he ripped off a face from the text in his hand,
a face that was starting a speech.
"gentlemen", it said
"fatih sultan mehemet han
when he entered istanbul
there was a pretty girl,
and such a beauty,
she was so pretty.
if the padishah loves the land

she was the land.
She ran and ran
and kissed the floor in front of his horse".

"dear fellows, I wish you
knew the turmoil
within me.
I wish you knew youth, and youthfulness,
I wish you knew the sultan
who was loved by his foes".

(when the governor visited her village
an old woman said: "Long live my Padishah!")