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This article was posted here about a month ago: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/leonard-cohen-makes-it-darker Discussion: https://news.yco
by kafkaesq 10y ago
This article was posted here about a month ago:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/leonard-cohen-makes-it-darker
Discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12700141
Interestingly, I was thinking about him on the subway just before surfacing to see above thread pop up. Very glad that I got to catch up on his bio (and to see him live a few years back) before his departure.
2016 - what a year.
- carlsborg 10y ago"Hineni hineni. I'm ready my Lord." from "Make it Darker" nb: The word 'Hineni' means 'Here I am' in a spiritual sense, which is what Abraham says and means to God to indicate his readiness when he is called.
- azernik 10y ago"Hineni" means "here I am" in a literal sense too - Cohen happens to be making a biblical/spiritual reference there, but like most lines from the (Hebrew) bible, the language is very plain and straightforward.