The opening couplet of Erzurumlu Emrah's Kalenderî in the Merzifon Cönkü: a prayer for union with the beloved of the intoxicated eyes; original text, English prose and commentary.
The first quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: the cypress-tall sultan of beauty and his maddening eyes; original text, English prose and commentary.
Kul Hüseyin's answer to Molla Hasan's questions: the zealot's washing, the rite that cleanses the believer, Adam's substance, the four gates and the questioning in the grave.
The opening couplet of Nazîf's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: the house of the heart torn down by man and rebuilt by God; original text, English prose and commentary.
The opening couplet of Ârif's Güfte in the Merzifon Cönkü: a sovereign who left as commander of the army of Islam; original text, English prose and commentary.
The first stanza of Dertli's müseddes in the Merzifon Cönkü: a lover who rends his collar, becomes an abdal and sacrifices himself on love's path; a possible Kerbelâ elegy.
Two couplets of Âşık Ömer's prayer gazel in the Merzifon Cönkü: an appeal to God, for the love of the Prophet, not to be dependent on men, the unjust and ignorant, or enemies.
Derviş Edna's farewell nefes with the refrain "let us go, farewell, brothers": the swift horse of love, those who keep their secret, and the Friend who waits beyond.
Fedâî Baba's eulogy of Ali: five quatrains of praise woven with al-Aliyy al-A'la, Hal ata, la fata, the voice in the crane and the four gates and forty stations.
A deyiş of the vow with the refrain "inşallah": the 124,000 prophets, dying before death, coming to this inn three or five times, the Elest assembly and those who came from Yemen.
Sıdkî Baba's deyiş under the pen name Kul Pervane: a greeting from the beloved, the nightingale in the Friend's garden, the abdal's cloak and the cloak of reputation thrown off.
The opening couplet of Erzurumlu Emrah's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: sorrow entrusted to the dawn breeze and a lamenting letter; original text, English prose and commentary.
The first quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: a prayer against the evil eye and a moon face praised with a verse; original text, English prose and commentary.
The opening couplet of Nazîf's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: the flickering candle of guidance and the gleaming sword of the sharia; original text, English prose and commentary.
Kul Hüseyin's poem of welcome to Hacı Bektaş Velî: the refrain "sage of sages, pir, welcome", lips of sugar, teeth of pearl and the Hünkâr who came from Khorasan.
The first stanza of Ârif's Güfte in the Merzifon Cönkü: spring, the nightingale and a bud peeping from a green turban; original text, English prose and commentary.
The first quatrain of a divan by Âşık Ömer in the Merzifon Cönkü: a lover who has not laughed since giving his heart, will not learn, and leaves the beloved to God instead of cursing.
Derviş Edna's nine-quatrain nefes on the end of time: the world reborn seven times, the coming of the Mahdi, the sun a mile above, the scale of judgement and the Twelve Imams.
A poet walking through the house of the body: Fedâî Baba's koşma built on the caged nightingale, the turning mill, the seven-headed dragon and the lion's cub.
A plea in eight-syllable lines with the refrain "beni": the âşık calls to the caravan going to the Şah, longing like a bee parted from honey and a nightingale from the rose.
Sıdkî Baba's deyiş of thanks that sums up his life: the cup of love drunk in a dream in 1293, forty-seven years of service, Feyzullah Çelebi's favour and the name Sıdkı given by Cemaleddin.
The opening couplet of Erzurumlu Emrah's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: a hû dost prayer to the Lord who made the universe from light; original text, English prose and commentary.
The opening lines and final quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: advice not to trust the turning world, and the earth that devours us, with commentary.
The opening couplet of Nazîf's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: not laying waste the hereafter for a day or two of pleasure; original text, English prose and commentary.
Kul Hüseyin's poem spoken by a wounded deer: a plea to the hunter, a mother deer thinking of her young, and the refrain "I listen: a deer moans from the depths of its soul".
The opening couplet of Ârif's Güfte in the Merzifon Cönkü: an evening gathering, the parrot and sugar-cheeked beauties; original text, English prose and commentary.
Six lines of a divan by Âşık Ömer in the Merzifon Cönkü: locks like the letter dâl, the ruined city of the body, brows like a double pistol and praise of the chief of the fair.
Derviş Edna's nefes of devotion, "if they gave me the world I would not part from you": the pir who kneaded his clay, the hazel-eyed beauty, the coffin on a white camel.
An elegy uniting the wound of love and the grief of Karbala: Fedâî Baba on three letters and five dots, the 73 martyrs, the Muharram fast and Kasım's henna.
A deyiş of wisdom with the refrain "var": all that is sought is in man, one who strains a thousand seas from one spring, the vow-breaker barred from the cem, the stone thrower.
Sıdkî Baba's love deyiş with the redif "beni": a beloved whose brows are the basmala, face the House of God and stature an alif, and an oath that only a coffin or exile could break.
The opening couplet of Erzurumlu Emrah's divan in the Merzifon Cönkü: the fairy-faced, angel-featured fairest of the fair; original text, English prose and commentary.
The first quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: separation written by the pen of eternity and the torn garment of love; original text, English prose and commentary.
The opening couplet of Nazîf's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: that God cannot be known without sacrifice on His path; original text, English prose and commentary.
Kul Hüseyin's crane semah, collected and sung by Zülfü Livaneli: the crane from Baghdad with a date in its beak, the desert of Karbala and "tarry, my crane, let us go to the pir".
The opening couplet of Ârif's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: a penitent come bareheaded to the court of God; original text, English prose and commentary.
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