vale of tears

(this) vale of tears

Fig. the earth; mortal life on earth. (A vale is a literary word for valley.) When it comes time for me to leave this vale of tears, I hope I can leave some worthwhile memories behind. Uncle Fred left this vale of tears early this morning.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
GeneviÈVe	zhe-nə-VYEV, zhawn-VYEV	French
Spartak	-	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Armenian, Georgian
Vilmar	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Christina	[kris'ti:nə]
Loredana	-	Italian, Romanian
Purushottam	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi