Lyrics and translation Zulfu Livaneli - Memetçik Memet

Memetçik Memet

Hat boylari yanmis odun kokusu
Askeri de hat boyunun tapusu
Memetçik Memet Memetçik Memet
Dört cephe içinde koptu kiyamet
Vagonlarin kirk kisilikse de yapisi
Seksen Memet yüz Memet dolu hepisi
Memetçik Memet Memetçik Memet
Kitli vagonlarda yok mu merhamet
Dag tas Memet dolu dag tas sevkiyat
Gidenler aç susuz dönenler sakat
Memetçik Memet Memetçik Memet
Bölük emininde yoktur merhamet
Bir deri bir kemik düsmüs biyiklar
Memedin ayaginda yarim çariklar
Memetçik Memet Memetçik Memet
Memetten Memede yok mu merhamet

Memetçik Memet

Burnt log smell of the line of soldiers
The soldier's title deed is the line of soldiers
Memetçik Memet Memetçik Memet
In the four fronts, all hell broke loose
Even though the wagon is built for forty
There are eighty Memet's, one hundred Memet's, full of everything
Memetçik Memet Memetçik Memet
Is there no mercy in a locked wagon
Mountains and stones are full of Memet, mountain and stone shipments
Those who go are hungry and thirsty, those who return are crippled
Memetçik Memet Memetçik Memet
There is no mercy at the quartermaster's
Emaciated, mustache drooped
Memet's feet are half shod
Memetçik Memet Memetçik Memet
Is there no mercy from one Memet to another