Στην Ύδρα ο Leonard Cohen έζησε για μήνες και αγόρασε το σπίτι του στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 60. Εκεί γνώρισε και τραγούδησε τη Marianne, εκεί ξεκίνησε να γράφει το Bird on The Wire, εκεί έγραψε και τα παρακάτω κάπου 25 χρόνια αργότερα:
Days of Kindness
Greece is a good place
To look at the moon, isn´t it
You can read by moonlight
You can read on the terrace
To look at the moon, isn´t it
You can read by moonlight
You can read on the terrace
You can see a face
As you saw it when you were young
There was good light then
Oil lamps and candles
And those little flames
That floated on a cork in olive oil
What I loved in my old life
I haven´t forgotten
It lives in my spine
Marianne and the child
The days of kindness
It rises in my spine
As you saw it when you were young
There was good light then
Oil lamps and candles
And those little flames
That floated on a cork in olive oil
What I loved in my old life
I haven´t forgotten
It lives in my spine
Marianne and the child
The days of kindness
It rises in my spine
And it manifests as tears
I pray that a loving memory
Exists for them too
The precious ones I overthrew
For an education in the world
I pray that a loving memory
Exists for them too
The precious ones I overthrew
For an education in the world
υγ. Ο Leonard Cohen, το πούλησε το σπίτι στο νησί. Έφυγε απ’ τη ζωή και ο καρδιακός του Υδραίος φίλος που το συντηρούσε. Από ανακοπή, μεθυσμένος και χτυπημένος από χέρι αστυνομικού (δυστυχώς, δε μπόρεσα να εντοπίσω το σχετικό link).