Snuff up that perfume of Yusuf!

Excerpt

Arise, O lovers; this sweet draught is yours; Ye are they that endure; eternal life is yours. Ho! ye that seek, arise and take your fill of love, Snuff up that perfume of Yusuf!

Source Masnavi, Book IV, Story II, §11 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rûmî in the Masnavi, the lovers of God are invited to arise and take their fill of love, as one breathes the perfume of Yusuf, the prophet Joseph, a figure of divine beauty whose scent restored hope to his father. Today, rise eagerly for something you truly love, and breathe deeply as you welcome the beauty around you.

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