O dearest Guest welcome, all Sorrow's away!

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Our Fasting is over; 'tis Spring's festal Day: Hallelu! O dearest Guest welcome, all Sorrow's away: Hallelu! O Love once forsaken, forsaken Heart now be forsaken; Thy loved One has come, and for ever will stay: Hallelu! The Parting is parted; the Sev'rance at last is all sever'd; The Union united, without more delay: Hallelu!

Source Rûmî, Divan (Hastie), Gazel 8 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rûmî, at the end of the fast the divine Beloved is welcomed as a dearest Guest: the heart that felt forsaken can leave that forsakenness behind, for separation is over and union is here, as joyful as a spring feast day. Today, welcome someone, at home or in a conversation, as a guest of honor, and let an old sorrow go to make room for this joy.

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