Derviş Edna's nefes on meeting his guide on the fifteenth of the spring month: the apple divided in four, the words "the heart is in the heart" and the grief of parting.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes with the refrain "I wonder why they look down on this path": fourteen quatrains naming the Twelve Imams one by one in answer to those who scorn the Alevi path.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's semai in the Merzifon Cönkü: the laughing rose that no longer begrudges the nightingale's sighs; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes stirred by a word from the "felicitous Hünkâr": being a Kamber before the sultan, Ahmed-i Gazi who will set the world right, the coming Mahdi and Zülfikar.
Kul Hüseyin's poem of counsel to a hoca: "do you know the place where God is a guest?", the four gates, the law on the tongue and the order in the soul, and a heart's wound made to ache.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's divan in the Merzifon Cönkü: an invitation to an outing and the enigmatic çifteler; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes "in this present world it is better to be mute": keeping one's secret from the people of the age, sharing the state of the saints, and the hidden people of truth.
Kul Hüseyin's deyiş of counsel on old age: no companion left who knows his state, years reaching seventy, fallen teeth, and a falcon that has no bird left to hunt.
The first stanza of Tokatlı Nûrî's six-line semai in the Merzifon Cönkü: a na't on the Muhammadan light and the pride of the prophets; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes stating plainly his belief in changing garments: the soul given in sacrifice, the tablet on the brow, "I have come and gone many times" and the unbroken pledge.
Kul Hüseyin's eight-syllable nefes: the believer who sees God, God who is in love with His servant, the ember of beauty burning the breast, and a dervish clothed in the cloak of the lover.
Derviş Edna's nefes on waking from heedlessness at dawn: the true lover known by his love, the cup at the fount of Kevser, and a play on the words "ar" (shame) and "var" (being).
Kul Hüseyin's poem for a beloved fallen ill: a rose complexion fading day by day, a lover ready to wear iron sandals in search of a cure, and a beloved dressed in black for mourning.
Derviş Edna's poem of counsel beginning "the time is fulfilled": worldly goods that do not fit the collarless shirt, the likeness of customer and profit, and the pir's trace.
Kul Hüseyin's poem of counsel "heart, do not grieve for this passing world": love that passes like a flood, mountains not crossed without effort, a warning against slander.
Derviş Edna's ten-quatrain nefes of parting: the refrain "separation has burned my breast again", Ferhat and Şirin, mutual forgiveness and a plea to Balım Sultan.
Kul Hüseyin's call to the Mahdi: the refrain "we are soldiers of the Mahdi, master of the age", devotion to Hacı Bektaş and the words "we are Alevi".
Derviş Edna's nefes with the refrain "heart, why do you lie there, rise and ask your need": the fire of love, waking at midnight, the gate of paradise opening at dawn.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes collected and made known by Âşık Gülabi: the refrain "the blessing of Abdal Musa has reached us", the tomb within seven gates and the house of Kaygusuz Sultan.
Derviş Edna's seven-syllable quatrain to his mother: a reproach to a mother who, "every day at God's side, still has veiled eyes" and does not recognise the saint beside her.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes with the redif "does it grow weary?": serving a just king, the branch bearing its fruit, the arm that embraces in fellowship, and friendship exalted over blind zealotry.
Derviş Edna's seven-syllable quatrain to his wife: a warning to the beauty who pours wine, "you gave a pledge, you took a pledge, stand by your pledge, my beauty".
Kul Hüseyin's nefes in the Battalname tradition: Seyyid Battal Gazi, who set out from Malatya to avenge his father, his war cry on the field, and the warrior who brought Rum to Islam.
Kul Hüseyin's eight-syllable nefes: people running wild, digging pits for one another, manners and modesty gone, patience with a sharp sword, and the refrain "İllallahi ve sabirin".
Kul Hüseyin's nefes with the redif "they said": counsel against gloom, news from one of a thousand Hızırs, sages who know a person by his voice, and "look to yourself" to the zealot.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes with the refrain "I seek my wish from you, O Ali": a love that lasts night and day, Ali who will draw Zülfikar with love, and a heart that will not give up.
Kul Hüseyin's poem with the refrain "do not flee, mother deer, I am no hunter": the hennaed deer, kohl-dark eyes, a mother deer leaving her fawn, and a lover who carries barley.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes "I saw your face and became drunk with you": elif for God, mim for Muhammad, ayn for Ali; the order swimming in the water of gnosis, and the master who outplays us.
Kul Hüseyin's poem collected and made known by Erdal Erzincan: "man is part by part, the earth vein by vein", brows like lam-elif, the wish to be a belt on a slender waist.
Kul Hüseyin's düvaz-ı imam with the redif "is in you": the secret of the Twelve Imams within man, "you seek the Kaaba, the Kaaba is in you", and a lineage reaching to Şeyh Safi.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes with the redif "is ours": God as the guest in the transcendent city, Ali's healing, the Lord seen with the eye, the precepts of Şeyh Safi and a rite of seventeen persons.
Kul Hüseyin's poem in praise of the summer pasture: opening hyacinths and roses, melting snows, narcissus and violets growing together, a gentle wind, and the yayla left empty.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes known as his question to Kul Himmet, "why did the community of the saved come to be": questions on the pilgrim before Adam, the Forty, Ali's sword and the world's end.
Kul Hüseyin's incomplete three-quatrain nefes: saints patient under trial, Abraham cast into the fire, Joseph in prison, Ali stabbed and Hüseyin martyred at Karbala.
A twenty-quatrain deyiş of religious law attributed to Kul Hüseyin: verses on ablution, prayer, fasting and alms asking "tell me, let us see", and a story about the kadı of Gümüş.
Kul Hüseyin's three-quatrain düvaz-ı imam: a heart unafraid at the Judgement, God, Muhammad and Ali, Zeynel in the dungeon, the saint who turns unbelief to faith, and the Twelve Imams.
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