Marriage: Being the bridegroom, I witnessed both bridal laughter and bridal tear. Arrayed in the beautiful sari under golden veil, with a heart full of buckets of emotions And eyes full of sky kissing dreams, the lunar face reached the altar. With the chanting of mantra, my fingers brushed on her forehead to adorn cardinal vermilion. As I made her wear the sacred thread around her neck And we circled around holy fire, glimpse of her smile justified bridal laughter of forming the world with her man of dreams. As the cowrie game ended the marriage and time rang the bell to leave her maternal home, bridal tears gushed like ocean from her eyes. Father became emotional, mother became disheartened to see her darling leaving home, friends sang epithalamium to bid adieu. Bridal tears unknowingly fell on my shoulder, singing the bridal song And among all the chaos, the chauffeur ran the car to reach the destination. Marriage: Being the bridegroom, I witnessed both bridal laughter and bridal tear. Arrayed in the beautiful sari under golden veil, with a heart full of buckets of emotions And
