Congratulations to all of my friends who just opened the gate of a new life with his/her spouse or those who’re about to get there soon.

Baarakallaahu laka wa baaraka ‘alayka wa jama’a baynakumaa fii khair

May Allah’s blessings are always be around you and your family.
Here I’d like to share a very beautiful message about marriage, which has inspired me, and hope you’ll find something meaningful too. Taken from “My Neighbors The Yamadas” scene, a movie by Studio Ghibli, this message is told as speech of an old woman in the main-figures’ (Takashi-kun and Matsuko-san) wedding. I removed the figures’ name or replaced it with the term “you”.

Catatan: Wedding speech (pidato pernikahan) yang dimaksud dalam tulisan ini juga tersedia dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Kata dalam tanda kurung merupakan bagian tambahan dari saya sendiri agar terjemahannya tidak kaku walaupun secara keseluruhan masih tetap aneh juga sih…