HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEONARD!

[carinem]

To my beloved artist : singer, poet and writter ... the only and rare, the unique Leonard Cohen : HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
Lots of TRUE LOVE in your heart FOR EVER and many many years to come to give us your talent, your charisma and your generosity ...
Today, I got the "Golden ticket" tfor the 25th of November to see you at the Olympia in Paris, where I live.
I'll see you before in Geneva on the 26th of October ...
LOVE LOVE LOVE
Carine.

[liverpoolken]

Happy Birthday Mr Cohen

May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay forever young

Ta Ken

[Sophia]

[UrPal]

Many happy returns, old stick.

Time, it's a bugger ain't it. Stands still for no man & all that. Here's hoping you don't feel your age for many years to come. Keep on hopping & a-skippin'.

Thanks for visiting Manchester... so often.

Don't catch a winter cold . And take care going home, circuitously

I hope its as much fun for you as the rest of us. May every day be unique and vital.

[carinem]

again Carine ...
for this special day, to you Leonard (as I an french, armenian and born in Lebanon), this beautiful poem from Gibran celebrating LOVE ...
WISHING YOU TRUE LOVE FOREVER AND HARMONY IN YOUR LIFE AND YOUR HEART !

Kahlil Gibran on Love (poem from "the Prophet")

When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

[mnkyface]

Maybe it's the way
you rhymed Chevrolet

Maybe it's the sound
(How dare they compare you to a basset hound!)

Or an Easter Island head
in an unmade bed

I hear you make a mean chicken soup
Thanks, but, I'm nourished by your words
on a continuous loop

Even my 7-year-old knows
Everybody Knows

Your concert was expensive
but I didn't mind payin'

I'm so glad
you're not Ed McMahon




Happy Birthday Leonard! Thank you for your words and music.

Esther

[dina]

happy birthday leonard.
please enjoy these festive and adorable otters.
you're my favourite dude. just... just thanks. that's all.
much love and admiration.
dina

[Bela]

Joyeux Anniversaire, Monsieur Cohen!

Thank you for the joy you bring to our lives.

Hugs*

Jacqueline

*One can always dream, can't one? LOL!

[SHunter]

Happy Birthday Mr. Cohen. Thaks for The Music, The Words and the Grace. We'll be toasting to you good health today.

[Eva Maria]

Happy Birthday!

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[Davido]

Happy Birthday Mr. Cohen.
Here's to many more. Thankyou and stay happy.

Dave

[astrid]

Happy Birthday, dear Leonard, in my thoughts I`m sending you flowers and so many wishes that I cannot put in words. Thank you for being so special to many of us.

[dragos]

Happy birthday Leonard !

Many thanks for the wonderful concert you gave us this evening in Bucharest, Romania. It was outstanding!

[Inna]

Dear Leonard!

Happy Birthday!
I wish You many more years of health and creativity.
May You live until 120.
G-d willing I will have the privilege of seeing You performing in Israel next year.
Thank You for Your Art.
מזל טוב! עד 120 שנה

Sincerely Yours,
Inna.

[sanneka]

Happy Birthday Dear Leonard Cohen.
I have loved your songs and your poetry for 40 years and this summer I finally saw you live in Aarhus Denmark, an experience I will never forget.
As for so many others all over the world your music and words has made a tremendous difference in my life.
All my best wishes for the day, the touring season and for your life
Susanne Denmark