Kara Fazlî's five-couplet response poem with the redif "saña" to a ghazal by Revânî: the candle of the gathering, the robe of coquetry and the nightingale in love.
Prince Bayezid's chess ghazal with the redif "ruh": a double entendre between cheek and rook, the mole as a pawn on the chessboard of the cheek, and a move against Şâhî's soul.
A ghazal recorded under Münîrî's name only in an anthology: the boast of the rind who studied with Ferhad, the rogue of love's tavern, the vagabond at love's backgammon.
Kara Fazlî's five-couplet ghazal with the redif "-dan cüdā": a corpse parted from its soul, a drop torn from the ocean, the unbelief of the forelock and a dog's life.
Prince Bayezid's ghazal that opens on a festival morning: people rejoicing while the lover cannot kiss the beloved's feet, an answer to a preacher, and "the grave of a martyr".
Münîrî's dawn ghazal: a candle that longs to go out with the morning sun, a veil to be lifted at the last breath, a thankful fly, and a rosebud bringing gold for a dead nightingale.
Kara Fazlî's seven-couplet ghazal addressed to the cupbearer, with the redif "-dan sāḳiyā": an earthen body, Jamshid's cup, weeping blood and love drunk in pre-eternity.
Kara Fazlî's five-couplet ghazal without a redif: a sea that vies with tears, a beloved gentle to others and stone to the lover, and a pun on quince, peach and apple.
Prince Bayezid's ghazal measuring paradise and hell against the beloved: the spark of separation, an ivory throne and golden crown, the mirror of the cheek and a Tûbâ-tall stature.
Münîrî's six-couplet ghazal: a heart moving between rose garden and cage, a moth who would lose his head for turning away, and a dog-like rival who needs no collar.
Kara Fazlî's seven-couplet wine ghazal with the redif "peydā": a heart lost in the valley of grief, the bubble and longing, the rust on the heart's mirror and a new ghazal.
Prince Bayezid's ghazal that closes with self-praise: the soul as a courier in service, the heart refined like gold in the crucible, a play on Şirin and Ferhad, and the pearl of verse.
Münîrî's ghazal mixing Turkish and Persian: a heart throwing double six at the backgammon of love's grief, a robe embroidered with tears, a fainting rebab and an arrow's "oh".
Kara Fazlî's five-couplet ghazal of comparisons with the redif "-dür gūyiyā": a robe turned shroud, a presumptuous parrot, jasmine and salamander, and the musk of Khotan.
Prince Bayezid's ghazal of reproach with the redif "yok mıdur": lovers whose blood goes unavenged, union put off, the land of separation, a pale face and a play on Şirin.
Münîrî's seven-couplet ghazal with the refrain "imiş": tear drops that turn out to be oceans, a realm found within the breast, and the pupil keeping watch at the heart's palace.
Kara Fazlî's seven-couplet ghazal with the redif "-e belā": a pun in the opening couplet, grief and tears, tresses as a headache, Joseph's beauty and the fading esteem for poetry.
Prince Bayezid's second ghazal with the redif "yok mıdur": an army of down raiding the heart, a claim to the lordship of love, locks like the huma's shadow and a glance of favour.
Münîrî's only Turkish ghazal rhyming in the letter sad: the İhlâs recited for escape from the chin's well, a lover who risks retaliation, and a poet who writes down her words.
Kara Fazlî's five-couplet ghazal naming his master Zâtî: a lover who calls his sacrifice a feast, gossip like a plague, the hurrying east wind and the favour of Zâtî.
Prince Bayezid's ghazal with the redif "-lar mıdur": fire-worshipping Hindu tresses, sorcerous eyes, a forelock scented like the night-flower, and common ground with his brother Cihangir.
Münîrî's only Turkish ghazal rhyming in the letter tı: moles as the dots in the Mushaf of beauty, a sun at the centre of the soul, and tears that outdo the Tigris and the Oxus.
Kara Fazlî's five-couplet response poem with the redif "saña" to a ghazal by Hızrî: a cupbearer who serves blood, a heart that loses patience, a young blade and sorcerer eyes.
Prince Bayezid's ghazal "hoş mıdur", asking the morning breeze after his father Süleyman: a sâhib-kırân marching on the Kızılbaş and a son kept far from his service.
Münîrî's ghazal mixing Turkish, Persian and Arabic: a face that is the sun's rising place, down falling like two lines of verse, and a final couplet addressing the heart in Arabic.
Kara Fazlî's five-couplet response poem to Nizâmî of Karaman: tresses fanning the fire of the cheek, the cage of the breast, the rose banquet, the true dawn and the pointing thorn.
Prince Bayezid's ghazal that opens with a dialogue: a beloved who says "that is your soul, go away", locks that keep their unbelief though cut, and fortune as an old crone.
Münîrî's ghazal rhyming in the letter ayn: a beauty that lends light to the sun, a sigh that spreads secrets, an eye inventing spells, a dancing cypress and a soul's farewell.
Kara Fazlî's response poem with the redif "peydā" to Tabîbî of Plovdiv: down as smoke from the candle of power, a sorcerer glance, the Judas tree and the tiger of eloquence.
Prince Bayezid's ghazal rhymed in "zâr u zâr, târ u mâr": locks turned to snakes, a treasure of the heart guarded by snakes, and an ant offering its soul to Süleyman Han.
Münîrî's ghazal in which every couplet ends with "şem‘": a candle whose tongue dries for its insolence, a lock as a wick, a mouth full of gold, and a brand seen only at the end.
Kara Fazlî's five-couplet ghazal with the redif "-den peydā": a sigh that topples the heavens, a lip made of sugar, the arrow of fate and the proverb "a man is raised by a man".
Prince Bayezid's ghazal built on repetition: refrains such as "vefâdâr ol vefâdâr ol vefâdâr" and a plain plea that ends by wishing the beloved into the same love.
Münîrî's only Turkish ghazal rhyming in the letter gayn: a garden lit by tulip candles and rose lamps, a lover who says "may you be well", and the Gulistan's parrot and crow.
A ghazal by Prince Bayezid built on repetition: each second line says a word such as "zâr", "bî-karâr" or "intizâr" three times, cataloguing the states of the lover.
Münîrî's only Turkish ghazal rhyming in the letter fe: a breast never targeted by the arrow, a lip that whispers the Qur'anic "fear not", and a fortune in conjunction with the sun.
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