Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Oh 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
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
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, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
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
Dance me to the end of love

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
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love





Vodi me gdje pleše mrtvih violina prah,
vodi me gdje skriven čami poraženi strah,
granom masline ogrni mutna sjećanja,
odvedi me do ponora,
odvedi me do ponora.

Vodi me ljepotom kad se nađem opet sam,
zabranjenih pokreta još korak osjećam,
lagano razotkrij ono što odavno znam,
odvedi me do ponora,
vodi me, vodi do dna.

Vodi me kroz zvona plesom blijedih velova,
vodi me polako sjenom drevnih borova,
prestarjele, još nas cijedi duša nezrela,
odvedi me do ponora,
odvedi me do ponora.

Vodi me gdje djeca zovu svog rođenja dar,
vodi me kroz koprenu što mrljom gubi čar,
podigni mi zaklon i zameti svaki trag,
odvedi me do ponora,
odvedi me do ponora.

Vodi me gdje pleše mrtvih violina prah,
vodi me gdje skriven vreba preporođen strah,
dodirni me velom ili sakrij rukama,
odvedi me do ponora,
odvedi me do ponora,
odvedi me do ponora,
odvedi me do ponora.
La, la, la, la...


Author of text and music: Leonard Cohen
Author of Croatian transcriptions: Srđan Depolo