In sorrow’s dwelling-place the roses yet shall spring from the bare floor!

Excerpt

From Canaan Joseph shall return, whose face A little time was hidden: weep no more— Oh, weep no more! in sorrow’s dwelling-place The roses yet shall spring from the bare floor! And heart bowed down beneath a secret pain— Oh stricken heart! joy shall return again, Peace to the love-tossed brain—oh, weep no more! Oh, weep no more! for once again Life’s Spring Shall throne her in the meadows green, and o’er her head the minstrel of the night shall fling A canopy of rose leaves, score on score.

Source Hafiz (Bell), Poem 29, §1 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Hafiz, a Persian poet, joy returns like Joseph (Yusuf), long hidden and then given back to his father Jacob: even in the dwelling of sorrow, the roses will grow again and spring will return. Today, if a sorrow weighs on you, plant a small sign of hope (a flower, a seed, a lit candle) and entrust to God what you are waiting to see bloom again.

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