Selam! I am being brave here and trying to translate another song. I know this is not perfect, because I am guessing sometimes along the way. Also, I do not recognize all the constructions, such as "görsen" or "koysan." And you can see I am completely lost in this line: "boşa koysan dolmaz dolusu alır mı." Still, it is one of my favorite songs. (There is a link at the bottom.) ... Teşekkürler!
Yaz dostum güzel sevmeyene adam denir mi
Write, my friend. Can someone be called a man if he has not loved a beauty.)
Yaz dostum selam almayana yiğit denir mi
Write, my friend. Can someone be called a young brave man who has not received a greeting?
Yaz dostum altı üstü beş metrelik bez için
Write, my friend. For merely five or six meters of linen.
Yaz dostum boşa geçmiş ömre yaşam denir mi
Write, my friend. Can it be called life, if it passed in vain?
Yaz tahtaya bir daha tut defteri kitabı
Write on the board again. Hold the notebook, the book.
Sarı çizmeli Mehmet ağa bir gün öder hesabı
Lord Mehmet with the yellow high-topped boots someday will pay the account.
Yaz dostum yoksul görsen besle kaymak bal ile
Write, my friend. See that you nourish the poor with cream and honey.
Yaz dostum garipleri giydir ipek şal ile
Write, my friend. Clothe strangers with a silk shawl.
Yaz dostum öksüz görsen sar kanadın kolunu
Write, my friend. If you see an orphan, take him under your wing.
Yaz dostum kimse göçmez bu dünyadan mal ile
Write, my friend. One does not pass from this world with possessions.
Yaz tahtaya bir daha tut defteri kitabı
Write on the board again. Hold the notebook, the book.
Sarı çizmeli Mehmet ağa bir gün öder hesabı
Lord Mehmet with the yellow high-topped boots someday will pay the account.
Yaz dostum Barış söyler kendi bir ders alır mı
Write, my friend. Does Barış himself take the lesson he gives?
Yaz dostum su üstüne yazı yazsan kalır mı
Write, my friend. Does what is written stay on top of the water?
Yaz dostum bir dünya ki haklı haksız karışmış
Write, my friend. A world in which the just and unjust are mixed.
Yaz dostum boşa koysan dolmaz dolusu alır mı
Write, my friend. If you pour it on the empty, it doesnt get filled. Can the fllled be poured on?
Yaz tahtaya bir daha tut defteri kitabı
Write on the board again. Hold the notebook, the book.
Sarı çizmeli Mehmet ağa bir gün öder hesabı
Lord Mehmet with the yellow high-topped boots someday will pay the account.
