👍💝"Ye dwell in one world, and have been created through the operation of one Will. " (Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, CLVI

One of my favorite track. Thanks for the beautiful song.🥰🥰

Absolutely delightful - filled with light energy. Sweet, melodic voices and guitar, love this track. Really captures the spirituality of the quote.

      A                              B/A*
The steed of this Valley is patience;

           D                        A
Without patience the wayfarer

A                          B/A*
On this journey will reach nowhere

               D                   A
And attain no goal… no goal.

E                             D
Nor should he ever be downhearted;

E                      D
If he strive for a hundred thousand years and yet fail

E                     D
To behold the beauty of the Friend… the beauty of the Friend,

A                   A*     D                      A
He should not falter (should not falter)      x2
He should not falter 

D                           E                      D                  E
A hundred thousand years, the beauty of the Friend


Recorded at Sydney ISGP Undergraduate Seminar

Patience (Remastered) - jtdubss

Chords and lyrics to come

Recorded at an ISGP undergraduate seminar

Is There Any Remover - Nava & Jtdubss

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we're in Toronto, Canada with Calla who sings “No One But Thee”, from the Writings of the Bab. 

You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here:

https://youtu.be/UqgAPRCjykk

This song was filmed and recorded in Toronto, Canada, August 2015.

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:

"O My God! There is no one but Thee to allay the anguish of my soul, and Thou art my highest aspiration, O my God. My heart is wedded to none save Thee and such as Thou dost love. I solemnly declare that my life and death are both for Thee..." - The Bab 

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G#m 
Oh my God 
 B
there is no one but Thee 
E      B  D#m
to allay the anguish of my soul ooh 
G#m      B
Thou art my highest aspiration 
  E  B
Oh my God, Oh my God 
D#m
Oooh
B      D#m 
my heart is wedded to none save Thee 
C#m      G#m
and such as Thou dost love 
  F#  B
I solemnly declare 
  D#m     C#m  
my life and death are both for Thee 
  G#m F#m 
ooh  ooh oooh
B    D#m 
my heart is wedded to none save Thee 
C#m      G#m
and such as Thou dost love 
  F#  B
I solemnly declare
  D#m     C#m 
my life and death are both for Thee
  G#m F#  B
ooh  ooh they are for You 
  D#m E
they are for You, for You
G#m 
Oh my God 
  B
there is no one but Thee 
E      B  D#m
to allay the anguish of my soul ooh 
G#m      B
Thou art my highest aspiration 
  E  B
Oh my God, Oh my God 
D#m
Oooh

"No One But Thee" by Calla Kinglit

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in New York City, USA with Sophie Rutstein, Siria Rutstein and Ashkan Ziaie who sing “Make Them to Grow” based on a prayer by Abdu'l-Baha.

You can also watch the video of this song on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8p_cL8MHZQ

This song was filmed and recorded in New York City, USA, January 2017.

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the chords:

"O God, my God! These are Thy feeble servants; they are Thy loyal bondsmen and Thy handmaidens, who have bowed themselves down before Thine exalted Utterance and humbled themselves at Thy Threshold of light, and borne witness to Thy oneness through which the Sun hath been made to shine in midday splendor. They have listened to the summons Thou didst raise from out Thy hidden Realm, and with hearts quivering with love and rapture, they have responded to Thy call.

O Lord, shower upon them all the outpourings of Thy mercy, rain down upon them all the waters of Thy grace. Make them to grow as beauteous plants in the garden of heaven, and from the full and brimming clouds of Thy bestowals and out of the deep pools of Thine abounding grace make Thou this garden to flower, and keep it ever green and lustrous, ever fresh and shimmering and fair.

Thou art, verily, the Mighty, the Exalted, the Powerful, He Who alone, in the heavens and on the earth, abideth unchanged. There is none other God save Thee, the Lord of manifest tokens and signs." - Abdu'l-Baha

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CHORDS:
F Am F C
F G Am
F G Am Em

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"Make Them to Grow" by Sophie, Siria & Ashkan

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Vancouver, Canada with Sarah and Nava who sing “O That I Could Travel” based on a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=766WYsdOaYo
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Vancouver, Canada, January 2017.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"O that I could travel, even though on foot and in the utmost poverty, to these regions, and, raising the call of “Ya Baha’u’l-Abha” in cities, villages, mountains, deserts and oceans, promote the divine teachings! This, alas, I cannot do. How intensely I deplore it! Please God, ye may achieve it." - Abdu’l-Baha
 
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O that I could travel, even though on foot G Am F
And in the utmost poverty, to these regions (x2)

And, raising the call of Dm G Am
And, raising the call (the call)
And, raising the
And, raising the call (the call of)

Ya Baha’u’l-Abha (Ya Baha’u’l-Abha) G Am F
Ya Baha’u’l-Abha (x2)

in cities, villages, mountains, G Am F
deserts and oceans,
promote the divine teachings! (x2)

This, alas, I cannot do. How intensely I deplore it! Dm G Am
This, alas, I cannot do.

Please God, ye may achieve it. (Ya Baha’u’l-Abha) G Am F
Please God, ye may achieve it

Ya Baha’u’l-Abha (Ya Baha’u’l-Abha) G Am F
Ya Baha’u’l-Abha (x2)

O that I could travel, even though on foot G Am F
And in the utmost poverty, to these regions (x2)

"O That I Could Travel" by Sarah & Nava

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Johannesburg, South Africa with Bakang Nakedi who sings “O Son of Being” from the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxKsMp7g5d4
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2017.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the chords:
 
"O SON OF BEING! With the hands of power I made thee and with the fingers of strength I created thee; and within thee have I placed the essence of My light. Be thou content with it and seek naught else, for My work is perfect and My command is binding. Question it not, nor have a doubt thereof."
- Baha’u’llah
 
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Repeat: Am C Em

"O Son of Being" by Bakang Nakedi

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Hluboka nad Vltavou, in the Czech Republic with Ethan Crofts who sings “Arise” based on the words of the Bab, as quoted in The Dawn-Breakers.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbv8PjZ26GQ
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Hluboka nad Vltavou, in the Czech Republic, December 2017.

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Here are the quotations used for the lyrics below followed by the quotations and chords:
 
"... arise, and rest assured that you will be with Me. Tomorrow you shall witness what God has decreed."

"Rejoice, the hour is approaching when, in this very city, I shall be suspended before the eyes of the multitude and shall fall a victim to the fire of the enemy. I shall choose no one except you to share with Me the cup of martyrdom. Rest assured that this promise which I give you shall be fulfilled."

"Had you believed in Me, O wayward generation..."

"I Myself will follow you, together with one of My loyal disciples, and will join you in the realm of eternity."

"O My beloved friends! You are the bearers of the name of God in this Day. You have been chosen as the repositories of His mystery. It behoves each one of you to manifest the attributes of God, and to exemplify by your deeds and words the signs of His righteousness, His power and glory."

"Heed not your weaknesses and frailty; fix your gaze upon the invincible power of the Lord, your God, the Almighty."

"Arise in His name, put your trust wholly in Him, and be assured of ultimate victory."

- The Bab
 
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F#m A D

Arise and rest assured that you will be with me

F#m A D

Tomorrow you shall witness what God has decreed

F#m A D

Rejoice Anis, the hour is approaching in this very city

F#m A D

Rest assured this promise I give you will be fulfilled

F#m E D

Had you believed in me x2

F#m E D

I myself will follow you,

F#m E D

and will join you in the realm of eternity

F#m E D

Arise in His name x 2

F#m E D

You are the bearers of the name of God in this day. 

F#m E D

Heed not your weaknesses and frailty… gaze upon… the Almighty

F#m E D

And arise in His name

"Arise" by Ethan Crofts

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in New York, USA with Nadia Affolter, Zaynab Affolter, Fritz Affolter and Earl Henrikson, who sing "Love Is Not..." from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha.

You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jFOJ4-zKgc

This song was filmed and recorded in New York, USA, August, 2018.

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Here is the full quotation taken from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha used for the lyrics, followed by the lyrics and chords below:

"...this love is not of the body but completely of the soul. And those souls whose inner being is lit by the love of God are even as spreading rays of light, and they shine out like stars of holiness in a pure and crystalline sky. For true love, real love, is the love for God, and this is sanctified beyond the notions and imaginings of men." 
- Abdu'l-Baha

LYRICS & CHORDS:

Am         F             C            G ; Am         F             C            G

Am                     F                                       C               G       Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (4x)
 
Am                                                  F                                       
And those souls whose inner being is lit 

                    C                            G
by the love of God, by the love of God

                  Am                     F
are even as spreading rays of light 

                     C                            G
by the love of God, by the love of God

Am                     F                                       C               G       Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (4x)
 
            Am          F              C          G
For true love, real love is the love for God (2x)  

    Am          F              C          G
For true love, real love is the love for God (4x)  

    Am                     F                                       C            G       Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (4x)

Am                     F                                       C               G       Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (2x)

"Love Is Not..." By Nadia, Zaynab, Fritz & Earl

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Tilburg, in the Netherlands with Naim Pilon, Miad Badiee and Justus Bos who sing “O Son of Dust” from the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdUTK9zXJJs
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Tilburg, in the Netherlands, November 2017.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"O Son of Dust! Blind thine eyes, that thou mayest behold My beauty; stop thine ears, that thou mayest hearken unto the sweet melody of My voice; empty thyself of all learning, that thou mayest partake of My knowledge; and sanctify thyself from riches, that thou mayest obtain a lasting share from the ocean of My eternal wealth. Blind thine eyes, that is, to all save My beauty; stop thine ears to all save My word; empty thyself of all learning save the knowledge of Me; that with a clear vision, a pure heart and an attentive ear thou mayest enter the court of My holiness."
- Baha’u’llah
 
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Intro:
G C G Em G

G C G Em G
Blind thine eyes, that thou mayest behold My beauty;

G Em C G C
stop thine ears, that thou mayest hearken unto the sweet melody of My voice;

Em C G
of My voice;

Em C G
of My voice;

C G C G C G C G
 empty thyself of all learning, that thou mayest partake of My knowledge; and sanctify thyself from riches, that thou mayest obtain a lasting share 

Am Em
from the ocean of, from the ocean of

Em C G
My eternal wealth. 

Em C G Em C G
 My eternal wealth, My eternal wealth.

Em C G
My eternal wealth. 

Em C G Em C G
 My eternal wealth, My eternal wealth.

Em C G
O Son of Dust! Blind thine eyes, that is,

Em C G
to all save My beauty; stop thine ears 

Am Em G
to all save My word; 

C G C G C G C G
empty thyself of all learning save the knowledge of Me; that with a clear vision, a pure heart and an attentive ear

Am Em
thou mayest enter the court

Em C G
of My holiness.

Em C G
O Son of Dust!

Em C G
O Son of Dust!

Em C G
O Son of Dust!

Em C G
O Son of Dust!

"O Son of Dust" by Naim, Miad & Justus

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in London, in the United Kingdom with James Mohajer and Kyan who sing “Apple of Mine Eye” from the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLcLeb8rwxs
 
This song was filmed and recorded in London, in the United Kingdom, September 2018.

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Here are the quotations used for the lyrics below followed by the quotations and chords:
 
“O Thou Who art the apple of Mine eye! My glory, the ocean of My loving-kindness, the sun of My bounty, the heaven of My mercy rest upon Thee. We pray God to illumine the world through Thy knowledge and wisdom, to ordain for Thee that which will gladden Thine heart and impart consolation to Thine eyes.” - Baha'u'llah

"The glory of God rest upon Thee..." - Baha'u'llah

"We have made Thee a shelter for all mankind, a shield unto all who are in heaven and on earth, a stronghold for whosoever hath believed in God…"
- Baha’u’llah
 
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Capo 1

G. D. Em
O Thou who art the apple of Mine eye x2

G. D. Em
My glory, the ocean of My loving-kindness

G. D. Em
The sun, the sun of My Bounty

Am. Em. Bm
We pray to God to illumine the world

Am
Through Thy knowledge

Em
Through Thy wisdom

Am. Em. Bm
We have made Thee a shelter for all mankind

Am. Em. B
A shield unto all who are in heaven and on earth

C. D. Em
[A stronghold for whosoever hath believed in God

C. D. Em.
A stronghold for who hath believed] x 2

G. D. Em
O Thou who art the apple of Mine eye x2

C. D. Em
[A stronghold for whosoever hath believed in God

C. D. Em.
A stronghold for who hath believed] x3

"Apple of Mine Eye" by James & Kyan

Composition and Vocals by Nica Sabet / Engineered and Produced by Conor Kearney / Cello by Hoda Jahanpour / Lyrics from writings of The Báb and Qurrat al-ʿAyn's poetry / Cover Photographed by Delara Youssefian

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