Sordum Sarı Çiğdeme [English translation]

I asked to yellow crocus:

-Where do you spend the winter?

-Why are you asking this o dervish!1

I spend the winter underground

I asked to yellow crocus:

-What do you eat underground?

-Why are you asking this o dervish!

I eat morsel of strength

I asked to yellow crocus:

-Why is your face yellow?

-Why are you asking this o dervish!

I bear the fear of God

I asked to yellow crocus:

-Do you have a mother or father?

-Why are you asking this o dervish!

My mother is the ground and my father is the rain

I asked to yellow crocus

Its stick is in its hand

It speaks the words of Lord

This crocus has some kind of dervishness

My Pir Sultan is with the brave men

His face is full of divine light

He is with white-bearded Pirs2

This crocus has some kind of dervishness

1. Dervish:A member of any of various Muslim ascetic orders, as the Sufis, some of which carry on ecstatic observances, such as energetic dancing and whirling or vociferous chanting or shouting.2. Pir:Founder of an order