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This Marriage     -     Ode 2667
 

 

May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
May it be sweet milk,
this marriage, like wine and halvah.
May this marriage offer fruit and shade
like the date palm.
May this marriage be full of laughter,
our every day a day in paradise.
May this marriage be a sign of compassion,
a seal of happiness here and hereafter.
May this marriage have a fair face and a good name,
an omen as welcome
as the moon in a clear blue sky.
I am out of words to describe
how spirit mingles in this marriage.

--- Rumi

 

Jalal Al-Din Rumi, born in 1207, was the founder of the Sufism, an exploration of unity. Rumi left Afghanistan for Turkey, where he lived and taught until his death in 1273. Translation is by Kabir Helminski

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