I strongly advice you to read the original french version which is written in alexandrine.

SAMARA, LUCAS: Speeches for newlyweds

Cupid’s features, often unpredictable,

We gather today, under high pandemic.

But the miracle ZOOM[i] makes it possible today,

To see us, ectoplasms, and pseudo united [ii].

Here you are, today, at the beginning of a story,

That you both wanted to write.

No matter what happens, no matter the setbacks,

You have firmly chosen to live happily.

For you, SAMARA,

You are distilling, for us, a perfume of travel.

Now dubbed by the holy house[iii],

You marry the son and without any ambiguity

Gradually you are moving to countries with exceptions[iv]****.

As for you, LUCAS,

It would have been good, as a proud sponsor,

I can arrange … to take you to the whores.

Maybe it’s better to put it off until tomorrow,

Forget a project that SAMARA refutes.

Thus, you are calling for a good and fair wedding,

Concretizing, this day, a triumphant love.

We expect you, as swiftly married,

That you manage …to make us a child.

Finally, I don’t know what to tell you;

The oracles, sometimes, are not always right.

To ward off fate, you avoid the worst,

I wish you both a long passion.

Jean-Louis on November 7, 2020

[i] application used for video conferencing

[ii] video-conference meeting

[iii] the DAYMIER house

[iv] France, a country of all exceptions