Shekarar 2016 bata zama shekara mai kyau ba kuma jiya aka kara sabo mutuwar ɗayan manyan taurari na kiɗa da shayari kamar Leonard Cohem wanda ya bar mu yana ɗan shekara 82 kamar yadda aka ruwaito ta hanyar bayanansa na hukuma a shafin sada zumunta na Facebook, inda zamu iya karanta sako mai zuwa; "Mun rasa ɗayan da ake matukar girmamawa da kuma hangen nesa a waƙa."
Cohen yana ɗaya daga cikin sanannun mawaƙa a duniya kuma ya kasance mai aiki har kusan ƙarshen rayuwarsa. Kuma shine a cikin watan Oktoban da ya gabata na wannan shekara mawaƙin Kanada mai waƙa ya gabatar da sabon kundin waƙoƙin sa mai taken Kuna so ya fi duhu.
Ya gano waƙoƙi a cikin samartaka saboda aikin mawaƙin Mutanen Spain Federico Garcia Lorca. Ya buga littattafansa da wakokinsa da dama wadanda suka kai shi ga album dinsa na farko a duniyar waka mai taken "Wakokin Leonard Cohen". An yi la'akari da ɗayan manyan kyawawan abubuwan godiyarsa a tsakanin sauran waƙoƙin zuwa "So Long, Marianne" ko "Suzanne".
Tun daga nan An dauki Cohen a matsayin tauraruwa, ba wai kawai a cikin waƙa ba, amma a matakin gaba ɗaya kuma ya sami lambobin yabo da yawa yayin da yake raye, ciki har da kyautar Yariman Asturias na Wasiku, wanda aka ba shi lambar yabo da shi a 2011.
A yau dole ne mu sake yin ban kwana ga ɗayan manyan cibiyoyi a duniya na waƙa da kiɗa, da kuma ɗayan muryoyin da galibi ke tare mu a tafiye-tafiyen tafki ko a waɗannan daren inda tare da littafi da muryar Cohen mutum zai iya mantawa da shigewar lokaci.