Here are the two love poems that were recited at our wedding all those years ago. I dug it up and decided it needs to belong on my blog forever.
Sonnet XVII
By Pablo Neruda
I don’t love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers,
and thanks to your love, darkly in my body
lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I know no other way of loving
but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.
FOR LOVERS ONLY
I feel as if we have been moving towards each other
to meet on this day
every second one step closer
to seeing your beautiful face
i have dreamt of you
thought of you
and prayed for you
i have heard the sweet nectar of your voice
and felt your hand touch my heart
i have longed to have you beside me
to walk through the valley of love
together
i have looked in your eyes
and watched my heart dance and my soul smile
i have held you in my arms and whispered the names
of our children in your ear
i have laughed, cried and sat quietly
waiting
until today
as my dreams come true
today i say i love you
in marriage
forever.
(anonymous=aly mulji)
