Neyime Gerek(GÜLCE-YUNUSCA)/ What use has it for me? ( I don´t need it )

 Diyar diyar post sererim, I lay pelt in everywhere (an idiom)
 Lokman için bal dererim, For Lokman i pick up honey
 Her çiçeğe yüz sürerim, I bow to every flower
 Zakkum neme benim, neyime gerek. What use has oleander for me? What use has it for me?

İlahi aşk var sazımda, There is divine love in my instrument
Coşup gider avazımda, It overflows in my shout
Hak lokması boğazımda, The morsel of the right is in my throat (an idiom)
 Zıkkım neme benim, neyime gerek. What use has oleander for me? What use has it for me?

Gülistanın bir şalıyım, I am a shawl of rosery
Yâre giden gül dalıyım, I am a rose branch goes to lover
 Yoksulların pür halıyım, I am the pure state of poors
 Tok kim neme benim, neyime gerek. Who is satiated? What use has it for me?  What use has it for me?

Onca uzun yılı aşkın, For many long years
Bentlerini yıkar taşkın, Flood breaks the barrages down
Fidan fidan sürer ışkın,Your love plows(or "continue) from one sapling to another
 Sak kim neme benim, neyime gerek. Who is sharp? What use has it for me? What use has it for me?

Eksenimde döner hâlem, On my axis spins my halo
Umudumdur bizim âlem, It is my hope, the universe
Her karayı yazar kalem, The pen writes every dark
Ak kim neme benim, neyime gerek. Who is white? What use has it for me? What use has it for me?

Karanlığı boğsun hilâl, Let the crescent chokes the darkness
Vuslatî’de yoktur melal, Vuslati doesn´t have boredom
Varsa kimde olsun helal, Let it be helal for who has it
Hakkım neme benim, neyime gerek. What use has my right for me? What use has it for me?

Osman Öcal

Note: "Lokman" is a legendary doctor. Some believes he was a prophet. It is believed that he found the the herb of immortality but he lost it without using it.