This poem is a şathiye. Şathiye is a kind of folk poem. They are funny and absurd but they also tell some secrets of sufism in a metaforical way.
Bir kaz aldım ben karıdan
Boynu da uzun borudan
Kırk abdal kanın kurudan
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I bought a goose from a woman
Its neck is taller than pipe
It dries 40 dervishes´ blood
For 40 days I have boiled it, it hasn´t got boiled
Sekizimiz odun çeker
Dokuzumuz ateş yakar
Kaz kaldırmış başın bakar
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Eight of us carry wood
Nine of us make a fire.
Goose looks at us lifting up its head
For 40 days I have boiled it, it hasn´t got boiled
Kaza verdik birkaç akça
Eti kemiğinden pekçe
Ne kazan kaldı ne kepçe
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We gave a few coins for goose
Its flesh is more than its bones
No caldron, no ladle has remained
For 40 days I have boiled it, it hasn´t got boiled
Kaz değilmiş be bu azmış
Kırk yıl kaf dağını gezmiş
Kanadın kuyruğun düzmüş
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This is not a goose, it is crazy
It wandered around Kaf mountain 40 years
It prepared its wings and tail
For 40 days I have boiled it, it hasn´t got boiled
Kazı koyduk bir ocağa
Uçtu gitti bir bucağa
Bu ne haldir hacı aga
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We put goose on a stove
It flied away to another side
What is this situation Hacı Aga?
For 40 days I have boiled it, it hasn´t got boiled
Kazımın kanadı selki
Dişii koyun emmiş tilki
Nuh Nebi´den kalmış belki
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My goose´s wing is selki
It is like a fox sucked an ewe
Maybe it has remained since Noah
For 40 days I have boiled it, it hasn´t got boiled
Kazımın kanadı sarı
Kemiği etinden iri
Sağlık ile satma karı
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My goose´s wing is yellow
Its bone is bigger than its flesh
O woman may you not sell again enjoying good health
For 40 days I have boiled it, it hasn´t got boiled
Kazımın kanadı ala
Var yürü git güle güle
Başımıza kalma bela
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My goose´s wing is red
Go away good bye
Don´t be a trouble anymore
For 40 days I have boiled it, it hasn´t got boiled
Suyuna biz saldık bulgur
Bulgur Allah deyü kalgır
Be yarenler bu ne haldir
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We put rice in its water
Rice flied out saying Allah
O dervishes! What kind of sitiuation is this?
For 40 days I have boiled it, it hasn´t got boiled
Kaygusuz Abdal n´idelim
Ahd ile vefa güdelim
Kaldırıp postu gidelim
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What shall we do Kaygusuz Abdal?
Lets keep our promise
Lets go taking the coat
For 40 days I have boiled it, it hasn´t got boiled
