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Translation
Abraham's Table
When human beings had known their limits
And hadn't yet spoken maliciously
Hadn't yet looked at other’s honour venomously*
What a table was set in the name of Abraham
A saucepan in the middle
No one knows whether it's empty or filled
What a table was set in the name of Abraham
A saucepan in the middle
No one knows whether it's empty or filled
Friends, please sit down at the table of Abraham
When the fork, knife, spoon hadn't yet been invented
When the gift of a ram for Ishmael hadn't yet been sacrificed
What a fight had just broken out for the sake of fortune
Give the cover, take the handle*
No one wonders about the sacrifice*
What a fight had just broken out for the sake of fortune
*Everyone tried to make a profit
But no one wonders about the sacrifice
Friends, please sit down at the table of Abraham
Several years lasted effort for gaining a proportion of the profit
The fight only for a single piece of dried bread
I sometimes keep looking at this lesson learned picture
Some of them are out for sweet dessert
Whereas there is no salt for the other ones
I sometimes keep looking at this lesson learned picture
Some of them are out for sweet dessert
Whereas there is no salt for the other ones
Friends, please sit down at the table of Abraham
Blameless and perfectly happy people
Please to the seat of honour
Those who serve other humankinds slavishly
To the stone mattress for a lifetime
If you get your desires under control
You will sit on your throne comfortably
If you blindly plunge your spoon in
It depends on how lucky you are
Those who have strong fists and are lionhearted*
Support a family and don't know what's earning illegitimately
You're also welcome with us
Join us friends
Barış says: Even if you're surrounded with golds, silvers and stones
Even if toadies stand around you to kowtow to you
Don't esteem the stem, handle or cover, my friend*
An empty saucepan doesn't have its place on this table
*Don't esteem the appearance, my friend
An empty saucepan doesn't have its place on this table
Don't be fooled and taken in by money or magnificence, my friend
People without substance don't have their place in this world
Don't be fooled and taken in by money or magnificence, my friend
People without substance don't have their place in this world
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About translator
Hadn't yet looked at other’s honour venomously
To want to assail other's honour
Those who have strong fists and are lionhearted
Word for word: "Those who have fists like a rope and heart/soul like high plateaus"
Meaning should be: To strive for earning a living by working hard etc...