There is something special and familiar (for us) about couples who have been together for many years before marriage. It makes the act of marriage even more meaningful, since, despite knowing everything about each other, you are still choosing to keep each other for eternity. With this in mind, and in celebration of Claudia’s latin roots, we leave you with the enduring words of one of our favourite 19th century poets, Bécquer:
Eternal Love
The sun could cast an eternal shadow,
And the sea could run dry in an instant;
The earth’s axis could break
Like fragile crystal.
Anything could happen! Death, enswathing,
Could cover me with it’s mournful attire;
But in me, your love’s flame
Can never expire.
Amor Eterno
Podrá nublarse el sol eternamente;
podrá secarse en un instante el mar:
podrá romperse el eje de la tierra
como un débil cristal.
¡Todo sucederá! Podrá la muerte
cubrirme con su fúnebre crespón,
pero jamás en mí podrá apagarse
la llama de tu amor.
