Dadaloğlu

He was born in Şahneler village of Çağa (Reşadiye) district near Gerede. His real name is İbrahim and his pseudonym is Lütfi. He has earned his life by playing saz and telling poems in minstrel coffeehouses. It is said that Dertli has joined the Halveti sect first and then tended to Bektashism. Dertli died in 1846 in Ankara.

Don’t fly my demoiselle crane

Don’t fly away through the wind

Your side lock hair have separated in fibers

Don’t go throwing away through the air

Hit the stick on the paddlebox

We hunted this place yesterday

Boy, bring the gray dun

I shall ride to my lover

I have falcons, I have hawks

I have ducks, I have gooses

I have secrets to my lover

I cannot tell anyone

Dertli says that the world is transitory

What shall the one loving you do with goods?

Kill me if it doesn’t fit

Wear green against red