The first quatrain of a divan by Âşık Ömer in the Merzifon Cönkü: a beloved with hair like Leylâ's, a nightingale tongue and hyacinth locks, and a heart weeping blood from longing.
Derviş Edna's three-quatrain nefes of separation: a letter he had written for him, the wound growing in his breast, and a beloved who may or may not come to his grave.
A pain that turns away both Plato and Lokman: Fedâî Baba's koşma with the redif "within", built on images of medicine and ending with Hüseyin's Karbala pain.
The âşık's twelve-quatrain pilgrimage deyiş to the lodge of Pîrî Baba: Hacı Bektaş and Balım Sultan, the Kandil, the Twelve Imams and an arrival dated 1341.
Sıdkî Baba's deyiş of the pen name: a poem of devotion that tells the change from Pervane to Sıdkı as a moment of guidance, recalling the Hand of God, the ninety thousand words and Farhad.
The opening couplet of Erzurumlu Emrah's Kalenderî in the Merzifon Cönkü: a heart smitten once more and its wish for union; original text, English prose and commentary.
The first quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: the chain of locks and the garden of life shedding its leaves; original text, English prose and commentary.
The opening couplet of Nazîf's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: gnosis and grace, rain and the opening rose; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's eight-syllable nefes: a city of light with four gates, seven thrones and three hundred and sixty-six roads, which the dervish at last finds within the human being.
The opening couplet of Ârif's Güfte in the Merzifon Cönkü: a song of welcome with the refrain hoş geldin, safa geldin; original text, English prose and commentary.
A Muharram lament in which all creation weeps for Hüseyin: Fedâî Baba's elegy of five quatrains with the refrain "they moan and weep, crying Ah Hüseyin".
Sıdkî Baba's deyiş with the redif "yeter": entering the dervish life through the register of detachment, the cap, the earring and the belt, and the name Sıdkı earned in fourteen years.
Kul Fakir's eleven-quatrain deyiş addressed to Mustafa Kemal Paşa: the War of Independence, the end of the sultanate and a folk âşık's Atatürk as a lion with Zülfikar.
Kul Hüseyin's eight-syllable poem with the redif "flows on and goes": a wave like the sea, a frowning beloved, and a prayer like the one camel leading a caravan of a thousand.
The opening couplet of Erzurumlu Emrah's Kalenderî in the Merzifon Cönkü: the pun on perî-şân and perîşân and dishevelled locks; original text, English prose and commentary.
The first quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: the pun on bensiz and beňsiz, and the cypress-tall beloved; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes portraying the world as an inn and man as a guest in it: the substance set on the Day of Elest, the master's counsel and the account to be given in the grave.
The opening couplet of Ârif's semai in the Merzifon Cönkü: thanks for rising from a sickbed; original text, English prose and literary commentary.
A declaration of faith on behalf of a community: Fedâî Baba's ghazal with the redif "-danız", naming tevellâ, teberrâ, the vow, the saved sect and the Ja'fari school.
Sıdkî Baba's short deyiş with the refrain "eğlenme tez gel": devotees awaiting a master gone abroad, burning breasts and a lover weeping like Jacob for his Joseph of Canaan.
A deyiş of counsel with the refrain "getirir": the brave man who keeps his secret, shunning companions without a path, each bringing his own fire to hell, and the power of sweet words.
Kul Hüseyin's poem of welcome with the refrain "welcome to us, brother guest": a heart fallen into fellowship, news from the fair Shah, the rivals and the secret to be kept.
The first quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: a sulking beloved with a tilted fez and a frowning brow; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes that asks "did you see, did you know": a grieving heart that cannot settle on every flower, the community of the saved, and a dervish whose home is the body.
Praise of Ali through the letters from Alif to Ya: Fedâî Baba's alphabet eulogy citing the Qur'an, the twelve imams, Balım Sultan and Kızıl Deli.
Sıdkî Baba's semai with the refrain "Eller ne derse desinler": devotion to the çelebis Cemaleddin, Feyzullah and Hamdullah, who died in Amasya, and the çile fulfilled in 1308.
A deyiş of the path with the refrain "makbulu": keeping apart from the people of the age, keeping one's secret from the ignorant, passing from duality to unity, servanthood to sovereignty.
Kul Hüseyin's poem with the refrain "I have fallen out with fate, I will not make peace again": an earthquake in the city of the body, a scattered home, and fate sifting people.
The first quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: a mad and ruined heart longing for freedom and union; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's lament and plea to Imam Hüseyin: blood boiling at Karbala, Mother Fadime's grief, Şimir's malice and the refrain "Imam Hüseyin must make us rejoice".
Praise of Mustafa Kemal in the language of Sufism: Fedâî Baba's ghazal with the redif "you became", naming the pole, the hidden saints, the Republic and the railways.
Sıdkî Baba's deyiş of counsel with the redif "kapısına": recognising the guide, standing at the dâr like Mansur, the four gates, Iblis who fled the prostration, and the Hünkâr's line.
The four-quatrain variant of Kul Hüseyin's "Dalgam yeğin derya gibi": a wave diving into the ocean, a frowning beloved and the camel walking ahead of a thousand-strong caravan.
The first quatrain of Tokatlı Nûrî's koşma in the Merzifon Cönkü: a lover weary of life, tears of blood and a plea for fairness; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's eight-syllable nefes "Düldül'ün yeli mi ola": a wind blowing from divine power, the tanbur of fellowship, the coming of the Mahdi, and his answer to those who call him mad.
A nefes that reads the human face through the twelve imams: Fedâî Baba's short poem giving eyes, lips, brows and forehead to the imams and calling the face Umm al-Kitab.
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