恭喜外孙女贝贝和小九新婚之喜！远在亚利桑那州缔结良缘，新春佳节双喜临门。外公特意填词两阕，既合中式雅韵，又寄万里祝福。两阕词皆紧扣新春、新婚、远地良缘之意，平仄韵脚依词牌正体格律，既合迎宾贺婚之礼，又藏阖家祝福之情。贝贝，如你们那里有“中国红的”大红纸买的话，你去买张红纸抄写一份贴在你们的新婚房间里，作个纪念。《迎宾词》用红纸抄写一份贴在你们办喜酒的大门。（外公外婆衷心祝福，2026年2月19日于中国）
Congratulations to our granddaughter Bei Bei and Joseph on your marriage!
You have joined your lives together far away in Arizona, and your wedding has brought us double happiness during the Chinese New Year. To celebrate, Grandpa has written two traditional Chinese poems especially for you. They carry the grace of Chinese poetry, as well as our blessings sent across thousands of miles.
Both poems are about the Chinese New Year, your marriage, and the happy fate that brought you together in a faraway place. Their tones and rhymes follow the traditional forms. They are written both to welcome the guests and celebrate the wedding, while also carrying the love and blessings of the whole family.
Bei Bei, if you can find some bright red paper—the traditional Chinese red—where you live, please buy a sheet and copy the poems onto it. You can hang them in your newlywed room as a keepsake.
Please also copy the poem titled “Welcoming the Guests” onto red paper and hang it by the entrance of the place where you hold your wedding banquet.
With all our hearts, Grandpa and Grandma wish you both a happy marriage and a beautiful life together.
February 19, 2026 China
《春光好》
Spring in Gentle Light
莺语软， Soft birds sing,
柳丝柔， Willows sway softly,
瑞烟浮。 Auspicious mists drift.
万里天涯春正好， Across ten thousand miles, spring is bright—
缔鸾俦。 Lovebirds unite.
锦瑟同心相绾， Twin zither hearts bound as one,
华堂笑靥凝眸。 Smiles meet in the bridal hall.
岁岁琴瑟和韵永， Year after year, harmonies run,
福长留。 Blessings ever fall.
《浪淘沙·迎宾词》
Welcoming Verse — Tune of Lang Tao Sha
嘉节启新章， This fair day opens a chapter new,
喜气盈堂。 Joy fills the hall through.
宾朋同贺凤求凰。 Friends gather to bless the phoenix pair,
万里姻缘天作合， A bond heaven-made across miles so far—
共祝安康。 All wish them peace to share.
笑语暖壶觞， Warm laughter lifts the wine,
春意绵长。 Spring lingers, tender and long.
兰闺佳偶岁月香。 A graceful couple, their years refined,
白首齐眉情不改， Side by side till hair turns white, love strong—
世世荣昌。 Blessed through ages in song.