knew hearing this song, that he was saying goodbye to us

[@yoshitadaihara1]

My wife died two years ago at the age of 52. I'm still in sadness.

[@christophermills7693]

I new he died but not that close. Yes it does make sense that this would be his good bye. It is also not the only entertainer to do this. When the Ultimate Warrior did his speech on his last appearance on raw, I turned at look at the screen and asked into the air why it sounded like he was giving his own urology.... he died 2 days later

[@carbo73]

@@deennaemilio wow, I didn't knew that!

[@bearh8956]

I grew up with Leonard.... can't believe so many younger fans have tuned in to this unique Canadian musical icon. His music is relevant for 3 generations!!!

[@rudolftrost3534]

And it will be for many more.

[@violetv4412]

Just discovered his music today im canadian and never knew about him til today Im 34

[@Speaking4lines]

literally just hearing this full song and man I'm blown away a bit speechless actually

[@georgiajanvier5118]

and more

[@kathleensalazar5222]

​@georgia janvier this is a song 🎵 that helps me to wanna live when zi don't aft3er special 2 animals were stolen from me.... jelos me deepky@ plsy this song when I go to b at oeace@ what a great muscian & piet what a pleasure to have this special song ! RIP Leonard ❤❤❤❤bless u for your gifts 🎁 ❤❤❤❤❤😂 peace ✌️ be with u

[@hawaiian8213]

I am here because my mom loved this song, and so did I. God bless

[@justlilyanne]

Nobel Prize for Leonard Cohen!

[@jean-pierrebernigaud8130]

Admiration bien au delà du Nobel ou de toute récompense humaine trop humaine pour Leonard I loved and love him for ever

[@not2tees]

“As I write this I’m thinking of my father’s unique blend of self-deprecation and dignity, his approachable elegance, his charisma without audacity, his old-world gentlemanliness and the hand-forged tower of his work.” - Adam Cohen, on his father's death.

[@johedges5946]

his son sounds like a poet too

[@Jazzinthecountry]

November 6th. Is anyone listening this morning?

[@subobjectclassifier7170]

Yes, on Nov 7th. The world seems significantly darker today 🤮

[@randomstardust1365]

November 9

[@vidvictor]

@@subobjectclassifier7170nov 10

[@loucat2779]

November 11 still dark.

[@odradekk]

14. Rapist of minors dark today

[@aharon59]

I can't stop listening to this song. It touches me in a way nothing else I've heard in years comes close to . I have to have this album.

[@TheRealBarbDwyer]

Me too. Or, me three. Yeah. Me.

[@RobinHolland]

Same for me.

[@TheRealBarbDwyer]

Robin Holland Hineni. Has *got* to be the most powerful word I've ever heard. I just keep listening.

[@RobinHolland]

+TheRealBarbDwyer I totally agree. Have been thinking about that word and all the implications.

[@TheRealBarbDwyer]

It *feels* the same as 'hokka-hey'.

[@MasalaiMeri]

Thank you for the Joy, Leonard Cohen. I will never forget you. Gratitude. Rest in peace.

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

You know you are not wasting your time while listening to a L.Cohen song. Poetry, philosophy, & a divine music to accompany it. One of the greatest who ever penned a song. Each word is deep and existential.

[@emilyb117]

I completely agree. If humanity is still around 2000 years from now, THIS will be the piece to understand our generation.

[@jalander8817]

Each song is a flamboyant and unambiguous ode to Lucifer.

[@yemirz]

Real

[@NepetaLeijon]

@@jalander8817 well he's jewish so

[@toomuchrose]

There is a reason why Leonard Cohen can still do it at the age of 82. He has the gift that others don't. This album is a direct relation to Blackstar and The Skeleton Tree. Music that lives and communicates the human condition in a triumvirate of albums that have somehow aligned like the Earth, Moon and Sun in a mysterious and beautiful way. Fabulous stuff Leonard.

[@ecetan1714]

toomuchrose

[@bertus161057]

well spoken

[@culturalfatwa]

Beautifully put ... when 'Lenny' was asked about Bob's Nobel prize he put it more or less like this...they put a marker on mount everest to state it was the tallest mountain in the world? Class act...

[@culturalfatwa]

...interview pay walled unfortunately but if you have the access...www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/culture/leonard-cohen-hey-thats-some-way-to-say-goodbye-00tc2sx9n

[@culturalfatwa]

...interview pay walled unfortunately but if you have the access...www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/culture/leonard-cohen-hey-thats-some-way-to-say-goodbye-00tc2sx9n

[@MultiPhillygirl]

Still my favourite Poet and song man. From 1967!

[@ailaranta2606]

These are not 'songs', his every poem is a heavenly Masterpiece in music. And I don't simply listen but get overwhelmed with joy and love.

[@UnknownUPO]

Go meet your muse, Leonard. RIP

[@Riskmangler]

The muse will be meeting Leonard, actually.

[@UnknownUPO]

Just as long as they shake hands and say hello.Riskmangler

[@emontehernanz]

Riskmangler DEP

[@vibekeaagaard4180]

Will Greene

[@issammohanna2206]

We will all follow him to purgatory.

[@JackTR21]

I get chills and tears every time I hear the line "I'm ready my Lord." Cohen delivered it with such conviction.

[@MadonnaGrogan]

My dad said this before he died,precious

[@anitahenderson8888]

Incredibly beautiful words. Like fine wine. He just get better the older I get. ❤

[@burningburney94]

.......and darker it has gotten.

[@kermeey]

but for him, there may be light

[@williambulsara3356]

burningburney94 he is in the light now and painfree: an Angel.❤️❤️❤️

[@dominicpelle7841]

....how Dum... Like the beautiful Cohen would in any way be able to relate to the darkness of Trump...

[@billybangbang9180]

You need to go fuck off...Kim Jong Dum !!!

[@lizpinchen6440]

What was great about Cohen was his ability to express both light and darkness so well. Life is both beauty & terror...

[@TheRWE12]

You Want It Darker - is perhaps the best late-career album ever made by an artist. Stirring, melodic and important.

[@STATFANs]

What about Blackstar?

[@TheRWE12]

@@STATFANs yeah that too

[@crystalbelle2349]

[@AryaLyra]

Viva American Gods! Greatest movie series ever) Who else came from there?)

[@cherrycola542]

"we work in the dark, and serve the light. We Are Assassins"

[@bethjeans3780]

Listening to Leonard Cohen since 1969, still as amazed, delighted, and shaken. Thank you.

[@briancox3691]

And me 3 years before that... Beautiful...

[@howarddirkson2921]

amen

[@uncleruckus1160]

Beth Jeans he's dead

[@leo9lady]

SO?? How does that dispute what she wrote?

[@suzyhager1]

I think it's weird I was 16 in 1969 and never heard of Leonard until I moved in with a musician 7 years ago. In high school it was the Beatles, Motown, etc. But I'm his fan now. I grew up in PA

[@alexcostas2278]

American Gods brought me here and I must say this one is on another level!

[@lewiskazinsky7334]

The show that has become as slow, repetitive and sparse as this song - only this song actually works 😂

[@AryaLyra]

@@alexcostas2278 me too Greatest movies series ever! Especially Laura-Swenney line)

[@chayacohenit2879]

Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my lord. הנני ,עני אני מוכן,אלוהי . Two weeks ago,Leonard Cohen released this song, tonight we lost an outstanding musician,with his deep voice, and sensitive lyrics touched everybody's hearts. Rest In Peace.

[@iwakiram]

An Amazing Song Performed By An Amazing Musician; this song is personally very topical today.

[@chayacohenit2879]

Antto Miettinen yes.

[@JosStrengholt]

and a specific reference to Psalm 40:8 and Hebrews 10:7.

[@Braglemaster123]

Chaya Cohen Baruch HaShem

[@elliegreen4738]

This is one of the best songs I've ever heard there is something seductively dark about it but maybe that is just me. Love the way Leonard sings, his voice is so deep and additionally it's as though he shares some of who he is with the listener. R.I.P. Leonard

[@smartalek180]

Tho I'm sure there are others, I cannot think of any off the top of my head: A pop-star (maybe A-List, maybe just hi B-List?) from the 1960s - '70s who wasn't content to just rest on his laurels, doing endless Greatest-hits medleys to crowds of ancient fans desperately trying to keep some kind of hold on their long-faded youth... He was writing & performing some of his finest, deepest, most hypnotic, most powerful work right up to the very end. SO blessed to have had him.

[@submonicass]

Tears falls everytime. We lost a poet, there will never again be such an artist, such a voice, such a poet of music, such a great man.

[@stephentownsend6637]

Hello Monica....

[@davecraft61]

I'm hopeful Nick Cave can carry the torch some...

[@briankelly85]

Do not stand at my gave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow.I am the sunlight On the ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn’s rain.When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift uplifting rushof quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night.Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die.My Spirit is still alive…

[@buddyollie180]

brian kelly who wrote that?

[@broscosmoline]

@@buddyollie180 Mary Elizabeth Frye, sometime in the 1930's.

[@ninthfloor33020]

“Billions” brought me here.. season 3 episode 3. Anyone else? RIP L.C. 🙏🏼

[@boudicca9807]

Yes, me too! Only a couple of weeks ago.

[@mackielunkey2205]

Bones and All brought me here. What a badass song.

[@CharlieJackson]

same

[@cloglighter]

What an amazing way to say "Good bye"

[@sturmraist50]

Godspeed, maestro. You knew you'd be joining Marianne soon. And you left us with this final word. Thank you, Leonard.

[@enigma3834]

"A million candles for a love that never came" "You want it darker" "We killed a flame" Damn......I feel this so much

[@hanjuabeatin8835]

Help not love

[@Bloodsport0176]

@@hanjuabeatin8835 Did u even listen to the whole song? 2:50 go check it !

[@wizardo9226]

*the flame

[@tfoster1869]

This song can mean so mannnnyyyy things. What is dark and still pure?

[@maartenvanhoven1096]

Eternity She said: "Leonard Cohen is dead." I said: "Who is Leonard Cohen?" She played his music and cried. For her Leonard Cohen had just died, for me he had just been born. Rodaan Al Galidi (translated from Dutch)

[@stevemuller8320]

Maarten van Hoven 👍

[@maarten9272]

Maarten van Hoven Wie is 'zij'?

[@KheglenAnn]

Beautiful

[@ridder_city]

Great, I've translated that into Russian as well. That sound is really international.

[@JohnDoeTheGoodGuy]

Isn't an Iraqi-Dutch poet or something?

[@DonBonin]

RIP. My Canadian heart is so much bigger for having loved you.

[@Bethlehem-su8qv]

I MUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP

[@dkv1201]

Creative people transcend death.. Their work immortalises them...

[@theresaamick9797]

Dev Kumar still, it's not much consolation due to inability to believe in anything other than nonexistence.

[@marieschwarz6185]

Oui, Monsieur COHEN est toujours présent...tant ses textes, ses musiques, son HUMANITÉ , sa vision du monde étaient JUSTES.

[@dennisdavey1590]

Wow you know 4 Ever and ever [e-mail]

[@dennisdavey1590]

Wow you know. So far so good. Ever and ever [e-mail]

[@eileennapier2188]

My forever Love. You still have it. x

[@peterdoris320]

Eileen Napier i

[@eileennapier2188]

Rejoice In Paradise. X

[@MegaFount]

Hineni, in Hebrew means, here I am. It is the response Abraham gives when God calls on him to sacrifice his son Isaac.

[@TalkingBurit0]

2 rock legends go out with absolute art, Bowie and Cohen two music greats

[@TalkingBurit0]

I'm very big on lyrics I think that's why I kept listening to this song as this is true poetry

[@suesjoy]

Yes- that was amazing. Two great artists, knew how to die, and left something beautiful and poignant for their fans to remember them by.

Well spoken!

[@seaturtlepoppy7679]

Crappy bookends to a crappy year.

[@cretan982]

Greatest lyricist ever.

[@einweltenwanderer]

This will never die, Never be forgotten. ❤

[@asewestvik]

My heart is broken. I can't believe you are gone to the other side. Rest in perfect peace

[@nancym.fuller3098]

RIP Leonard Cohen, badass till the end.

[@JohnM-oo7io]

On each consequitive album, Leonard's voice got deeper and deeper!!!! Superb Voice!!!

[@ThatsWhenItkickedin]

im an old hippie. leonard is better than ever. the lyrics are chilling. to me, it is his conversation with god, and god's need for more human suffering. he says in hebrew at the end ''im ready''

[@richardcourchene7477]

A true Canadian legend. RIP. He will be truly missed.

[@ЕленаГриггорьева]

Завидую англоязычным! Жаль что не могу понять сразу о чем он поет! Но егл пение,голос,мелодия, Так завораживает,и каждый раз мурашки! Песни его все ч глубоким смыслом, заставляют задуматься о жизни, Обо всем! Баллады о Жизни!❤🎉🎉🎉

[@tatianalaurla2799]

Absolutely genious song! The new album is a masterpiece!

[@AltheaHekate]

All his albums are Masterpieces!;-))

[@catherinedevaublanc9924]

AltheaHekate l'île

[@AltheaHekate]

Ah, catherine, je suis, tres, tres triste..... Leonard Cohen, j'adore.... Je ne crois pas... Il est mort... Merci pour votre Songs, Mr Cohen.... Adieu mon Nightingale....

[@nelvthoen1029]

AltheaHekate

[@markgamble7699]

R.I.P. Leonard... May the angels carry you over to the light...

[@phoenixarmijo7553]

No, Bob Dyllan deserves the Nobel prize. So does Leonard Cohen. Hopefully the committee will see.

[@hackedstalked6371]

THANK YOU MR.COHEN!! THANK YOU...

[@agolzad]

You said you were ready...... 🙁 rest in peace Leonard. You are irreplaceable in every way.

[@addewasurendra]

Whatever people may Feel ..This song is my Favorite hymn and Prayer ..So relatable as a Human😊

[@MultiDisasters]

This brings me back to January and listening to Blackstar after Bowie's death. Another goodbye this year... "I'm ready, my Lord".

[@Mathiske69]

indeed

[@TorkG8]

Couldn't agree more.

[@DusanMBasa]

R.I.P. Mr. Cohen, one of the best poets and songwriters in history of music, your songs will live forever. Thank you!

[@davecraft61]

What a poet.

[@BeaverVision]

And darker it has become. R.I.P. Leonard Cohen

[@deboramotapedro5706]

:( "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen RIP

[@neilgewirtzman9485]

Top 2 best album ever with Dark Side of the Moon.

[@nielsbloch-jensen7551]

At Rosenborg Excerserplads, Copenhagen in 2012 me and my wife was so furtunate to hear Leonard Cohen, and the 77 year-old grand old man gave a terrific concert, it held us spellbound in 3 hours. On stage he was so elegant, quiet and polite - it was a rare pleasure to be knowledgeable to his great poetry/ songs - may his soul rest in peace.

[@sherhak]

it's so much darker since your flame went out. i love you leonard cohen. RIP

[@--Dipanshu--]

"I am ready my lord" Yup... He was indeed.

[@dorisjaffe3511]

"Hineni" is Hebrew for "Here I Am" usually used in the context of a conversation between a person and G0d. This presentation is purely spiritual. It touched me to the core. This is now my favorite of all Leonard Cohen's masterpieces which include Take This Waltz and Dance Me to the End of Love. He should win an award for this.

[@KMTOLEDO]

Haunting song and incredible poetry.

[@reubenjames7779]

My lone regret is that I have but one "thumbs up" to give to this masterpiece,

[@humbertogatica6420]

Hineni, hineni: I am ready my Lord, RIP Leonard Cohen, sir

[@ladyblackstardust390]

From musician/humanitarian Peter Gabriel - ""Very sad to learn of the death of Leonard Cohen. Anyone looking at an empty page trying to write a song lyric sits in the shadow of the mountain that was Leonard Cohen. He knew the exact weight and flavour of every word and phrase he used and applied them with the precision of a surgeon. His unique voice painted unforgettable pictures that will stay with me and my generation until we drop. I met Leonard a few times, we were introduced by our American lawyer Marty Machat, who had represented him for many years. One time I met Leonard, he drove me around Montreal and I really got to enjoy his wicked sense of humour and all his droll commentaries. Through Marty, we also ended up as partners in a New York art gallery founded by Avril Giacobbi called the Art Palace. There is a big hole where he stood, we will miss you." - Peter Gabriel

[@philiphalpenny9761]

Lady BlackstarDust thank you for this post.

[@williamfritz189]

and yet when my roommate and I played the first album over and over, having bought it for "Suzanne', we marveled at the beauty of some but almost felt sorry for him over the audacious and crazy lyrics of others. He was an acquired taste then in l968 "when you're not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you've sinned" is a favorite, unforgettable line.

[@za1pp]

One of the greatest songs of all time. Man was great

[@beingmehede]

Love and Respect from BANGLADESH.

[@quoe1]

Adieu Leonard. Thank you.

[@AmazingNature365]

Amazing song ❤

[@guentifree]

RIP Leonard Cohen - you made a difference for so many of us. He was a poet & writer long before he was a musician. A very great poet and songwriter has left us. What a beautiful, talented, gracious man

[@WolffBachner]

This is the prayer that begins with "hineni he’ani mimaas, “Here am I, poor in deeds. . . .” No one knows who wrote it, and the trail ends going backward to about 1560. We know it is ancient and sacred to the Children of Israel, God's people. It was prayed in Ashkenazi Synagogue's during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and it proceeded Kaddish, the prayer for the departed dead. Leonard Cohen or as we knew him, Eliezer ben Nisan ha’Cohen, understood this prayer in the depth of his soul and used it to inspire his words of farewell, You Want It Darker, before he began his journey to the stars and beyond. May we all see you there one day, dear Leonard, if HaShem is willing. hineni he’ani mimaas. Here am I that am poor in deed, rattled and afraid in awe of Him who sits in wait for the praises of Israel, standing to plead before Him for His people Israel who have sent me, though I am not fit or worthy for the task. Therefore I ask you God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob Lord God, merciful God and forgiving God of Israel Shaddai, awesome and terrible, be You the expediter of my errand as I come to stand and plead for mercy for me and those who sent me. Pray do not convict them of my sins or obligate them for my transgressions, for I am a sinner and wrongdoer. Let them not be disgraced for my crimes and let them not be ashamed of me- and let me not be ashamed of them. And receive my prayer as the prayer of an old and experienced man, with a fair record and a full beard, a pleasant voice, and involvement in the minds of the people. And chide the devil lest he try me and let our banner over You be Love, and obscure our sins with love. Turn our fast-days and misfortunes to merriment and joy, to life and peace, for us and all Israel, for truth and peace we have loved. And let there be no stumbling block before my prayer. May it be Your will- Lord God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, great and mighty and awesome God, God above, “I will be what I will be”- that all the angels who assist in prayer may bring my prayer before Your throne of glory and spread it out before You for the sake of all the righteous and the gracious and innocent and honest and for the honor of Your great and terrible name. For You hear the prayer of Your people Israel with mercy. Blessed are You, who hears prayer. Amen.

[@WolffBachner]

Cohen found his place in the world. He fought with words and songs. But it is going to get pitch dark soon.

[@Braglemaster123]

Wolff Bachner As a Jew, Mr Cohen put his love for Judaism in many of his songs. Baruch HaShem

[@WolffBachner]

You did read my post right? I think it makes it quite clear that his devotion to and love for Judaism, despite any misgivings he might have had about the darkness of the human condition was the basis of much of his work. I am responding because I really puzzled as to why, after I posted a lengthy piece about the roots of the concept in our religion of Hineni and detailed some of the history of the prayer Cohen refers to, you felt compelled to remind me Leonard was Jewish and put his love for Judaism in his songs. That was the point of my post in the first place. I was trying to give readers who might be curious or interested a closer look at the majesty of the word Hineni by sharing the full prayer. I was trying to provide a more complete picture of the song. I do believe he was wishing us a fond farewell. tired, a bit sad, worried about the future he would not be part of, but still loving G*d with all his might. For me, it flies like an arrow to what is my single favorite line in the bible, from the Book of Samuel. "Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might" But this is not the place to study Torah or debate religion, so I will leave it at that. Lord Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom did a magnificent video on this song that is as fine a tribute to Leonard as anyone could ever hope to read, hear or see. I will find a link and add it here when I do. Baruch HaShem. AM YISRAEL CHAI.

[@coffeehugger]

Wolff, maybe youtube is for sure unholy place for Torah study, but it's still good comment. The song invites this sort of inspiration.

[@WolffBachner]

Cohen embraced his Jewishness. Denying it is nonsense.

[@chillax498]

"A million candles burning for the love that never came". Deep

[@JimmySteller]

Of all the celebrities that passed away in 2016, Leonard Cohen hit me hardest. I actually shed tears for this man whom I never got to meet or know, but whose music and poetry has been with me ever since I was a teenager.

[@triyaginait9474]

..память ему Вечная! спи с миром! мы помним тебя и любим!

[@nedmerrill5705]

He made himself ready, with this song. Godspeed, Mr. Cohen.

[@normwhalen6862]

Just when you think there's nowhere else left to go, he takes you there

[@88l64]

Exactly

[@BorisCr]

RIP Mister Leonard Cohen...

[@skovner]

A Mourner's Kaddish for Leonard - and for civilization

[@fieldsofgolification]

Genius artist. Once in a generation the gods send one.

[@sturmraist50]

The first recorded word we ever heard from Leonard was "Suzanne." The last recorded word we heard was "mine."

[@markwillingham5343]

He was being honest God loves that

[@debfenner7494]

RIP Leonard Cohen you will be missed but never forgotten.