The tavern is the abode of lovers.

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The tavern is the abode of lovers, The place where the bird of the soul nests, The rest-house that has no existence In a world that has no form.

Source Shabistari, Secret Rose Garden, Tavern-haunters · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Shabistari, the “tavern,” a frequent image in Sufi poetry, is not a place of drinking: it is the inner place where the soul becomes intoxicated with God, beyond forms, like a bird that has found its nest. Today, give yourself a few minutes of silent retreat, away from noise, and let your soul rest there like a bird in its nest.

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