Rumi on marriage
May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
May it be sweet milk,
this marriage, like drink and halvah.
May this marriage offer fruit and shade
like the date palm.
May this marriage be full of laughter,
your 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.

quoted in: The Rumi Collection, Furuzanfar #2667, edited by Helminski, Kabir (2000). See also: Islam from inside. More from Rumi on Wedding

Mowlana Jalaluddin Rumi
Date of birth: September 30, 1207
Date of death: December 17, 1273
Profession: Writer, Philosopher
Appears in: I Made My Boy Out of Poetry, ...
Children: Sultan Walad, Ala al-Din Muhammad
Place of birth: Balkh