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(audience applauds) 00:01

(romantic strings music) 00:07

(singers vocalizing) 00:43

♪ Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin ♪ 01:13

♪ Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in ♪ 01:21

♪ Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove ♪ 01:28

♪ And dance me to the end of love ♪ 01:34

♪ Yeah, dance me to the end of love ♪ 01:42

♪ Let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone ♪ 01:49

♪ Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon ♪ 01:56

♪ Show me slowly what I only know the limits of ♪ 02:04

♪ And dance me to the end of love ♪ 02:11

♪ Dance me to the end of love ♪ 02:18

(romantic strings music continues) 02:25

♪ Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on ♪ 02:40

♪ Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long ♪ 02:47

♪ We're both of us beneath our love, both of us above ♪ 02:54

♪ And dance me to the end of love ♪ 03:01

♪ Yeah, dance me to the end of love ♪ 03:08

♪ Dance me to the children who are asking to be born ♪ 03:16

♪ Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn ♪ 03:23

♪ Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn ♪ 03:30

♪ And dance me to the end of love ♪ 03:37

(romantic strings music continues) 03:50

(singers vocalizing) 03:59

♪ Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin ♪ 04:29

♪ Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in ♪ 04:36

♪ Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove ♪ 04:43

♪ Dance me to the end of love ♪ 04:50

♪ Dance me to the end of love ♪ 04:57

♪ Dance me to the end of love ♪ 05:05

(romantic strings music continues) 05:15

(singers vocalizing) 05:26

(audience applauding and cheering) 05:58

Dance Me to the End of Love

Leonard Cohen

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[English]

(audience applauds)

(romantic strings music)

(singers vocalizing)

♪ Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin ♪

♪ Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in ♪

♪ Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove ♪

♪ And dance me to the end of love ♪

♪ Yeah, dance me to the end of love ♪

♪ Let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone ♪

♪ Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon ♪

♪ Show me slowly what I only know the limits of ♪

♪ And dance me to the end of love ♪

♪ Dance me to the end of love ♪

(romantic strings music continues)

♪ Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on ♪

♪ Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long ♪

♪ We're both of us beneath our love, both of us above ♪

♪ And dance me to the end of love ♪

♪ Yeah, dance me to the end of love ♪

♪ Dance me to the children who are asking to be born ♪

♪ Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn ♪

♪ Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn ♪

♪ And dance me to the end of love ♪

(romantic strings music continues)

(singers vocalizing)

♪ Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin ♪

♪ Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in ♪

♪ Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove ♪

♪ Dance me to the end of love ♪

(romantic strings music continues)

(singers vocalizing)

(audience applauding and cheering)

Vocabulary in this song:

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Vocabulary	Meanings
dance /dæns/ A2	verb - to move rhythmically to music noun - a social or formal movement to music
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ A2	noun - qualities that give pleasure to the senses
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
end /ɛnd/ A2	noun - the final part of something verb - to bring or reach a conclusion
together /tʊˈɡɛðər/ A2	adverb - with or in proximity to others
wedding /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ B2	noun - a ceremony where two people get married
children /ˈtʃɪl.drən/ A2	noun - people from birth to puberty
kisses /ˈkɪsɪz/ B1	noun - acts of pressing lips together as a sign of love or greeting
shelter /ˈʃɛltər/ B2	noun - a place giving protection from weather or danger
passion /ˈpæʃən/ C1	noun - a strong and barely controllable emotion
burning /ˈbɜːrnɪŋ/ B2	adjective - on fire or glowing intensely
vision /ˈvɪʒən/ C1	noun - the ability to see or the imagination of future possibilities

Vocabulary

Meanings

dance

/dæns/

verb
- to move rhythmically to music

noun
- a social or formal movement to music

beauty

/ˈbjuːti/

noun
- qualities that give pleasure to the senses

love

/lʌv/

noun
- an intense feeling of deep affection

verb
- to feel deep affection for someone

end

/ɛnd/

noun
- the final part of something

verb
- to bring or reach a conclusion

together

/tʊˈɡɛðər/

adverb
- with or in proximity to others

wedding

/ˈwɛdɪŋ/

noun
- a ceremony where two people get married

children

/ˈtʃɪl.drən/

noun
- people from birth to puberty

kisses

/ˈkɪsɪz/

noun
- acts of pressing lips together as a sign of love or greeting

shelter

/ˈʃɛltər/

noun
- a place giving protection from weather or danger

passion

/ˈpæʃən/

noun
- a strong and barely controllable emotion

burning

/ˈbɜːrnɪŋ/

adjective
- on fire or glowing intensely

vision

/ˈvɪʒən/

noun
- the ability to see or the imagination of future possibilities

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