[The Engagement] [The Wedding] [Notary's reading] [The Vows and Breaking of the Glass]
[Eban's Speech] [Michael's Speech] [Miguel Angel's Music] [Photos]

The Speeches

"Thank you very much for having come. I'm happy to be able to share this day here in Colombia with our family and friends. The only thing is I'd like to remember those people who could not be here with us, like my grandmother who is in Montreal and couldn't come, and my and Mercedes' family who are no longer with us, but will be with us always. Cheers."

- Eban Namer
translated by Eban Namer

"My dear family and friends,
In a few words I would like to express the joy of my wife, Dina, of my daughter, Sarah, and of me own to be with all of you in this beautiful country to celebrate the marriage of Mercedes and Eban and to have this opportunity to meet their family and friends.

I would like to thank Grandmother Efigenia and the parents of Mercedes, Herney and Teresa, for the gift you have given us, a new daughter in Mercedes who we met last summer, and Camila, our beautiful new granddaughter. I hope you will teach me to speak in Spanish!

Camila and Mercedes will soon come to live in Canada. Yes, Canada is a country that is very far away and cold, but I know that they will return to visit Colombia which, for us Canadians, is a true paradise.

I wish you health and long life."

- Michael Namer
translated by Eban Namer

The Music

Love without Limits
I already can touch the sun and empty the sea or invent dreams for freedom,
Know the beginning and end to every star,
And if I'm without love, you'll see I'm nothing.

Love is hope without limits, delivery without limits
It's pardon without limits, without limits, it's not egotistical nor irritating, no.
Love creates everything without limits, endures everything without limits, is generous without limits, without limits.
It doesn't have envy, nor can it count, nor asks for anything.

I could already die for you and later awake, or paint with colour the light, or make salt sweet,
I could be a prophet for the future, break air and if I'm without love, you'll see I'm nothing.

Love his humble without limits, it's justice without limits,
It's understanding without limits, without limits, it's always sweet and tells the truth.
Love creates everything without limits, endures everything without limits, is generous without limits, without limits.
It doesn't have envy, nor can it count, nor asks for anything.

How it was
How it was,
I don't know how to tell you how it was
I don't know how to explain to you what happened
But I fell in love with you

It was a light
That lit all of my being,
Your laugh like a madrigal
Filled my life with your arrogance.

It was your eyes or your mouth;
It was your lips or your voice,
It was at best the impatience
Of such a long wait for your arrival.

I know not more,
I don't know how to tell you how it was
I don't know how to explain to you what happened
But I fell in love with you

My Girl
In the loneliness and silence of your room,
I serenade the ghost that your absence leaves,
Your pretty weeping, your infantile smiles,
Our sleeplessness when you were sick,

Our photo of your baptismal day,
Your homework and worries from school,
Pleasant memories from your birthday
Blowing out fifteen birthday candles

But implacable destiny today separates us,
I see you happy to begin your new life,
And even if people now call you woman,
For me you will continue being my girl.
May you be happy, dear daughter.

- sung and played by Miguel Angel Caro
translated by Eban Namer