A man with an odd appearance asked for a loaf of bread
I have not got money to give you but I have a poem here
Grocer Husmen Agha was perplexed first
Then he liked this way of barter
Poems have gone to ISTANBUL and became famous
Yavuz was the name of the poet
Since they made his fiancée go to foreign lands
Yavuz went crazy and smacked the road
He wrote poems for the beautiful girl named Emine
They came to Istanbul to get to know the man
An empty room a chair and a table
And a crate full of poems inside
The stupid one asked
Where is Emine you got miserable for her sake
Yavuz tore up the shirt
The buttons were all over the lot
He had written Emine all over his body
Through the sharp tip of the knife
Here he shouted, Emine is here
Cannot you see it, she never left me
Emine is here, forever and a day
English Translation by Mesut ŞENOL