Lady Midnight — текст песни (Leonard Cohen)

I came by myself to a very crowded place;
I was looking for someone who had lines in her face.
I found her there but she was past all concern;
I asked her to hold me, I said, `Lady, unfold me,`
But she scorned me and she told me
I was dead and I could never return.
Well, I argued all night like so many have before,
Saying, `Whatever you give me, I seem to need so much more.`
Then she pointed at me where I kneeled on her floor,
She said, `Don`t try to use me or slyly refuse me,
Just win me or lose me,
It is this that the darkness is for.`

I cried, `Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old,
The stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold.`
`If we cry now,` she said, `it will just be ignored.`
So I walked through the morning, sweet early morning,
I could hear my lady calling,
`You`ve won me, you`ve won me, my lord,
You`ve won me, you`ve won me, my lord,
Yes, you`ve won me, you`ve won me, my lord,
Ah, you`ve won me, you`ve won me, my lord,
Ah, you`ve won me, you`ve won me, my lord.`