Zahit Bizi Tan Eyleme [English translation]

Zahid, dont defame us

Our tongues read the name God (Hak= Allah)

Don tell us fairy tales

Our road goes to his excellency (Allah)

We can not be counted by finger

We can not be extinct by being killed

By asking to foreign people

Nobody knows our cirsumstances

Erenler have many ways

We said yes to all of them.

The ones who sees us thinks we are crazy

Our crazy is better wise

May Allah help you Muhyi

If you are in love be thankful.

Mercy to the whole universe

Scatters our poor hands..

Story of this poem:

This is a Alevi-Bektashi poem written by Muhyiddin

Alevi-Bektashi is a branch of Islam ( its like a life form diffrent then sunniets). After the death of Prophet Mohammed Ebu Bekir was the kalief of Islam.. and after Ebu Bekir Islam is diveded in 2.. on one hand there were sunniets who sided with Hz Ömer and said that Ömer shud be the next kalief on the other hand there were Aleviets sided with Hz Ali who said that Ali shud be the next kalief.. Oke im not gong in dept in this because this can takea while.. in short: Aleviets are always disliked since that time its said by sunniets that Aleviets are not Muslim.. Aleviets are always disliked, killed, massacred by sunniets.. so Aleviets were scared so they prayed in secret.. this poem is about all of this..

Zahid, dont defame us

Our tongues read the name God (Hak= Allah)

"meaning dont defame us we are also Muslims ( we also believe in Allah)"

Don tell us fairy tales

Our road goes to his excellency

Dont tell bad things about us our road also goes to the Allah (its about diffrent praying.. meaning we also pray to Allah

We can not be counted by finger

We can not be extinct by being killed

Meaning we are to many yo count with fingers like 25% of the Muslims are Aleviets.. and as i said Aleviets are always being killed (even today Aleviets are disliked in Turkey)

Erenler have many ways

We said yes to all of them.

Erenler = Aleviets.. so there are many branches of Aleviets Bektashi is one of them its build on Peace and Love.. meaning we accept all the other ways as Aleviets..

The ones who sees us thinks we are crazy

Our crazy is better wise

Meaning a crazy Alviet is better the a wise Sunniet.. this is said because Sunniets say a wise sunniet shud kill Aleviets.. even though Aleviets are always killed by their rulers they never revolted against them.. they only write poems and write Türkü (music)

May Allah help you Muhyi

If you are in love be thankful.

Muhyiddin who lived a diffucult life in the times of Sultan Selim who killed thousands of Aleviets

Meaning if you belive in Allah( Ilahi Ask = Love for Allah)

Mercy to the whole universe

Scatters our poor hands..

As i Said Alevi-Bektashis are always on the side of peace..

Instead of taking guns and revolting they took pens and written poems and music..

• Artist:Erkan Oğur
• Album:Anadolu Beşik