Ab und zu sei die Präsentation eines nicht-griechischen, aber bemerkenswerten Textes gestattet.

„A Thousand Kisses Deep“ war eine Art Lebenswerk von Leonard Cohen, zu dem er ca. 20 bis 30 Strophen geschrieben hat. Folgende Strophen stellen also eine kleine Auswahl dar:

No matter if the road is long
No matter if it’s steep
No matter if the moon is gone
And the darkness is complete
No matter if we lose our way
It’s written that we’ll meet
At least that’s what I heard you say
A thousand kisses deep

No matter if you lie to me
No matter if you cheat
When you sell me down the river
I pretend to be asleep
There’s a pair of leather gloves for you
And a blade against your cheek
But it’s strange what you forget to do
A thousand kisses deep

I love you when you opened
Like a lily to the heat
You see I’m just another snowman
Standing in the rain and sleet
Who loves you with his frozen love
His second hand physique
With all he is and all he was
A thousand kisses deep

Vorgetragen hat er diese drei Strophen im Rahmen eines Interviews, das Teil eines Dokumentarfilms "Beautiful Losers" über Willy DeVille, Marianne Faithful und Leonard Cohen ist.