cuckold's song

• leonard cohen'in hüzünlü ve öfke dolu bir şiiridir. şöyle der:
  
  if this looks like a poem
  i might as well warn you at the beginning
  that it's not meant to be one.
  i don't want to turn anything into poetry.
  i know all about her part in it
  but i'm not concerned with that right now.
  that's between you and me.
  personally i don't give a damn who led who on:
  in fact i wonder if i give a damn at all.
  but a man's got to say something.
  anyhow you fed her 5 mackewan ales,
  took her to your room, put the right records on,
  and in an hour or two it was done.
  i know all about passion and honour
  but unfortunately this had nothing to do with either:
  oh there was passion i'm only too sure
  and even a little honour
  but the important thing was to cuckold leonard cohen.
  hell, i might just as well address this to the both of you:
  i haven't time to write anything else.
  i've got to say my prayers.
  i've got to wait by the window.
  i repeat: the important thing was to cuckold leonard cohen.
  i like that line because it's got my name in it.
  what really makes me sick
  is that everything goes on as it went before:
  i'm still a sort of friend,
  i'm still a sort of lover.
  but not for long:
  that's why i'm telling this to the two of you.
  the fact is i'm turning to gold, turning to gold.
  it's a long process, they say,
  it happens in stages.
  this is to inform you that i've already turned to clay.