A la vez y coinciendo que hoy he tenido una agradable comida al son de Leonard Cohen, en el reportage, Maziar Bahar hace referencia a varias canciones precisamente de este artista. De estas referencias destaco la primera, la canción “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye“, canción que le traía paz a su interior y le daba fuerzas en el duro cautiverio sobretodo gracias a sus 4 primeros versos que le recordaban a su bella mujer Paola:
our kisses deep and warm,
your hair upon the pillow
like a sleepy golden storm,
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La letra entera
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
“I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
but now it’s come to distances and both of us must try,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye.
I’m not looking for another as I wander in my time,
walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
you know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
it’s just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
but let’s not talk of love or chains and things we can’t untie,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye.
I loved you in the morning,our kisses deep and warm,…”
