I, (name), take you ,(name ), to be my (husband/wife), my constant friend, my faithful partner and my love from this day forward. In the presence of God, our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow to be your faithful pertner in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, and in joy as well as in sorrow. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to honor and respect you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you for as long as we shall live.
* Transformed text (1) (Dictionary method)
I am the male spouse willing to have you as my female spouse, my closest companion, my trustful lifemate and my companion as long as I live. As we all gather here, members of my blood, acquaintances and the Lord, I promise that you will see me beside you in circumistances of being diseased, ill or robust and sound, in the state of being marvelous or rough, in cheerful times or distressful times. No matter the situation, you will be given my devotion and offered my help to set your objectives, be given the feel of dignity and adoration, adjoin you in happiness and saddness, and embrace you as long as our hearts beat.
Original Text (2):
I vow to tell you what is true
That you might touch whom you embrace
because I love and cherish you
Transformed text (2): Queneau’s double entry method
I vow and promise to tell and disclose to you what is true and sincere
That you might touch and influnce whom you embrace and hug
Because I love and care for you and I cherish and admire you
* Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?’ He said in reply, ”Have you not read that from the beginning the Creater made them male and female” and said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be Joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh” ? so they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate.
* Love – is anterior of life -
Posterior – to Death -
Initial of Creation, and
The Exponent of Earth
*You’re there by my side
In every way
I know that you would not forsake me
I give you my life
Would not think twice
Your love is all I need believe me I may not say it quite as much as I should
When I say I love you darling that means for good
So open up your heart and let me in And I will love you ’til forever
Until death do us part we’ll be together
So take my hand and hold on tight And we’ll get there
This I swear
* Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, It is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interest, it is quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
* There are three sights which warm my heart and are beautiful in the eyes of the Lord and of men: concord among brothers, friendship among neighbors, and a man and wife who are inseparable.
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