Happy Seventy-Two to You, Dear Leonard...

Benedicta · Post by **Benedicta** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:01 am

Thanks for the songs Mr. Cohen , have a wonderful birthday.

Diane · Post by **Diane** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:23 am

Happy Birthday, Leonard.

Thanks for your beautiful art, and thanks for the people you bring to this place. I wish you a wonderful day.

Love,

Diane

Henning · Post by **Henning** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:08 am

Happy birthday, Leonard !

My verses might be outdated, but the refrain always works for good.

http://www.tea-and-oranges.de/mp3/hb.mp3

May you stay - forever young - and please don't worry - we don't expect a Jagger show on the stage next year - all we need is to listen to the man who was born with the gift of a golden voice.

Mirek · Post by **Mirek** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:27 am

Happy Birthday Leonard

Thanks for sharing your wise words with us.
Thanks for the music.
Thanks for the art.
Thanks for everything.

Greetings from Poland,

Mirek (fan from the 70s)
and his daughter Anna (fan from the craddle - 1984)

Juan · Post by **Juan** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:35 am

Happy Birthday Leonard!

- Juan

Annick · Post by **Annick** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:39 am

For this special day
allow me to wish you
the song of a bird to please your ears
a ray of sunshine to warm your skin
the wind’s caress in your hair
the fragrance of wild roses to delight your smell
the love of friends all around you
in few words:
Happy birthday, Mr Cohen.
Annick

echoes · Post by **echoes** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:49 pm

happy birthday mr. cohen!!
all the best to you!

and thank you so much

manuel jahnel

Frank Van Dael · Post by **Frank Van Dael** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:51 pm

Enjoy your birthday, Mr. Cohen. And thank you so much for being around.

Tchocolatl · Post by **Tchocolatl** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:51 pm

Happy Birthday Leonard Cohen

May we have the chance to have
the gift of your voice again soon

Thanks (again) for everything

Bernard · Post by **Bernard** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:11 pm

Dear Leonard,

The sun at dusk burns gold
The lake is silent
A wattle bends against the wind
A man grows old
Like a salmon dancer of the spring
And falls to the call of a winter's press
And a god's imagining

Happy birthday
Bernard

Tri-me · Post by **Tri-me** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:09 pm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Hope you have a great day where ever you are. All my best to you, Anjani and all your family. XXXOOO Hope you make it to Fredericton one day soon.

Those who go through
life knowing exactly
where they are going
never get the chance to
end up somewhere else.
chosen at random from
A Thousand Paths to Long Life
David Baird

niffin · Post by **niffin** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:15 pm

Happy birthday, Leonard!!

All the best
with love,

Viggy

Hanna · Post by **Hanna** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:16 pm

Dear Leonard,

Happy Birthday!

With love,
Hanna

Anne · Post by **Anne** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:47 pm

Happy Birthday, Leonard.

I wish you all the best.

Anne

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:31 pm

From Savage Fields to the Gaiafield, the Times they are a’changing, but you remain, Leonard Cohen. Thank you for decorating Silence so beautifully.

To think sanely must be to think against thought, and to think more deeply than thought.

***
These are words. But there are times when thinking can be faithful to its situation only by sitting still, and unclenching, and waiting to see what will happen.

Till it has done so, there are few words that can properly be spoken, or that finally need to be said.

Dennis Lee (1977)