Sarı Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa [English translation]

Write, my friend

Is a man who doesn't love the beautiful worthy of being called a man?

Write, my friend

Is he who doesn't stop for greetings really valiant?

Write, my friend

Only for a 5 by 5 meter shroud

Write my friend,

Is a fruitless life worthy of being called a life?

Write it on the board one more time,

Get your notebook and your book

The yellow-booted Mehmet Agha

Will pay the price one day

Write my friend,

If you see the needy, feed them cream and honey

Write my friend,

Dress the oddballs with silk shawls

Write my friend,

If you see an orphan wrap around his arms

Write my friend,

Nobody leaves this world with their possessions

Write it on the board one more time,

Get your notebook and your book

The yellow-booted Mehmet Agha

Will pay the price one day

Write my friend,

Barış preaches it, but will he take his own advice?

Write my friend,

If you write on water, will the words stay?

Write my friend,

A world where right and unjust have been muddled

Write my friend,

The empty can't be filled, can you give to the full?

Write it on the board one more time,

Get your notebook and your book

The yellow-booted Mehmet Agha

Will pay the price one day

• Artist:Barış Manço
• Album:Sarı Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa