Veil of Tears or Vale of Tears :




The expression “vale of tears” goes back to pious sentiments that consider life on earth to be a series of sorrows to be left behind when we go on to a better world in Heaven.


It conjures up an image of a suffering traveler laboring through a valley ("vale” ) of troubles and sorrow.


“Veil of tears” is poetic sounding, but it’s a mistake.