Wedding in Italy – Villa Mapelli Mozzi – To the house of my loved ones, then tell her that I dreamed of her day and night!
It was a great honor for me to officiate this wedding in Italy at Villa Mapelli Mozzi. A real family celebration because as it turned out the groom was a second cousin (our grandfathers were brothers) of mine. So at the wedding I got to know a previously unknown part of my (our) family.
Family
When you get married you become a family. A new core emerges that continues the history of the family. So we are part of something bigger.
Wedding Prayers and Meditation
Ah, look how the linden tree is now trembling in the wind, its leaves soon withered before the forest. And lament on the heath with sorrow one practices, so my love saddened my senses. Ah, longing suffering modest with worries that I must endure without lamentation hidden.
Who always stole my slumber, who makes me die in labor pains and sorrows. Oh, graciously, you appear to me poor and let the pain of your heart have mercy on you. Quickly release my spirit from suffering from surging fire, thy rudder separate me. Little bird, where so fast? 'North, north! The sun is shining so brightly there now, it's spring there now.« O little bird with colorful wings, and when you come to the Lindengrund.
To the house of my loved ones, then tell her that I dreamed of her day and night, thought of her, and that I remained faithful. And greet the flowers in the valley a thousand, a thousand times!
Wedding in Italy
Every day the beautiful king's daughter walked up and down in the evening at the fountain where the white waters rippled. The young slave always stood at the fountain in the evening, where the white water splashed. Every day he grew paler and paler. One evening the princess came up to him with hasty words: "I want to know your name, your homeland, your clan!" And the slave said: "My name is Giovanni, I am from Sicily, and my tribe are those Pino who are dying , when they love."
Photography: Simone Colombo
Location: Villa Mapelli Mozzi