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Kazak Abdal (16th century) Hey you ape, product of the jungle You come to the bazaar to overlook others You heathen you truant Can’t you find a darwish to greet?
When someone comes to you, you abuse him If asked a question you cause everyone to err If I open your heart I can’t find any trace of humanity You come to the mosque to abuse us all You boot licker of starngers You whimpering snotty snout You only have a haircut at festival-times In a barber’s shop you despise his trainee
You wander in valleys and mountains You holder of a fief You can’t pronuounce Alif And you lend a pedantic ear To the sound of the Adhan (Translated by Mevlut Ceylan, 101Poems by 101Poets An Anthology of Turkish Poetry)
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