Dertli gibi çarıksızdır sarıksızdır

It is shoeless turbanless like Dertli

Ayağı da çarıksızdır

Its foot is also shoeless

Boynuzu yok kuyruksuzdur

It hasn’t got a horn, it is tailless

Şeytan bunun neresinde..

Where is devil in it?

 

 

Şeytan bunun neresinde?

Where is the devil in it?

 

Telli sazdır bunun adı

The name of this is stringed instrument

Ne âyet dinler ne kadı

It doesn’t listens to neither verse nor kadi (muslim judge)

Bunu çalan anlar kendi

He/she understands who plays it

Şeytân bunun neresinde

Where is the devil in it? (an idiom)

 

Abdest alsan aldın demez

If you perform an ablution, it doesnt say “ you did”

Namaz kılsan kıldın demez

If you perform a prayer, it doesn’t say “you did”

Müftü gibi haram yemez

It doesn’t eat ill-gotten like mufti (the one gives fetwas) (my dictionary says ´haram yemek´ = to get things (something) illegally - not ´to eat´ haram)

Şeytan bunun neresinde

Where is the devil in it?

 

Dut ağacından teknesi

Its belly is made of mulberry

Kirişten bağlı perdesi

From catgut tied its key ´It´s key tied from catgut´ is better English, but maybe not poetic

Behey insanın teresi

Hey you b….d of a human

Şeytan bunun neresinde

Where is the devil in it?

 

Dertli gibi çarıksızdır

It is shoeless like Dertli

Ayağı da çarıksızdır

Its foot is also shoeless

Boynuzu yok kuyruksuzdur

It hasn’t got a horn, it is tailless

Şeytan bunun neresinde..

Where is the devil in it?

 

Dertli (1772-1845)

 

My try. (corrections needed)I like this poem. It criticizes the approach of reverends of that age about music

 

 

Şeytan bunun neresinde?

Where is the devil in it? (Where is the evil in it? maybe a closer saying in English, but devil is needed for the comparisons to make sense)

 

Telli sazdır bunun adı

A stringed instrument is its name (more poetic, not literal)

Ne âyet dinler ne kadı

It hears neither the Koran´s verse nor the village judge

Bunu çalan anlar kendi

The one who plays it understands (again, not literal)

Şeytân bunun neresinde

Where is the devil in it?

 

Abdest alsan aldın demez

If you perform an ablution, it doesnt say “you did”

Namaz kılsan kıldın demez

If you perform a prayer, it doesn’t say “you did”

Müftü gibi haram yemez

Like the Holy official, it doesn’t eat forbidden food (not quite literal)

Şeytan bunun neresinde

Where is the devil in it?

 

Dut ağacından teknesi

Its belly is made from the mulberry tree

Kirişten bağlı perdesi

And from tied catgut it gets its musical key (twisted to rhyme) 

Behey insanın teresi

Hey you human sh..t (rhymes better!)

Şeytan bunun neresinde

Where is the devil in it?

 

Dertli gibi çarıksızdır

Like someone troubled without any shoes

Ayağı da çarıksızdır

Its foot is also without a shoe

Boynuzu yok kuyruksuzdur

With neither horns nor tail (more poetic)

Şeytan bunun neresinde..

Where is the devil in it?

 

Dertli (1772-1845)

 

My try. (corrections needed)I like this poem. It criticizes the approach of reverends of that age about music

 

 

 It doesn’t eat ill-gotten like mufti (the one gives fetwas) (.my dictionary says ´haram yemek´ = to get things (something) illegally - not ´to eat´ haram)

 

Can I answer scalpel?

No, in christianity there´s not a propter word for haram. Maybe "sin", but it isn´t the same.

In fact, for christian, there´s no a "haram" food as in Judism or Islam. For bad behavior, we talk about sins, that they are actions that move away from God.