El isitatimende esikhishwe ngokushona kukaLeonard Cohen Ihamba kanje: "Silahlekelwe ngomunye wababehlonishwa kakhulu nababenemibono eminingi emculweni." Nokho, lesi sitatimende asicacisi indawo noma izimbangela zokufa.
Inothi liyamemezela a inhlonipho kumculi wase-Los Angeles, idolobha ahlala kulo umculi wenganekwane, ngosuku olusazonqunywa.
UCohen ube ngu ireferensi yomculo phakathi kwababhali bezingoma yavela ngeminyaka yawo-60s, esebenza kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe, ehlanganisa umculo nezinkondlo.
Kungekudala emakethe sinecwecwe lakhe elisha elithi "You Want It Darker", esinye isibonelo somsebenzi wakhe wokuchuma.
Ukuqala kwayo kanye nesitayela esingavamile
UCohen wazalwa ngo-September 21, 1934 eMontreal (Canada) emndenini wamaJuda. Kusukela esemncane waqala ube nentshisekelo ezinkondlo futhi, ikakhulukazi, emsebenzini weSpanishi Federico García Lorca.
Ngemva kokushicilela izincwadi zakhe zokuqala nezinkondlo nokuchitha isikhathi eside eGreece, uCohen wenza iculo lakhe lokuqala nge-albhamu. "Izingoma zikaLeonard Cohen" (1967), ethathwa njengobuciko obuhle, enezingoma eziye zangena emlandweni womculo, njengoba kwenzeka "Kude Kakhulu, Marianne" o "Suzanne".
Izwi lakhe elihlebayo, njengokuphululwa ezindlebeni zethu, ithuna nokujula kanye nalo isitayela sokubhala esiningilizayo, lapho ayexuba khona izinkulumo zothando nezindikimba ezingokomoya nezikhona, zangena ezilalelini ezazifuna okungaphezu kwamagama ezingoma zakhe.
Emsebenzini wakhe ophumelelayo, u-Cohen ube yisithenjwa sangempela sababhali bezingoma bazo zonke izizukulwane. Amanye amarekhodi aziwa kakhulu "Izingoma Zothando Nenzondo" (1971), "NginguMuntu Wakho" (1988) noma "Izikhundla Ezihlukahlukene" (1985). Ekugcineni kwavela "Haleluya", enye yezingoma zakhe ezidume kakhulu.
Ngawo-90s, umculi waseCanada wathatha umhlalaphansi isikhashana. Phakathi kwezinye izinto ngoba wafunda ukuthi ummeleli wakhe uKelley Lynch wayemkhohlisile futhi wamshiya onqenqemeni lwencithakalo.
Ekubuyeleni kwakhe kulesi sikhathi, waphinde wasimangalisa "Imibono Yakudala"(2012), "Izinkinga Ezidumile" (2014) kanye nesiqephu sayo somculo "Ufuna Kumnyama", engene emakethe kulo nyaka, muva nje.
Kuyo yonke impilo yakhe, uLeonard Cohen hUthole imiklomelo ehlukene kanye nokuhlonishwa. Ukugqamisa Umklomelo wethu weNkosana ye-Asturias Wezincwadi, etholwe ngo-2011.
Imicabango yakhe yakamuva
Engxoxweni ka-Okthoba ye-"The New Yorker," UCohen wathi ukulungele ukufa, nakuba ecele ukuthi kungabi "buhlungu kakhulu." Futhi waphetha isitatimende ngezwi elinamandla "Yilokho okwami."
Akubanga kudala lapho ungqondongqondo waseCanada wayelahlekelwe imnyuziyamu yakhe uMarianne Ihlen, oshone ngoJulayi odlule. Ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, azi ukuthi konke kwakumlahlekele, wambhalela incwadi ethi: “Marianne, sesifinyelele kuleli qophelo lapho sesibadala kangangokuthi imizimba yethu iyahlakazeka futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ngizokulandela maduze nje. Ngiseduze kwakho kangangokuthi uma ufinyelela isandla, ngicabanga ukuthi ungafinyelela kweyami, ”kusho yena.
Kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho uvele eLos Angeles, ukwethula icwecwe lakhe lakamuva, ethi amazwi akhe okuthi ukulungele ukufa ayenehaba, ukuthi empeleni wayenenhloso eqinile yokufinyelela iminyaka engu-120.
Kulokhu ukubonakala kokugcina, UCohen wahamba kancane futhi ekhuluma ngamandla amancane. Kodwa izwi lakhe elimangalisayo lisangena ezindlebeni zezethameli, ikakhulukazi ngokujula kwalo kanye nalelo zwi elikhethekile elihlale limchaza.
Imininingwane ebalulekile ukuthi, kulokhu kubonakala, wayengasigqokile isigqoko esisibone sonke ukuphila kwakhe konke.
Ukusabela ekufeni kwakho
Abazange bephuze ukukhiqiza ukubonakaliswa okuhlukile kuze kube sekufeni kukaCohen. UNdunankulu waseCanada uJustin Trudeau Uthe ekhasini lakhe le-Twitter: “Awukho umculo wanoma yimuphi omunye umculi ozwakala futhi ozwakala njengokaLeonard Cohen. Umsebenzi wakhe wafinyelela izizukulwane. ICanada nomhlaba uzomkhumbula.
UJustin Timberlake ushilo ngoCohen ukuthi uke waba khona "Umoya nomphefumulo ngaphandle kokuqhathaniswa."
I-Grammy Academy, eyaklomelisa u-Cohen ngendondo yayo ye-Lifetime Achievement Award ngo-2010, ukhiphe isitatimende esithi: “Kuwo wonke umsebenzi onethonya owathatha iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu, uLeonard waba ngomunye wezimbongi ezikhonzwe kakhulu ze-pop nesithenjwa sabaqambi abaningi (…) Uzomkhumbula kakhulu ”.
Cohen kanye nezinkondlo
Ngaphezu komculo wakhe, uLeonard Cohen ubuye waba owaziwa njengembongi enkulu, njengoba kufakazelwa uMklomelo Wezincwadi WeNkosana yase-Asturias, ofanayo nalowo owatholwa uGünter Grass, u-Amos Oz kanye no-Paul Auster.
Lapho ethola lo mklomelo, uCohen wayethi, “Bengilokhu nginawo Imizwa engacacile mayelana nezindondo zezinkondlo. Izinkondlo zivela endaweni okungekho muntu oyilawulayo futhi ongayinqobi. Ngakho-ke ngizizwa ngifana ne-charlatan eyamukela umklomelo ngomsebenzi engingenawo amakhono. "
Incwadi yokuqala kaCohen, inhlanganisela yezinkondlo, yanyatheliswa ngo-1956, lapho eneminyaka engu-22 kuphela ubudala. Umsebenzi wakhe wokuba yimbongi waqhubeka kanye nezincwadi zakhe, ikakhulukazi ngeminyaka yama-60s, unyaka aqala ngawo emkhathini womculo we-pop.
UCohen uthe ungene emculweni ngoba engakwazi ukuziphilisa ngokuhaya izinkondlo.