Welcome Bride Poem by Akhtar Jawad

Her complexion is already fair and she doesn't need any mustard paste,
Her palm is already pink and she doesn't need the myrtle colors,
Her simplicity is itself a charm so what if she will not be made a bride,
Still there will be tears in my eyes when the flower leaves behind odors,
Shall see her off with mixed feelings, my sweet granddaughter,
Shall welcome you with your husband again and again ever after,

It's not important that a huge gathering couldn't bid farewell to her,
It's not important that no farewell songs were sung for the flying dove,
Important is the groom for a bride, none else my sweet granddaughter,
Important is the bouquet of colors and odors she'll receive with love,
Already married, she was made a bride, let her start her conjugal life,
With a nice husband she should be lovelier a smiling practical wife.

Forget the tearful see off, there is someone to welcome the bride,
Wish her a happy conjugal life; pray a safe flight in this corona tide!

(About a year ago my eldest granddaughter, daughter of my daughter, was married to a nice boy who is in Canada. Her departure was delayed for a year to complete the formalities. Throughout the year we all made plans for making her departure a memory. But corona virus has changed the centuries old culture.Now she will travel alone to Canada whereat she will be received by her spouse.)