Today's ceremony reading is a poignant one, One Swaying Being by from The Book of Love by Rumi. The work of this Persian poet is massively popular, his words are beautiful without being too lofty, which makes it ideal material for a wedding reading. One Swaying Being is romantic, passionate, and vivid, I have a feeling it will resonate with lots of couples.

One Swaying Being by Rumi

"Love is not condescension, never that, nor books, nor any marking on paper, nor what people say of each other. Love is a tree with branches reaching into eternity and roots set deep in eternity, and no trunk! Have you seen it? The mind cannot. Your desiring cannot. The longing you feel for this love comes from inside you. When you become the Friend, your longing will be as the man in
the ocean who holds to a piece of wood. Eventually, wood, man, and ocean become one swaying being, Sham Tabriz, the secret of God."

Translated by Coleman Barks

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