Saturday, March 19

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 shadelike 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 welcomeas the moon in a clear blue sky.I am out of words to describehow spirit mingles in this marriage.

Kabir Helminski "Love is a Stranger" Threshold Books, 1993

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