Некоторое время назад искала себе для будильника устраивающий вариант песни "Hallelujah". Ее перепевали какое-то бессчетное количество раз, делая разные акценты и меняя куплеты.

В зависимости от исполнителя песня превращалась то в грустную, то в воодушевляющую, то в звеняще-тонкую, то в романтичную и даже сексуальную. И при всем желании и лирических допусках это определенно не love song.

Оригинальный текст написан Леонардом Коэном в 1984, в изначальном своем варианте он содержал отсылки к известным библейским сюжетам, да и вообще песня больше походила на госпел. В 1988 Коэн пишет куда более лирический вариант, оставляя музыку и почти полностью меняя слова. В одной статье здорово сказали: His versions - one Biblical and another secular - take us through a huge range of emotional places, with the different hallelujahs expressing despair, sexual ecstasy and religious devotion. Даже переводить не буду, на русском не так красиво.

Строки каждого варианта смело перемешиваются как самим Коэном, так и в каверах другими исполнителями. В результате наиболее известным вариантом песни сейчас является микс двух текстов в исполнении Руфуса Уэйнрайта, именно его композиция стала финальным саундтреком в Шреке.

Мне близок "светский" вариант текста и коэновское исполнение. Вообще это бесконечно грустная для меня песня. И это определенно не love song.

Тексты разных годов

Текст песни 1984 года

Текст песни 1988 года

Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this the fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light In every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though It all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah

Baby, I've been here before. I know this room, I've walked this floor. I used to live alone before I knew you. Yeah I've seen your flag on the marble arch, But listen, love is not some kind of victory march, No it's a cold and it's a very broken Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah... There was a time you let me know What's really going on below, Ah but now you never show it to me, do you? Yeah but I remember, yeah when I moved in you, And the holy dove, she was moving too, Yes every single breath that we drew was Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Maybe there's a God above, As for me, all I've ever seemed to learn from love Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you. Yeah but it's not a complaint that you hear tonight, It's not the laughter of someone who claims to have seen the light No it's a cold and it's a very lonely Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I learned to touch. I've told the truth, I didn't come all this way to fool you. Yeah even tough it all went wrong I'll stand right here before the Lord of Song With nothing on my lips but Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.