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Sunday, October 2, 2011

MARRIAGE BLESSING FROM A SUFI MYSTIC

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May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
May this marriage be delicious milk,
like wine and havlah.
May it offer fruit and shade,
like the date palm.
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May this marriage be full of laughter,
making every day a day in Paradise.
May this marriage be a token of compassion,
a seal of joy now and for ever more.
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May this marriage have a gracious face and a good name,
an omen as welcome
as the moon in a clear daylight sky.
I have run out of words to describe
how spirit mingles in this marriage.
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Jalil al-Din Rumi (1207-1273) Persia
Muslim poet, theologian, and Sufi mystic
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