I really like this one a lot! Great job, Karl!

On one of my numerous hitchhiking trips I met "Poinariu" (name changed...), a then 40-year-old Romanian who fled from Bucharest via Paris (the place where I met them) to Berlin before her violent husband with her young German lover. We hitchhiked back to Berlin together and there I supported "Poinariu" in her attempt to free herself from her repressive husband. At our meetings I saw how she blossomed and began to live her own freedom. And yet, as it went on, I had to watch as she was gradually being haunted and captured again by the "Spouse Demons" from within. One day she didn't come to an appointment and left me only a text message that she would return to her husband. I never saw her again. 

At the end of the song "Poinariu" (...or Freedom and Violence), I shout out her name several times sadly; my pain that she has reversed again just before the goal. At the same time, however, the acoustic lead guitar that finally sets in announces my never-ending hope that women can free themselves from male violence and that in the meantime I have also been able to accompany some who have made it permanently!    


English translation of the lyrics:

Poinariu, a Song about Freedom and Violence

Ooh Poinariu
come on close the door!

Your husband's about to come in
gives you pain
is screaming
can never forgive you

You only wanted to free yourself
escape from the Marriage Prison
from Budapest fled to Berlin
to your young lover

Breathe for yourself once
walk on pearls  
turn about your own axis loudly

Shaken off the spouse's dictate
Ready to jump

Ooh Poinariu
you are still wearing red shoes

The last night of love
has brought the morning star straight to your bed

Kissed by the young lover
not for a second did you miss your husband

The streets appeared so far
almost got rid of the compulsory chain dress

Forgot only the shackle on your foot that tied you invisibly to him

Had the door just ajar
Didn't really banish the demons
at night he hit his poison dentures
deep inside yourself

You had come so close to the castle courtyard
In front of the entrance
but you never arrived

Poinariu, Poinariu
Poinariu, Poinariu


Deutscher Originaltext:

Poinariu, ein Song über Freiheit und Gewalt

Ooh Poinariu
komm` mach` die Türe zu

Gleich kommt Dein Mann herein
verschafft Dir Pein
ist am schrein`
kann Dir niemals mehr verzeihn`

Du wolltest Dich doch nur befrein`
dem Ehegefängnis enteiln`
aus Budapest flohst nach Berlin
zu Deinem Young-Lover hin

Einmal selbst atmen
auf Perlen gehen
sich um die eigene Achse laut drehen

Abgeschüttelt das Gatten-Diktat
Zum Sprung bereit

Ooh Poinariu
noch trägst Du rote Schuh`

Die letzte Liebesnacht
hat Dir den Morgenstern direkt ans Bett gebracht

Vom jungen Liebhaber geküßt
keine Sekunde den Gatten vermißt

Die Strassen erschienen so weit
sich fast entledigt des Zwangs-Kettenkleids`

Vergaßt nur die Fessel am Fuß, die Dich unsichtbar band an ihn

Hattest die Türe nur angelehnt
die Dämonen nicht wirklich verbannt
des Nachts schlug er sein Gift-Gebiß
tief in Dich hinein

Warst so nah` am
Schloßhof dran

Vor`m Eingang stehend
doch kamst nie an

Poinariu, Poinariu
Poinariu, Poinariu

Poinariu, A Song About Freedom And Violence (Intro: English Translation)

Deutscher Singer-Songwriter über fünfzig Jahre alt. Seit fast vierzig Jahren schreibe und singe ich Lieder. Mein Hauptinstrument ist die akustische Gitarre, aber ich mag auch Perkussionsinstrumente (Cajon, Maracas, Gurio). Ich liebe es, melancholische und poetische Balladen zu komponieren. Aber manchmal schreibe ich auch (schwarze) humorvolle Songs, Jazzstyle und -Rocksongs. Meine Hauptsprache ist Deutsch. Aber in Zukunft will ich mehr Songs auf Englisch und vereinzelt auch Französisch schreiben.
In meinen Kompositionen bin ich inspiriert von Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Jacques Brel, Van Morrison und Bob Dylan. Auf meinen Platten spiele und singe ich alles alleine. Meine Vision für die Zukunft ist es, Musiker aus verschiedenen Kulturen zu finden, die gerne ihre Tracks mit mir teilen wollen.
Mein persönliches Mantra ist ein Satz, der von Paul Mccartney auf dem Beatles-Album "Abbey Road auf dem Track "In the end" vor fast Fünfzig Jahren geschrieben wurde:

Die Liebe, die Du bekommst ist gleich der Liebe, die Du gibst.

German singer-songwriter over fifty years old. For almost forty years I have been writing and singing songs. My main instrument is the acoustic guitar, but I also like percussion instruments (Cajon, Maracas, Gurio). I love composing melancholic and poetic ballads. But sometimes I also write (black) humorous songs, jazz style and rock songs. My main language is German. But in the future I want to write more songs in English and occasionally also in French.
In my compositions I am inspired by Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Jacques Brel, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan. On my records I play and sing all by myself. My vision for the future is to find musicians from different cultures who would like to share their tracks with me.
My personal mantra is a sentence written by Paul Mccartney on the Beatles album "Abbey Road on the track "In the end" almost fifty years ago:

The love you take is equal to the love you make.

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