Cohen, Leonard - Joan Of Arc Lyrics

It was deep into his fiery heart
He took the dust of joan of arc,
And then she clearly understood
If he was fire, oh then she must be wood.
I saw her wince, I saw her cry,
I saw the glory in her eye.
Myself I long for love and light,
But must it come so cruel, and oh so bright?

Transcending time and the fleeting life of human kind. Long live the voice of the poets

66 unlikes? Lol

Italian singer Fabrizio De André wrote a beautiful translation of this song

Joan of Arc one of the most impressing women in history!

*impressive

soooo wunderschön.danke

I've been listening to Leonard Cohen for 50 years and never understood this song; but reading Stephen Pyne's, "Winter Isn’t Coming. Prepare for the Pyrocene," helped a lot. https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/172842 Leonard was prophetic. I think he saw this coming. I miss Leonard terribly. It's nice to read these comments and see that so many others do too.

We heard the LP all day long and in night.

Myself I long for love and light,
But must it come so cruel, and oh so bright?

Very beautiful

broken girl warior

I think Bob Dylin copied him.

The Master.

I'm 38 and have been listening to Leonard Cohen for about 15 years. I listened to a lot of music before I found him. Since then he's been my number one, unparalleled and incomparable to any other. That feeling of inner peace and focus while listening to songs like this - it's serious but not sad or depressing. No, it's touching the soul deep inside and making the spirit grow. This man was a genius.

the lord of song!

First heard of him when i was 16, and now I'm 66 and his songs take me back in time, the best years of my youth in 1969,

I'm pretty sure I've heard every recording of this and this is by far my favourite.

Great !

an older boyfriend played this song for me when I was 21, so many years ago. I didn't know Cohen's music. for some reason I cried

Did you know he was a "monk" early in his life? "Cohen kept writing but toured and recorded with fading frequency the 1980s, and then spent five years (1994-99) in seclusion at the Mount Baldy Zen Monastery near Los Angeles. His lugubrious 1984 single “Hallelujah” became a hit again in 2008 after it was featured on the TV talent shows The X Factor and American Idol, and the next year he embarked on a triumphant world tour — his first live performances since 1994.

Leonard Cohen’s other albums include Death of a Ladies’ Man (1977), Various Positions (1984, including the single “Hallelujah”), Ten New Songs (2001) and Blue Alert (2006, with the singer Anjani). He was made a Companion to the Order of Canada in 2003, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

Poor Joan of Arc, miserable situation....she should have found someone to get her out of such hell.

She did...GOD! Her choice to defend her country against the English..."A hero of the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc remains a French national hero six centuries later. As a teenager she heard voices from on high urging her to save France from English domination. Despite being a young woman, she was placed at the head of an army; she attacked the English and forced them to retreat from Orléans. Later she was captured by the English, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake. In 1920 she was canonized by the Catholic Church." She was my choice of Saints for my Catholic Confirmation...She gave her life to GOD's Will, even though she suffered as Jesus Christ did. They say her heart kept on beating after they burned her at the stake...that takes courage, and her soldiers fought for France to run the English out...she was a hero to them..even wounded, she would not quit. GOD was her Master, and she rose above the physical...

@EARTH STEWARD, HEALER Geez, thanks for the history lesson...poor little me, I am such an ignoramus, but well, we can't all be so knowledgeable and well-informed on martyrdom.

Cohen is an extremely stupid, sad man and bad poet, disrespectful for history without the slightest understanding who Joan of Arc really (just have a look at historical facts) was. A major problem may be the English/American narrative, which ignores everything outside the Anglsaxon 5-eyes world or defines it as somewhow bad or weak, at least it is worth to be destroyed.

It sounds now like a poem dedicated to the burned cathedral.

Lovely piece of poetry....talk about hairs on the back of your neck rising!

One of the best songs of my dear friend Leonard.

I play the best of Leonard Cohen in the car, got it from HMV. Hey is HMV still going to be a going concern, cos despite all this downloading of music, it's still nice to drive out and buy the odd disc form HMV!!!

I realized - while I was writing about Jeanne d'Arc - LUDWIG BEETHOVEN's 5th was playing - His music IMMEDIATELY restored my CONSCIOUSNESS - LEONARD meet LUDWIG!
Which REMINDS ME - RICHARD WAGNER's work 'THE FLYING DUTCHMAN " and
MODESTE MOUSSORGSKY's " GATES OF KIEV " Thank you Leonard GOD BLESS US ALL

"TO BE THE ONE - TO BE HIS ONLY BRIDE" Thank you Leonard, for EVERYTHING

great song. there are a lot of great songs. this isn't the only great song, nor the greatest. I'm sure Leonard himself would tell you the same.

Oh we miss you .. we miss you ... well, Nevermind

epic...

I've had 3 great teachers and 3 great lovers. Cathy was the only one in both categories, and she gave me Leonard Cohen. All I can do is bow to her.

Legendado?

I did hear this song the first time in Vienna in 1972 and it swept me from my feet! Immediately he became my great love and will be as long as I life.I still think that this version is the best. RIP Leonhard!

Der Song ist großartig! Das Holz sind die Männer und das Feuer die Frauen. Absolute fatale Leidenschaft, das Holz brennt ab und das Feuer geht aus!

Adoro esta canção ❤️

I have listened to this song for years and I find that it is so remarkable on all aspects, words,sound,construction,speed and for the life of me cannot explain why it is so hypnotic,the epitome of sheer unadulterated brilliance, it cannot be beaten by anyone. Thank you for posting.

And high above the wedding guests, he hung the ashes of her wedding dress - SAVAGE!

So atmospheric, i only hope that people acknowledge the sheer talent of Leonard, nobody today comes anywhere near to what this man has achieved , I have listened to him from 1967 and his songs are as relevant today as then, unbeatable and unparalleled.

This will probably sound like an exaggeration, but I believe he's the most all round musician of all time.

YES ! YES ! YES !

@Ali Mohamed you are right: it is an exaggeration.

Inspiration - like always

"If he was fire, well then, she must be wood..." always my favorite phrase in this song. ;)

I was driving home earlier and this was on - I was once more in tears! A perfect blend of voice, melody, lyric and subject!

Our generation witnessd some really good songd givin our lives a shape.
Thank you Uncle Cohen.

This seemed a good song to revive on a scorchingly hot day ...

I love this song/poem.
Amazing!

Amen to all of your comments. Such an important person in my life.

the story of la pucelle has haunted me most of my 65 years. i truly believed in her divinity and her visions. this song, these lyrics put a crowning touch on my devotion.

After reading a short story with my students about Joan of Arc, I will share this song and lyrics and the Madonna song and lyrics to "Joan of Arc"!

Cette chanson est une des meilleures jamais écrites, et composées... La voix de LeonardCohen, son articulation impeccable en font un chef d'oeuvre. Je l'ai entendu la chanter à l'Olympia de Paris, en 1976... Je ne l'oublierai jamais!

Great song and album!

https://www.labry.net/personal-reflections-joan-arc/

Garlic 'n fancy symbol and words of vomit ...you are already senseLESS

goodness, Leonard sounds like the drunk in the midnight choir!!! ouch my poor ears are bleeding

I’ve listened to Leonard for 47 years and this track still gets me.

great song.

the first time i heard this album i was struck by the depth of the lyrics. it came at a time when i was listening to songs more in tune with the sixties and early seventies, this album came like a bolt from the blue, and i became an instant fan of leonard cohen.
my first cohen concert came soon after, and it was something i will never forget, this unique gentle man standing alone on stage, so quiet and peaceful that you could hear a pin drop as the audience absorbed the songs that he gave to us that night.
songs of love and hate is an album that demands respect

Hi Lisa

05:45 until the end of song is so melnacholic, his voice, the chords amd the woman in the backgrond create such a sad atmosphere and there is so much pain in thiis part.

I'm afraid to attend a production of Shaw's "Saint Joan" because I just know they're going to play this horseshit song during the intermission.

Well, if they do, you might even learn something. Then you can go back to your Take That and Ed Sheeran garbage.

Then why are you wasting your time commenting on it, dumbass?

If you don’t like a song, then just hit “unlike” and move on like a normal grownup.

goback3spaces, Why are people so offended by your freedom of expression? And BTW, Ian Thomas, Ed Sheeran and his sidekick Passenger are great!

no man to get her through this very smoky night nothing but fire and she could send the fire 🔥🔥🔥 such a cold and Lonesome heroin now she is the bride of Fire 🔥🔥🔥 May their Flames burn as one 🕀👰🙎🕀 thanks Leonard Cohen I always love you Joan of Arc ❤❤❤ Let the wedding Feast begin🌞 thank you Leonard for loving Joan of Arc🕀🙇🕀

I do not think that another WWII is needed right now thank you very much USA.!?

I love the song. But take away the music and it's my most favorite poem.

Ah poor Joan was it all worth it?

Deeply heart-moving. Fabrizio De Andrè has made the italian cover version, wonderfully

stetrak1967 to be perfectly honest with you I
hate the italian version.

MrpelleThe94 de gustibus...

De andre is an overrated wanker

Who do you like, talking about italian music?

I'm not into italian songwriting, except for Umberto Bindi, Battisti (some albums not all of them) and stuff like that. Italy back in the 60s, 70s had pretty decent singers, more than decent actually, but not great composers

i am so tired of the war, too.

for all the good that's done us so far.

they've summoned, they've summoned a thundercloud. They're going to hear from me.

A Jew in thrall to the fire of love and eternal sacrifice. Great art is made.

Goodness sake, who could not love that man,, the problem in all of this world is a battle about religion, I do not care what colour you face is,, you have the red blood inside you, the same as me,, we should all be one,, I do not care what your name is,, just be kind,, stop all this ,stupid fighting,, we only have one life, such a short time,, be happy, love your wife , love your kiddies,, enjoy this tiny time on earth, and stop all this stupid fighting, and my dear friend,, John Lennon would say, give peace a chance

They locked up a man who wanted to rule the world.
THE FOOLS they locked up the
wrong man.

And elected a new President

@Sarah Campbell and he is making peace with Kim in North Korea and has become the first president to enter N.Korea since the war in 1953. He said he would build a wall to keep Mexican drug dealers and rapists out of the USA.A man of his word and if I was a leader of a country I would do business with him.Stop being so negative.

Democracy is coming to the USA.

Good bye and thank you -you wrote so many beautiful songs, this might be my favorite one

What can I say, we have lost someone, I never ever imagined that he would be gone, but he has, I am so upset..

Jackie Irvine ....gone...but forever in our hearts eh Jackie..

Those last lines get me every time.

Gracias Maestro!

we say r.i.p but leonard was a believer in god n an afterlife so i'm sure he as gone home to the father

this is such a beautiful song like countless others of his...   "I saw her wince, I saw her cry, I saw the glory in her eye. Myself I long for love and light, but must it come so cruel, and oh so bright?     ♥ RIP Leonard

I have tried my hand at writing verse, but i never wrote anything i would submit the same day as Leonard Cohen. Yet i recall Leonard Cohen saying he wrote a lot -almost constantly, and the huge majority of what he wrote he scrapped. Who knows what treasures of poetry he threw away thinking we wouldn't love them?

@Budahbaba .. Hahaha.. Great !

Leonard was the Byron of our generation. He took the tragic end of Joan d' Arc and turned it into a love story where Joan is approached by Agni, the God of fire and married him, a positive, mystical ending to a tragic story. L.C. you are the best

Rest in Peace my friend!!

Pure Materpiece

Hi Bob, surely

Last poet is gone

You don't like Bob Dylan?

Towelie RG-400 Smart Towel I am an Austrian and I can understand every beautiful word he is singing! With Dylan I have great difficulties to understand him , speziell in his later Years. Sorry!!!

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Rest in Peace Leonard. You'll be missed.

HE SURE WILL FRIEND

Froever and ever and ever , with joy from all of us who love him

this song lives

this song rules!

rest well 🍃🍁🍂🌾🦋

RIP.  I had to find this at once and listen - my pick for the most beautiful song ever.

Me, too. I didn't find it in any of the top songs of Leonard Cohen lists so had to look it up. To me it encapsulates Mr. Cohen's life work -- the revealing fire of love.

*GRS _* I think i know what you mean about connecting to a song. My mother hated this particular song because of the immolation imagery, and made me skip it when we were listening together. She was very sensitive about anything that hinted of suffering. When she passed from cancer last year, i would sit here in my room and just play Cohen's *The Butcher* over & over for hours. And here i am in tears again just remembering it again.

Well. Bless his soul.

21 September 1932 - 7 November 2016

murielsartre 1934, not 1932

Oh my, oh my, this whole album is just timeless after 40 yrs. i'm still loving it.

this album is so crucial

Sunday, October 30, 2016: Shakespeare lovers, guess what? Was slavery ever abolished in the Americas? Was it? There are Shakespearean plays that have been banned in the Americas by Great Britain because this is what the Americans cannot take: They are just bad slavers who never abolished the slave trade or got rid of anything resembling slavery. There is still in existence as I pen this a tobacco slave trade in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. I myself as a young Cherokee Indian was put on a South Carolina slave block as a child and also was slaved out to the so-called undisclosed territories. Ask yourselves this, you Shakespeareans: Why is Justice John Roberts of Hogan & Hartson on the U.S. Supreme Kangaroo Court when he wants to boast of having had tobacco en bancs when he practiced law at the D.C. offices of Hogan & Hartson? Why brags purported UCLAW grad and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from Albany, New York that she was a paralegal and or a lawyer for big tobacco in New York City when tobacco was and is still a slave crop? Do tell, you comic actors! I entreat you to tell and to tell well here. And know ye and yee this: I as a Cherokee Indian took not a pen to rot for a fox trot at Leland Stanford, Jr. University in Palo Alto, California when I had what myth of old foretold: the last native will walk out of a life where she has been burnt in the eyes and elsewhere with tobacco on her skin as a baby and as a child and will later bear tobacco burn stigmata on a coast with bad water that no coal can breed coal tar with--that is California, folks. Why did Leland Stanford, Jr. University have the "Indians" or the "Indian" once as a mascot and then try to slave me, the only native American, and not for free? Ask yourself that. Even my F.B.I. criminal informant and gay Lubavic dishonorably discharged U.S. Marine father John August Mraz, Sr. couldn't figure that one out--how North Carolina could try to get me to clean the governor's mansion as a tobacco slave instead of paying for me to go to school as by law beyond treaty and ensign North Carolina was supposed to do; and how Leland Stanford Jr. University could steal everything that I penned or pencilled and then do what? Not even give me a scholarship for their thievery. You can shake a tree and call that what? Not art. That is for sure. I asked my father this once: If they need what I am producing, then don't they have some sort of idea of what sort of classes they should put me in for their theft? Don't certain so-called professors of bad faith and no breeding need my work more than others? That made sense to my Lubavic dishonorably discharged Natural Born Killer Full Metal Jacket Chicago Lying In Hospital Born father named John August Mraz, Sr. And it should make sense to you. So. Hear this now: Go make play and sport with what I have above written. I took a class from a British history professor at Leland Stanford, Jr. University when I got tobacco stigmata and there was an attempted kidnapping of me by some Hungarian porn actors like Cserhalmi Gyorgi right off of Palm Drive in Palo Alto, California on the Leland Stanford, Jr. University campus. I went to sleep once then and appeared in Colorado in the bed of some fake Native Americans who were really Korean. I actually disappeared from my bed then and totally freaked my landlady in Menlo Park, California out. The British historian about which I write above had a dossier on my father and could not believe what heinous crimes that the U.S. let him commit with their foreign aid moneys. That dossier was shared with Leland Stanford, Jr. University. What did it do? Did it at all protect me? No. It just continued to let Sally Mahoney as Registrar kite checks and also to permit Hoover Tower when I studied at Stanford in Berlin to have "Ungedankenes Kind" printed on my U.S. Passport. Fare thee well. Make art of it as I have.

Hello,, I don't imagine,, when Shakespear was writing, he had any idea of slavery, possibly in highways and byways of england,, very poor people,,

It is said that Leonard wrote this song about the singer Nico.

REALLY?

Eddie Black And who would the historic Joan of Arc be ?!!! Wikipedia!!!

Eddie Black Sorry you are absolutely right.I should have had read Wikipedia!!! But I left Austria 44 Years ago and from where I lived since, I never heard from Nico. Now the Internet made it possible!!! 🤓

...Big Mahalo's Lisa!! ...i forgot how amazing this song is...srf's up!!!

Tom Petty on a downer.

Probably recorded when Petty was a small boy.

Three "experts" did not like. They can write better songs, for sure.

Igal Flint No it really is actually. One of the best i think really grown on me.

@TheLads "No it really is actually"? What do you mean by that?

Igal Flint Its just a true masterpiece.

I know it since 72

Igal Flint Old man then ey?

This album is one of the greatest of all the time

You are spot on with that. Leonard Cohen is awesome.

Just one slight amendment, Daniel - it's THE greatest album of all time.

Ian Thomas Correct.

...and under appreciated.

I fully agree with you ...

This song is a vision from above, each time I am swept away by the madness and the brilliance of the song and the story below.

yeah right whatever, just put a sock in it and listen to the man.

The first time I heard it I became motionless, the pain can be felt in every second of the piece... I didn't even knew how Joan perished by the time I was listening to the song. It conveys a beautiful but dolorous message in the atmosphere it creates...

This cover art reminds me of one flew over the cuckoos nest...

+Sam Harrison And woah, those vocals are forward in the mix!

MCMURPHY'S TOOTHY GRIN ALMOST IDENTICAL TO COHEN'S

I think its just amazing in this digital world that a song from 1961 is still able to touch so many people. I still remember the very first time I heard this song (21st December 1973)

The greatest

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

just awsome.

I feel old

Miss him too.

Saying "No copyright infringement intended" in the description is like saying "No theft intended" while shoplifting.  I'm glad you posted it, but the disclaimer is just silly.

just listen to the music man, aint that what we are here for.

It is not silly because youtube often takes songs down that don't have that disclaimer.

@Eddie Black YouTube does not care about that disclaimer because it has no legal force. If the copyright owner requests that the song be taken down, YouTube will take it down, "disclaimer" or not.

L C has an amazing way of composing a masterpiece.