Şeytan Bunun Neresinde [English translation]

It's called stringed withe

It neither heeds an ayet 1 , nor a kadi 2

The one who plays it, twigs it by himself

Devil is not the case of it 3

It doesn't utter it if you perform an ablution

Or it doesn't utter it if you pray

It doesn't get ill gotten gains like the way mufti does

Devil is not the case of it

Its strings are from Istanbul

Its limb is of juniper

You the goofy creature of God

Devil is not the case of it

It has no horns, it has no tails

Nor its feet are with sandal

Like Dertli, 4 it's without turban

Devil is not the case of it

1. name of the verses of Quran. 2. Kadi is the name of chief judges who hear cases of all kind of proceedings in Ottoman Empire 3. Withe4. Dertli is the name of the bard, Aşık Dertli. Can be literally translated as 'Suffering Bard'. The 'Suffering' expression narrates the divine love