The first quatrain of a divan by Âşık Ömer in the Merzifon Cönkü: questions to a heart that will plunge into love's sea, be tossed by fate and fade in the wind of death.
Gevherî's chain quatrain preserved in the Merzifon Cönkü: the nightingale who knows the rose's worth, the heart that cannot know its own, and the lover who does.
Dervişoğlu's deyiş of counsel with the refrain "Her daim bu yola çalışmalıdır": the minstrel as God's herald, Ali's path, nightingales singing for Hüseyin and Khidr's company.
Fedâî Baba's koşma with the refrain "in truth the Kaaba is the face of man": a poem that gives each rite of pilgrimage an inner meaning and seeks the Kaaba in man.
An âşık standing at the dâr on Balım Sultan's path: the wish to behold Sultan Cemal, çelebi of Hacı Bektaş, and a deyiş of devotion to Ali and Pir Balım Sultan.
Sıdkî Baba's deyiş of counsel with the redif "-maz imiş": tireless lovers, a bow strung to a true master, the court one cannot reach empty-handed, and the lamp lit from the Ahl al-Bayt.
Kul Hasan's lament in the voice of a father who lost five children: the Giver taking back His trust, Khidr who never came, Fate tearing down the nest and the earth asked to be gentle.
The first quatrain of Fethî's koşma of counsel in the Merzifon Cönkü: the world as a faithless lover who deceives with her finery and keeps a secret paramour.
The opening couplet of Erzurumlu Emrah's divan in the Merzifon Cönkü: a longing not for wine but for the tavern and its gathering; original text, English prose and commentary.
Kul Hüseyin's eight-syllable nefes: with the refrain "mercy, to the court of grace", a dervish who finds God in the one he loves and comes bearing his load of sins.
The first quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: the wine of parting, swallowing blood and a question put to fate; original text, English prose and commentary.
The opening couplet of Nazîf's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: a confession of not knowing before the transient world; original text, English prose and commentary.
The opening couplet of Ârif's divan in the Merzifon Cönkü: a life never once freed from grief; original text, English prose and literary commentary.
The opening couplet of Yesârî's Kalenderî in the Merzifon Cönkü: the endurance of a fallen servant and the refrain efendim; original text, English prose and commentary.
The first quatrain of a koşma by Dertli preserved in the Merzifon Cönkü: an ill-starred servant whose road fell into darkness reproaches God for the world's hardship and cruelty.
The first quatrain of a divan by Âşık Ömer in the Merzifon Cönkü: a lover cries out to his friends that bloodthirsty robbers have taken his rose-faced, dagger-wearing beloved.
Derviş Edna's seven-syllable poem of counsel: the refrain "whoever hurts, hurts himself", the lure of worldly goods, and a soul whose "turn will come again".
The first quatrain of a koşma by Gevherî preserved in the Merzifon Cönkü: a lover who tests himself, a heart weary of a fickle beloved, and an illusion seen too late.
Dervişoğlu's reproachful love deyiş with the redif "dilber": a sorrowful beloved, rivals blocking the way and a quatrain that brings Edna, Fakır and Biçare together.
Book learning and hidden knowledge set apart: Fedâî Baba's three-quatrain koşma on the "ilm-i câvidan", the spiritual guide and the hatt-ı istivâ.
A well-known deyiş with the refrain "incinir mi": the friend's road travelled with love, man as the greatest Mushaf, the nightingale and rose, and the state that cannot be hurt.
Sıdkî Baba's deyiş of exile under the pen name Pervane: the cup of separation, eight months of longing, ordeals fulfilled and a young dervish asking his friends' blessing to return.
The first quatrain of Fethî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: a heart riddled by the fire of love, tears flowing like the Ceyhun and an insistent call to the beloved.
The opening couplet of Erzurumlu Emrah's semai in the Merzifon Cönkü: an inner self burning in love's fire and the soul caged like a bird; original text, English prose and commentary.
The nefes "Anda hasıl oldu güruhu naci", bearing the pen name Kul Himmet but also credited locally to Kul Hüseyin: known as the answer to a question Kul Hüseyin posed.
The first quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: love as misfortune and calamity, and an angel-natured youth; original text, English prose and commentary.
The opening couplet of Nazîf's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: God who knows all that comes and every deed of His servant; original text, English prose and commentary.
The opening couplet of Ârif's Güfte in the Merzifon Cönkü: a beloved who grew from a child into a cypress; original text, English prose and commentary.
The first quatrain of a koşma by Dertli preserved in the Merzifon Cönkü: hearts burning like moths in the dark night and roses blushing at the nightingale's cry.
The first two lines of a poem by Âşık Ömer in the Merzifon Cönkü: a lover who asks to see the beloved's beauty and to pluck a rose from a cheek opened rose upon rose.
Derviş Edna's nefes with the refrain "one Fatiha and three İhlâs": a dervish seeking the essence of the Qur'an in its letters, the ninety thousand words and the verses of the Fatiha.
Dervişoğlu's deyiş of counsel to the heart: a heart that thinks itself wise, a secret told to the ignorant, a stream crossed instead of the ocean, and the inn of this world.
A poem of hidden knowledge woven with letter and number symbolism: Fedâî Baba's lesson beginning with Alif, the seven verses of the Fatiha and 28 letters.
A short reproach in eight-syllable lines with the refrain "neyleyim neyleyim": a beloved who does not keep faith, failing limbs, and a grave dug in the Friend's village.
Sıdkî Baba's devriye: the soul issuing from the light of Muhammad and Ali, roaming as sea, rain, nightingale, Adam and Majnun, and arriving through the cem of the Forty at Hacı Bektaş.
The first quatrain of Fethî's koşma to Gülfadik, young beauty of the town of Merzifon: olive eyes, a wish to be her sacrifice and a love poem rooted in place.
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