Kul Hüseyin's nefes classed as a "prophecy of the future": ninety thousand saints appearing, the master who will bring justice, Ali taking up the banner, the faith turned into a feast.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's Kalenderî in the Merzifon Cönkü: a plea not to be left in the fire of separation; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's plea for help with the refrain "do not make your servant weep, forgive him for God's sake": a visit made step by step, a wound awaiting balm, a dervish at the Friend's door.
Sıdkî Baba's Karbala elegy: Hüseyin's blood flowing in the desert, Hürr who first opened the field, the seventy-two martyrs, the unbroken line of the Ahl al-Bayt and a twelve-month mourning.
Kul Hüseyin's three-quatrain poem: the musk-scented roads to the Kaaba, Abraham who built it, Imam Hüseyin, and "what did not remain theirs, will it remain ours".
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's Kalenderî in the Merzifon Cönkü: a figure praised with ceberût, melekût and the shadow of the hümâ; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes of counsel with the refrain "it seems it does not": God who gives to poor and rich, the carrion of the world, the blind who cannot lead the blind, and Nimrod who hoards.
Kul Hüseyin's reproach of a lover who hears his beloved has given herself to strangers: "if it is true, it has bent my back", the robber on the road and a lover sold for a coin.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's divan in the Merzifon Cönkü: a prayer for divine grace for a heart on the path of love; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes with the redif "praise be to God": the morsel of divine power from the rose-faced pir, the book opened, the lesson given and the door of eternal knowledge.
Kul Hüseyin's poem with the redif "it is time to": a lover drawn to a beauty, saying the time has come for secret talk, for weeping, for reconciling and at last for union.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's divan in the Merzifon Cönkü: roses in clusters of four or five and an army of nightingales; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes counselling patience in a corrupt age: the people of truth in hiding, honesty slandered, the tyrant's fall and a fate that "opens at thirty-three".
Kul Hüseyin's nefes with the redif "a point": the point seen on the throne of Elest, the Greatest Name, the hundred and fourteen suras, and all the verses gathered in the letter be.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's semai in the Merzifon Cönkü: a letter and a many-coloured robe sent to the beloved; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes on meeting his pir in the month of Muharrem: a face kneaded with light, the cloak and crown, the hand that gives out portions, and Ali seen at the fount of Kevser.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes "since Elest I have loved the light": the merchant from India, the letters elif and mim on the Throne, accepting the gallows like Mansur, and the lover's wound.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's Kalenderî in the Merzifon Cönkü: telling the ascetic that the saz is a prayer to God; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's plea for help composed in 1327 (1909-1910): a world run wild, jackals lined along the road of the Family of the Prophet, the Hünkâr's banner and "come, my lion Ali".
Kul Hüseyin's düvaz-ı imam and plea for help: Abdal Musa roused to wrath, refuge in the Twelve Imams, Zülfikar drying the sea of Najaf, and a plea to Hüseyin Gazi.
The opening section of Tokatlı Nûrî's Satrancî in the Merzifon Cönkü: a eulogy built from shifting verbal segments; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes opening with three rose trees in paradise: turtle-doves and the nightingale, locked doors, accounts rendered, and the wait for the Mahdi.
Kul Hüseyin's three-quatrain plea for help: the pir of Khorasan, Ali who held the gate of Khaybar, Balım Sultan, and Hacı Bektaş Velî who made lifeless walls walk.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: asking the beloved, physician of the age, for a cure; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes of counsel with the redif "brings to nothing": a tongue silent before the rival, tyranny turning on itself, pride and dishonest gain.
Kul Hüseyin's deyiş calling his musahip İbrahim Derviş, "come to our land, come wandering", and the legend of the distant companion hearing the call and arriving at Keçiköy.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's divan in the Merzifon Cönkü: a heart lamenting amid the delight of the pleasure-seekers; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes "my city is Muhammad, my market is Ali": Mecnun wandering for Leyla, the writing on the brow, and grapes pressed in the square of the Forty.
Kul Hüseyin's semah-nefes with the refrain "come, my faith and my religion, Hasan Hüseyin": a life lost at Yezid's hands, a martyr sent away thirsty, a lion guarding the body forty days.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's Kalenderî in the Merzifon Cönkü: a nightingale with no rose or branch, a lover with no refuge; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes of devotion to his guide Kul Fakir: "my tongue speaks by your command", a breast fired in love's forge, a dervish who reached his beloved like Selman.
Kul Hüseyin's farewell nefes with the refrain "come, send us off with joy": a heart longing for its homeland, mutual forgiveness, the lovers' knowledge from Imam Cafer and hope of reunion.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's semai in the Merzifon Cönkü: a lover at the beloved's feet wishing for evening to come; original text, English prose and commentary.
Derviş Edna's nefes of counsel addressed to the saints: many pains and one physician, the ledger of deeds opened, the seven hells, the seven kings of the self and an order set from eternity.
Kul Hüseyin's sixteen-quatrain nefes on the Last Day: the fair Shah who will come as a guest, the Mahdi and Jesus, the Beast of the Earth, Israfil's trumpet, the bridge and the scale.
The opening couplet of Tokatlı Nûrî's semai in the Merzifon Cönkü: advice not to expect faithfulness from the fair; original text, English prose and commentary.
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