İnce Memed [English translation]

It is the tinder that lights the lighter

It is the annealing that forges the iron

Hang on Memed The Slim

It is time to resist

Memed, The Slim has rumbled from Toroses**

Buhurcus have given ear and listened***

He has been shot 17 times, he hasn't died

Hang on, Memed The Slim, hang on

What are we going to do, my brother, what are we going to do

Take my hand Memed The Slim

Let's go, mountains, let's go

The tasseled cocoon on the neck of the dapple-gray horse

My blood has dropped on the grasses and dust

If I make away with, I'll ask you

Buhurcus have come in troops and troops***

They've pierced my horses****

They've took my picture on the wall

Get to know me on the white paper,

My brother, what are we going to do

Hang on, Memed The Slim, hang on

What are we going to do, my brother, what are we going to do

Take my hand Memed The Slim

Let's go, mountains, let's go