
Chords: D G, Bm G D

Thou seest, O Thou Who art my All-Glorious Beloved, the restless waves that surge within the ocean of my heart,

In my love and yearning towards Thee. 

I implore Thee, by the signs of Thy majesty and the evidences of Thy sovereignty, to subdue Thy servants by this Name

Recorded at an ISGP undergraduate seminar

Love and Yearning - Parissa & jtdubss

Baha’i Blog 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 Marbella, Spain with Alicia Perdu who sings “Oh Tú, buen Dios (O Thou Kind God)” in Spanish based on the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha. 

This song was filmed and recorded in Marbella, Spain in July 2023.

You can also watch the video recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVFe1AsLR8k

LYRICS/QUOTE:

¡Oh Tú, buen Dios! Tú eres para mí más amable que yo mismo y tu amor es más abundante y antiguo. Siempre que me acuerdo de tus dones, me siento feliz y con esperanzas. Si he estado agitado, consigo paz y tranquilidad de alma y corazón. Si soy desleal, me vuelvo leal. Si he estado sin esperanza, vuelvo a sentirla.


LYRICS/QUOTE IN ENGLISH:

O thou kind God! To me thou art kinder than myself, and thy love is more abundant and more ancient. Whenever I am reminded of thy bestowals I am made happy and hopeful. If I have been agitated I obtain ease of heart and soul. If I am sick, I gain eternal health. If I am disloyal, I become loyal. If I have been hopeless, I become hopeful.


CHORDS:

C
¡Oh Tú, buen Dios! 

Am9
Tú eres para mí 
F
más amable que yo mismo 

      E7 (5th fret)       Am7 (5th fret)    D9 (4th fret)
y tu amor es más abundante y antiguo. 

Gm7(3th fret)  C9 (5th fret)       F E
Siempre que me acuerdo de tus dones, me siento feliz 

C Am9
y con esperanzas. 

F Fm
Si he estado agitado, consigo paz 

C E7 (5th fret)
y tranquilidad de alma y corazón. 

       Am7 (5th fret)     D9 (4th fret)
Si soy desleal, me vuelvo leal. 

Gm7(3th fret)   C9 (5th fret)   F             E C
Si he estado sin esperanza, vuelvo a sentirla, vuelvo a sentirla.


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“Oh Tú, buen Dios (O Thou Kind God)” by Alicia Perdu

I’ve got memories
Every place I go
When I am home

Can’t escape them
Even when I’m lying 
In my bed

Or walking to the end
Of the neighborhood
To the rocky beach where we would

Sit and watch the waves come in
Well I’m back to doing that again

But I’ve changed
I’m heading up north to where the light don’t fade
And the days
Are longer than the time we laid

By the lake in the fading evening light
When it seemed like the sun would never fall
Down beneath the horizon toward the night
Time was somewhere outside where we were

But the sun did dip and I lost you there
When you wandered back and up the hill
And I was left in that place where 
These memories don’t die even if our love will

And I’ve been trying to move on
Growing into what I can become
Yea I’m going up north, yea that’s for sure
Yea I’m turning into the shining sun

Gonna shine down light on everyone
Gonna rise above the horizon
But even the sun needs connection
It needs the damn solar system

And it needs the moon to cover it
To stop its shining for a bit
Then people can really look at it
And see it for what it really is

Yea it’s not really any different
Than anybody else, it’s sending
Signals to the sky
It wants to share its burning light

It lies in its bed, sits by the rocks
It glances out across the water
Knowing it’ll rise up higher
Soon but it’ll never forget you

And the limitless time that we knew

Signals to the Sky

Converging on Canada’s Vancouver Island, songwriter/recording artists Eric Dozier (Harlem Gospel Choir, One Human Family) and JB Eckl (Santana, WAR, Ozomatli) set out to bring their diverse musical backgrounds together for a music-infused devotional experience. Drawing on the Baha’i sacred Writings for lyrics and inspiration, and incorporating elements of soul, rock, Gospel, folk and world music, this first collaboration weaves a rich tapestry of sound at once expansive and intimate, introspective and jubilant.

The Badasht Project seeks to explore how the use of beauty, music and the arts can serve as a catalyst for change, consciousness, revolution, and insight.

Unity Prayer

"O Lord! I am a broken-winged bird and desire to soar in Thy limitless space. How is it possible for me to do this save through Thy providence and grace, Thy confirmation and assistance."
—‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Tuning: EADEBE

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D|--2
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Broken Winged Bird - Denzil (ISGP QLD Dec 2016)

Songs For "I Spy Butterfly" - A Puppet Show by Max Weigert
Guitar and Vocals: Max Weigert

production: JoshGoldMusic 
http://www.JoshGoldMusic.com

Where There Is Love - Max Weigert - (Production, Mixing, Mastering, Keys, Perc, Drum Prog)

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 Dominique Sylvester who sings “Abdu’l-Baha” based on a tablet 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/watch?v=_IpQ7wviRpw
 
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 quotation and chords:
 
"My name is Abdul-Baha, my identity is Abdul-Baha, my qualification is Abdul-Baha, my reality is Abdul-Baha, my praise is Abdul-Baha. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem; and servitude to all the human race is my perpetual religion. ...No name, no title, no mention, no commendation hath he nor will ever have except Abdul-Baha. This is my longing. This is my supreme apex. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. This is my everlasting glory!"
- Abdu’l-Baha
 
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Repeat: Dm Bb(#11) C

CHORUS
My name is Abdul-Baha my qualification is Abdul-Baha
My reality is Abdul-Baha, My praise is Abdul-Baha
VERSE
Thraldom to the blessed perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem
And servitude to all the human race is my perpetual religion
CHORUS
My name is Abdul-Baha my qualification is Abdul-Baha
My reality is Abdul-Baha , My praise is Abdul-Baha
VERSE
No name, no title mention no commendation hath I nor will ever have except Abdul-Baha
CHORUS
My name is Abdul-Baha my qualification is Abdul-Baha
My reality is Abdul-Baha, My praise is Abdul-Baha
VERSE
This is my longing this is my greatest yearning, this is my eternal life
This is my everlasting glory
CHORUS
My name is Abdul-Baha my qualification is Abdul-Baha
My reality is Abdul-Baha, My praise is Abdul-Baha

"Abdu'l-Baha" by Dominique Sylvester

May This Boundless Love

ISGP QLD 2018 - That I Could Travel

Sitting with my friends
They’re all laughing
I don’t know what to do 
If their laughter’s hurting others
Is their joy really true

I know my friends are kind
So now I’m trying to find
The reason
Why we’re acting blind 
To our inner eye and feelings

I see I see too much - anxiety
I see I see another - way the world can be
I see I see all these - possibilities
I see I see the path - before me
		
(INSTRUMENTAL) Ooooh

Scrolling through our phones 
Watching others
Wishin we were in their shoes 
Only wanting what they have 
Is our purpose really true

But I understand
Who I really am, 
Is greater
Than all of my desires
I look to what is higher, 
To the Creator

I see I see too much - anxiety
I see I see another - way the world can be		(+oooh) 
I see I see all these - possibilities
I see I see the path - before me

I know my friends are kind
So now I’m trying to find
The reason
Why we’re acting blind 
To our inner eye and feelings

Now I understand
Who I really am,
Is greater
Than all of my desires
I look to what is higher,
To the Creator


I see I see too much - anxiety
I see I see another - way the world can be
I see I see all these - possibilities
I see I see the path - before me

Path Before Me (Acoustic)

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

Face to Face

Sufficient

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“Oh Tú, buen Dios (O Thou Kind God)” by Alicia Perdu

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