HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEONARD!

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Oh, to be in Bucharest on 21 September 2008, with those fortunate few who will celebrate with you 8) .

The most resounding "Happy Birthday to You . . . " ever ~ in Roumanian, in English, or both... how beautiful.

Your performances have been gifts beyond measure... this will be your Hobbit Birthday, wherein the person being celebrated does the gift-giving. This has been your year, Leonard... and we have been the happy benefactors. A surprize Hobbit Birthday to us; and now, particularly for those in Bucharest, from you 8) .

So, Leonard, a Happy Hobbit Birthday to you, our friend :D ! May your years be many and your complaints be few. Sail on... sail on... oh, mighty ship of state. My admiration for you increases exponentially with each passing year.


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Best wishes for a wonderful 74th Leonard. Thanks so very much for all the joys you have brought us.

Love
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Happy birthday for the 21st.

The concerts I have been to this year were amazing it is hard to believe you will be 74. You have been a part of my life forever and always will be.

I wish you continued health and happiness you are a unique person.

Paula
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Happy Birthday Leonard!
I wish you health and happiness.
May you live at least as long as Roshi!
Thank you for your words and music, and your skipping off stage like an 8 year old.
You inspire me.
Best wishes
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Happy Birthday, Leonard!

You will live forever now, and I hope that you will live and enjoy life much longer in this universe.
May you skip forever (the best memory of seeing you at the O2 in London earlier this year).

La, la, la! (love always, love always, love always),

Annie from Scotland
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Happy Birthday!!! We will see again in Berlin :D :D :D . See you in Spain soon (I hope that).

CHEMA
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Happy Birthday!
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Many Happy Returns! I hope you had a wonderful Birthday. You can see how many people have been brought such joy with this tour! Many, like me, are seeing you for the first time 'in real life.' I never thought I would, and the moment you stepped onto the stage, every single one of my Birthdays arrived at once. My goodness! - that moment is golden for me.

You're my one hero and my touchstone. Huge thanks for all you've given over the years, and I wish you and your family all the happiness in the world. xxx
Oh bless the continuous stutter of the word being made into flesh

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Dear Leonard,
Well done in Montreal, and thank you for the finest concert I've ever attended.
I request that you live at least 10 more years, please.
It would really mean a lot to me, because then you will be twice my age.

xoxo
Manna

ps. I hope I live 10 more years too.
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Bom Dia, Aloha, Bonjour, Hello Leonard! :D This is my first reply in your forum. I am fortunate enough to have connected with Anjani and have been corresponding with her and other members of her forum for a while. I was born in Portugal, but have lived in Toronto for most of my life. I am 36 years old(utilizing the concept of "time"). Throughout much of my existence, your music, writing, and other artistic explorations have been and are an essential source of truth and healing via your deep exposure of all colours of the rainbow in a succession that includes the darkest of dark and the lightest of light. "The Book of Longing" is a collection of writings/songs and drawings that bare your bones in explicit nudity of body &soul with a purity/simplicity that incites a Native, Primitive, Primal, Respectful Sensuality that seeks to taste every flavour of beauty with humble insight, tangible, wordless courage, and a peaceful all-encompassing smile within an endless stream of laughter. "Little Song Bird Leonard" with the assertion and natural flow to reveal what is as it is, "Blue Alert", an atypical compilation of lyrics and songs, has found a home in my heart. The strong effect is one of combining the multiplicity of love vibrations in one's journies into the most gentle, considerate, eternal, passionate, erotic, playful, heartache recovery, discovery of what a "soulmate" is. I have written to Anjani that her voice, in conjunction with your lyrics, transports me to the sound of a woman who is sharp, mindful, soothing, fun, full of integrity, and aligned with the ability to surrender to the alchemy of universal magic that is focused on the "right" combination of elements which comprise an elevation to the heavenly skies. Anjani is a rare, true, Lady of Heart. :D I celebrate the day you were born, Leonard, as an emptiness that is full with radiance that comes in silence, stillness, and profound connection that holds you firm as you embrace the world through catharsis as the ultimate embrace of the cosmos. Your joy is real and your choices are uniquely grounded to the earth, which is heard in your voice and manifested in your destined ONE HEART :razz: Blessed union with Anjani. May you continue to display and venture into unknown, "forbidden", or mysterious zones of communication spontaneously giving way to discovery as you swim in sacred, salt water oceans that cure and endure in a glorious haven with Anjani. :D :razz:
Happy Reborn Day Everyday With Divine Energy Glowing on September 21st!
I send you much Luv and wishes for health and sweet, everlasting inner and outer ecstasy,
Gypsy Maria, or Maria ;-)
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Happy birthday, Mr. Cohen !
It's been a great pleasure to listen to you this year,
I wish you continuing your never-ending perpetual last tour in great health and spirits.
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Happy Birthday, Leonard!

Thank you for the wonderful concerts. You are truly amazing.

Wishing you many more years of health and happiness (and many more tours :D ).

Much love,

Mary
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Dear Leonard,

I want to wish you a very happy birthday and a wonderful day with your Love,your kids and your friends.
May all your dreams come true and I hope you will live forever ;-) !
Thanks for all the wonderful poems, you gave and give to us !

All the best from
Karin :razz:
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Happy Birthday, Leonard; thanks for sharing your gifts with the world.
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DESDE ARGENTINA, UN FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS A NUESTRO QUERIDO LEONARD COHEN !!!!!!!!!!! ES QUE ALGUN DÍA VENDRA A VISITARNOS? POR QUE NUNCA HA VENIDO A DAR UN CONCIERTO? ES NUESTRO IDOLO ABSOLUTO. LO ADORAMOS !!!!

mariana

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