Sunday, April 11, 2021

Punk Islam

Islam punk, Islam punk,
Islam punk und punk Islam
Punk Islam, punk Islam,
punk Islam und Islam punk

Istanbul sono a casa
Corro di fianco al muro
Non lo so, non lo voglio sapere
Che differenza fa
"Wir sind die Turken von Morgen."
Invece di pensare continua a salmodiare

Islam punk, Islam punk,
Islam punk und punk Islam
Punk Islam, punk Islam,
punk Islam und Islam punk

Se fossi un figliol prodigo
Avrei un vitello grasso
Mi sono perso ad Istanbul
E non mi trovano più
Dovrebbero seguire le mie voglie
La sera appena alzato o tardi la mattina
Dopo la colazione prima d'addormentarmi
Chiudi un po' la finestra
Mezzogiorno in penombra
Sfondo bianco e pulito
Sfondo bianco e pulito

Islam punk, Islam punk,
Islam punk und punk Islam
Punk Islam, punk Islam,
punk Islam und Islam punk

Tre dall'ospedale psichiatrico
Tre in libertà invigilabile
Tre che incontri se meriti
Non ne girano molti
Martin battezza le strade
Dona loro una vita
Fa sacrifici al traffico
Offre agli Dei dei muri

A Istanbul sono a casa
Ho un passato e un futuro
Ho un presente che è Dio
E fa la cameriera
Non ne girano molte
Solo nei posti giusti
Non ne girano molte
Solo nei posti giusti

Islam punk, Islam punk,
Islam punk und punk Islam
Punk Islam, punk Islam,
punk Islam und Islam punk

Istanbul tanz
Istanbul tanz
Istanbul tanz, tanz, tanz
Tanz Istanbul
Tanz Istanbul
Istanbul tanz
Istanbul tanz
Istanbul tanz...

Ankara... Ankara

ALLAH E' GRANDE E GHEDDAFI E' IL SUO PROFETA!!!

Punk in Beirut
Punk in Smirne
Punk in Ankara
Punk in Beirut
Punk in Smirne
Punk in Ankara
Ankara... Ankara...

Islam punk, Islam punk,
Islam punk und punk Islam
Punk Islam, punk Islam,
punk Islam und Islam punk

Punk Islam © 1984 CCCP

The idea for "Punk Islam" came when Ferretti saw those words as grafitti on a bus station in Berlin, where he was living at the time. The fascination with Arab and Asian cultures is a theme on many CCCP songs. Ferretti has written, "We make modern European music, open to Arab and Asian influences because they are the cultures close to us, because European culture has encountered and clashed with these two civilizations since forever, because this is our cultural and physical hinterland." The line "Wir sind die Turken von Morgen" is from a Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft song "Kebab Träume" (Kebab Time).

Islam punk, Islam punk,
Islam punk and punk Islam.
Punk Islam, punk Islam,
punk Islam and Islam punk.

Istanbul, I’m at home,
I’m running next to the wall.
I don’t know, I don’t want to know,
what difference makes
“We are the Turks of today.”
Instead of thinking, continue to chant.

Islam punk, Islam punk,
Islam punk and punk Islam.
Punk Islam, punk Islam,
punk Islam and Islam punk.

If I were a prodigal son,
I’d have a fatted calf.
I lost myself in Istanbul
and they can’t find me anymore.
They should follow my desires.
In the evenings, just woke up, or late mornings.
After breakfast, before falling asleep,
close the window a little,
mid-day in semi-darkness.
Background white and clean,
background white and clean.

Islam punk, Islam punk,
Islam punk and punk Islam.
Punk Islam, punk Islam,
punk Islam and Islam punk.

Three from the psychiatric hospital,
three on probation,
three whom you meet if you deserve it.
Not many of them get around,
Martin baptizes the streets,
he gives them a life,
he makes offerings to the traffic,
he offers to the Gods some walls.

In Istanbul, I am at home.
I have a past and a future,
I have a present which is God
and she’s a waitress.
Not many of them get around,
only in the right places.
Not many of them get around,
only in the right places.

Islam punk, Islam punk,
Islam punk and punk Islam.
Punk Islam, punk Islam,
punk Islam and Islam punk.

Istanbul dance,
Istanbul dance,
Istanbul dance, dance, dance.
dance Istanbul,
dance Istanbul,
Istanbul dance,
Istanbul dance,
Istanbul dance . . .

Ankara . . . Ankara

Allah is Great and Khaddafi is His Prophet!!!

Punk in Beirut
Punk in Smirne
Punk in Ankara
Punk in Beirut
Punk in Smirne
Punk in Ankara
Ankara... Ankara...

Islam punk, Islam punk,
Islam punk und punk Islam
Punk Islam, punk Islam,
punk Islam und Islam punk

English translation © 2024 Dennis Criteser


Ortodossia (Ortodossia) was a three-song EP released in 1984 on the Attack Punk Records label. The cover shows three soldiers from the East German army during the changing of the guard at Neue Wache in East Berlin. After the war, the Neue Wache was rebuilt as a Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism, and from 1969 it contained the remains of an Unknown Soldier and of a nameless Nazi concentration camp victim.