Ahmet Bey’in Ceketi [English translation]

When Allah was distributing subsistence to each one of His slaves

Some would lie down on their back, some would do nothing but wander

Slave Ahmad would wake up early, and he would say “Ya Naseep”

Nobody would understand what “Ya Naseep” would mean

In that neighborhood, everybody would wear shirts.

One day, our slave Ahmad had a jacket sewn, because he can

Slave Ahmad's jacket has been a trouble for all the neighborhood.

Slave Ahmad would wake up early and say “Ya naseep”

Nobody would understand what “Ya naseep” would mean.

Ahmad would wear a jacket while everybody else was wearing a shirt

Slave Ahmad’s jacket has been a trouble for neighbors and people around

While people around would sit down in cafes and engage in little talk,

While people just talk but do nothing in action,

Slave Ahmad would go to bed early and say “Ya qismat for the morning”

Nobody would understand what “Ya Qismat” would mean

While everybody else has been wearing shirts

Our slave Ahmad had his jacket covered with a linen, because he could

Slave Ahmad’s jacket has been a trouble for the neighborhood

Slave Ahmad would go to bed early and say “Ya qismat for the morning”

Nobody would understand what “Ya Qismat” would mean

While everybody else was wearing shirts, Ahmad would wear a jacket

Slave Ahmad’s jacket has been a trouble for neighbors and people around

One day a poor died, and people got saddened

But all the people in the neighborhood could not find money for the cloth for burial.

Slave Ahmad said “Life is a lie” and took off his jacket.

He put the jacket on the poor and completed the burial

Finally everybody understood what “Ya naseep, ya Qismat” meant

Our slave Ahmad became Ahmad Bey

and his jacket became Ahmad Bey’s jacket

Ahmad Bey’s jacket became a lesson for the whole world

Finally everybody understood what “Ya naseep, ya Qismat” meant

Ahmad Bey’s jacket became a lesson for the whole world

It seemed that all miracle was about the jacket, ya Ahmad

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