The following was lifted from the 'Diamonds in the Lines' site at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pilgraeme/ where there is also a copy of the Lorca's Spanish original. "With the Lorca poem, the translation took 150 hours, just to get it into English that resembled - I would never presume to say duplic...

Back in 71, my Uncle had recorded a copy of Suzanne onto an old reel-to-reel tape recorder for my grandmother. When I found it I played it over and over not having any idea who the singer was. Then, later that summer I was on a school exchange visit to France. A large group of English and French stu...

:D Made absolutely made some of Cohen's tracks that will forever be etched into our hearts and minds. Take for example the live version of Dance me played on the BBC documentry of Cohen, I'm glad i'm going to greece in two days time!!!!!!!!!!!! That song will haunt me forever............esp on Gree...

Many thanks for posting the poem.

I wonder if Leonard has any manuscripts for this similar to others posted on Jarkko's site. It would be very interesting to follow the development from the initial inspiration to the final song.

Thanks again!

I agree. This is one of my favourites. I saw Leonard do this in 88 and 93. Both times at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Both great concerts! Does anybody know where I can get a copy of the Lorca poem on which this is based? I'm afraid I'd need an English translation, although I would be interested...