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.
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.
The opening couplet of Eyüb Sabrî's ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: beauty told through its effect, changing the state of all who see it and striking their tongues mute.
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.
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.
The four-couplet piece in praise of income by Siyâbî, tailor of Merzifon: gain as the source of generosity and a craftsman's advice built on a chain of ocean, cloud and rain.
The opening couplet of Eyüb Sabrî's kalenderî in the Merzifon Cönkü: the beloved as a playful angel in human form, without equal anywhere in the world.
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.
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.
The opening couplet of Eyüb Sabrî's prayer-like kalenderî in the Merzifon Cönkü: the plea to God of a servant who cannot reach salvation and falls into the whirlpool of sin.
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.
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.
The first couplet of Eyüb Sabrî's semai in the Merzifon Cönkü: the poet asking whether the grief he suffers is his alone or the lot written for every human being.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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