Marriage

May these nuptials be blessed for us, may this marriage be blessed for us;
May it be ever like milk and sugar, this marriage like wine and halvah.
May this marriage be blessed with leaves and fruits like the date tree;
May this marriage be laughing forever, today, tomorrow, like the houris of paradise.
May this marriage be the sign of compassion and the approval of happiness here and hereafter;
May this marriage be fair of fame, fair of face, fair of omen as the moon in the azure sky.
I have fallen silent, for words cannot describe how the spirit has mingled with this marriage.

Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved