Bird on the Wire - Leonard Cohen

El otro dia confirmaron a Leonard Cohen como Premio de las Letras del Premio Principe de Asturias, a mi tanto me da quien le de el premio, pero me alegro mucho por el reconocimiento a un tipo letras, que muchas veces no pasan del libro de canciones del artista, pero que pueden ser mucho mas profundas que los mas reconocidos poetas, este canadiense tiene muchas canciones con letras fantasticas como Suzanne o Sisters of Mercy, pero la imagen de este "Pajaro en el alambre" siempre me ha fascinado.
Felicidades Leonard

"Bird on the Wire"

Like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.

Like a worm on a hook,
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.

Like a baby, stillborn,
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
He said to me, 'You must not ask for so much.'
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
She cried to me, 'Hey, why not ask for more?'

Oh like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.