Look at the left, look at the right.
You are in Istanbul.
Western bear once again
Met an eastern bull.
Western bear played the bear
And took the bull by the horns.
Eastern bull ain’t a full
And take the bear by the tooth.
Istanbul,
Oh, Istanbul!
I mean the city
But not a bull.
It"s the city Istanbul
But not an eastern bull.
Western bear was anywhere
Like a bull in a china shop,
Where the eastern bull sold the bear’s
Skin before the bear has caught.
Eastern bull can’t bear the bear
And ain’t a bull-calf.
By the way I don’t care.
I think that’s enough.
Eastern bull,
Oh, eastern bull!
I mean not city
But a bull.
It"s not the city Istanbul
But an eastern bull.
West and east, left and right
Sides of Istanbul.
Met each other once again
Western bear and eastern bull.
Shoot the bull,
Shoot the bull,
I just shoot the bull!