Baha'i Blog's "Studio Sessions" is an initiative where we invite Baha'is from around the world into a studio to share the Baha'i Writings put to music.

You can also watch the "Studio Sessions" video series on Baha'i Blog's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLePDtgwcyKAScvchcLzY-XZTmP2tdN-EY

Baha'i Blog Studio Sessions

Devotional music

Bahai

Baha'i

Beauty

O Son Of Light

C Am F G

O thou lamp who are enkindled with the fire of the Love of God!
Verily, I read thy recent letter which showed thy strong love,
Thy being ablaze with the fire of the love thy Lord,
The Mighty, the Praised, and the penetration of the Spirit of Truth

The fire, the fire, the fire of the love of thy Lord. 
The Mighty, the Praised, and the penetration of the Spirit… 
… of Truth.

Recorded at Sydney ISGP Undergraduate Seminar

The Fire of the Love of Thy Lord - Denzil


Recorded at Sydney ISGP Undergraduate Seminar

That He May Soar - Denzil

The Master Assured Us

Prayer revealed by The Báb: 
"Say: God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing in the heavens or in the earth but God sufficeth.  Verily, He is in Himself the Knower, the Sustainer, the Omnipotent.
The Báb"

Read about The Báb here: http://info.bahai.org/the-bab.html

Say God Sufficeth


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

My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.  

Bahá'u'lláh

Possess a Pure, Kindly and Radiant Heart

01 Mi Meta Es Servir

02 Pedrito

03 Los Jóvenes son el Presente

04 Encontrando mi Destino

05 Amigo

'O Son of Being!

Make mention of Me on My earth, that in My heaven I may remember thee, thus shall Mine eyes and thine be solaced.'


Make mention of Me

The music from my two CDs: "Love Setteth the World Aflame" and "Fruits of the Tree of Life". All Baha'i Writings or Baha'i-inspired, featuring many different styles and composers!

Intone, O My Servant

Baha'i Blog's "Studio Sessions" is a series of videos on Baha'i Blog's YouTube Channel where we invite Baha'is and their friends from around the world into a studio to record and share a song or two based on the Baha'i Writings which they've put to music.

In this Baha'i Blog Studio Session, we're in Sydney, Australia, with sisters Shireen and Carmel Zein who sing "What a Power is Love", based on an excerpt from a talk given by Abdu'l-Baha.

We hope you enjoy this new series, and please subscribe to Baha'i Blog's YouTube Channel to get updates on new Baha'i-inspired videos like this one and more.

Below is the quotation on its own, and then followed by the quotation with the chords:

"What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers.
Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful.
In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love."
                                           -Abdu'l-Baha

We want these songs to serve as a resource for you and your community, so you can find the song lyrics (or the Baha'i Writings used) and the chords to the song in the text below, and also below the video on our YouTube Channel. 

Plucking pattern : 
G (on the E string 3rd fret. G then 2nd Fret, F#)  
C (on the A string 2nd Fret, B and 3rd Fret. C) 
Then backwards. C B G

G			     C		G			C
What a power is love, It is the most wonderful 
   G				C				G			C		G                       
The greatest of all living powers is love

A7			D               	A7				D					Am
Love give life to the lifeless, Love lights the flame in the heart that is cold 
Am			     D
Love gives hope to the hopeless 

         G                    C                      
And gladdens the heart

G            C 			G
Of the sorrowful 

G				C					G			C
In the world of existence there is indeed. No greater power 

					G                       C
Than the power of love 

G				  C				G			   C
When the heard of man is aglow, With the flame of love he is ready, 
G		     C				G		C
To sacrifice all, even his life. 

A7			D               	A7				D					Am
Love give life to the lifeless, Love lights the flame in the heart that is cold 
Am			     D
Love gives hope to the hopeless 

         G                    C                      
And gladdens the heart

G            C 			G				C		G
Of the sorrowful

"What a Power is Love" by Shireen & Carmel Zein

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 the Gold Coast, Australia with sisters Devina and Raneesha Saberi who sing "Shine Ye", based on an excerpt from a tablet by Abdu'l-Baha.

Here is the quote below followed by the quote with the chords:

"Shine ye like unto the sun and roar and move like unto the sea; impart life to mountain and desert like unto clouds, and similar to the vernal breeze, bestow freshness, grace and elegance on the trees of human temples."  -Abdu'l-Baha


(Capo 3)

Em         Bm/D       Cmaj7      G  (repeat) 
Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea
Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea
The sea, the sea,
the sea 

Impart life to mountain 
and desert like unto clouds, 
and similar to the vernal breeze, bestow 
freshness, grace and elegance 

Em    Bm6/D     Em/C#     Em/C     Em/B      Em/A      G 
Ooooooh
Em    Bm6/D     Em/C#     Em/C     Em/B      Em/A      G 
Ooooooh

Em         Bm/D       Cmaj7      G  (repeat) 
Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea
Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea

Bestow freshness, grace and elegance on the
trees of human temples
Bestow freshness
on the trees of human temples

Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea
Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea

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You can also download the audio version of this song from Baha'i Blog's Soundcloud page here:


This song was filmed and recorded at Louie Shelton's home studio in the Gold Coast, Australia, July 2015.

"Shine Ye" by Devina & Raneesha Saberi

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 the Gold Coast, Australia with sisters Devina and Raneesha Saberi who sing "Sorrow Shall Pass", based on an excerpt from a tablet by Abdu'l-Baha.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibd3XlYKC50

This song was filmed and recorded at Louie Shelton's (www.louieshelton.com) home studio in the Gold Coast, Australia, July 2015.

Here is the quote below followed by the quote with the chords:

"Be thou not unhappy; the tempest of sorrow shall pass; regret will not last; disappointment will vanish...Associate thou, as much as thou canst, with the relatives and strangers; display thou loving kindness; show thou forth the utmost patience and resignation. The more they oppose thee, shower thou upon them the greater justice and equity; the more they show hatred and opposition toward thee, challenge thou them with great truthfulness, friendship and reconciliation..."
 -Abdu'l-Baha

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Gmaj7 Am7 Bm7 Am7 (Repeat)

Be thou not unhappy; the tempest of sorrow shall pass; 
regret will not last; disappointment will vanish... (X2)

Associate thou, as much as thou canst, with the relatives and strangers; 
display thou loving kindness; show thou forth the utmost patience and resignation. 

The more they oppose thee, shower thou upon them the greater justice and equity;

the more they show hatred and opposition toward thee,
challenge thou them with great truthfulness, friendship and reconciliation...(X2)

Be thou not unhappy; the tempest of sorrow shall pass; 
regret will not last; disappointment will vanish... 


You can also watch the "Studio Sessions" video series on Baha'i Blog's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLePDtgwcyKAScvchcLzY-XZTmP2tdN-EY

"Sorrow Shall Pass" by Devina & Raneesha Saberi

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 Los Angeles, USA with The Licata Brothers who sing "Is There Any Remover", from the Writings of the Bab and Baha'u'llah.

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

https://youtu.be/nSfoJpumnjk

This song was filmed and recorded in Los Angeles, USA, August 2015.

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below, followed by a link to the chords:

Is there any Remover of difficulties save God?  Say: Praised be God!  He is God!  All are His servants, and all abide by His bidding!

The Báb

"Dominion is God’s, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation”

Baha'u'llah 
Chords: https://www.scribd.com/doc/278000363/Is-There-Any-Remover-by-The-Licata-Brothers 

You can also watch the "Studio Sessions" video series on Baha'i Blog's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLePDtgwcyKAScvchcLzY-XZTmP2tdN-EY.

"Is There Any Remover" by The Licata Brothers

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 do something a little different. We're in Los Angeles, USA with Tom Francis who sings a cover of the song “Mona With the Children”,  originally by Doug Cameron.

The song is a protest song based on the true story of an Iranian Baha’i girl named Mona Mahmudnizhad, who, in 1983, at the age of 16, together with nine other Baha’i women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran, because she was a Baha’i. 

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

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

This song was filmed and recorded in Los Angeles, USA, August 2015.

You can also check out Baha'i Blog's interview with Tom Francis here: 

http://bahaiblog.net/site/2014/12/interview-tom-francis/

Here are the lyrics to the song:

A 16 year old girl living in a land so cruel, she said this where I've got to be.
Taken in the night, her heart full of light, she said this where I've got to be.
How can I tell you, how could she be so young to know the truth in all her dreams.
She stands before them to hear them say, save your life and throw your faith away.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
All around the world we'll go dancing.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
Every precious moment you'll be dancing
Every precious moment we'll be free.
I can see her in my heart when the whole world is falling apart she said, this where I've got to be.
Captive in the light, a love that burns so bright, this where I've got to be.
When they asked her, what could she say, she said
You can't break my heart, you can't take my faith away
When they told her the price she'll have to pay
She said take my life, take it all the way, all the way.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
All around the world I see you dancing.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
Every precious moment you'll be dancing
Every precious moment you'll be free.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
All around the world our souls go dancing.
Mona With the Children you gave your life
All around the world we’ll go dancing
All around the world we’ll be free.
Mona With the Children send your love
All around the world souls are dancing.
Mona With the Children, send your love to me
All around the world I see you dancing, so pretty dancing.
Mona With the Children Mona send your love
All around the world we’ll go dancing.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
Every precious day, I’ll be dancing, I’ll be dancing.

"Mona With the Children" by Tom Francis (Cover)

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 Los Angeles, USA with The Licata Brothers who sing "O Thou Divine Providence", based on the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha.

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

https://youtu.be/FGvIZME7tp4

This song was filmed and recorded in Los Angeles, USA, August 2015.


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

"...O Thou divine Providence, preserve and protect us!  O Thou Who art our Shield, save us and defend us!  Keep us beneath Thy Shelter, and by Thy Help save us from all ills.  Thou art, indeed, the True Protector, the Unseen Guardian, the Celestial Preserver, and the Heavenly Loving Lord."     - Abdu’l-Baha

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E              A              E                        A          E          C#m               A 
O Thou divine Providence, preserve and protect us!  O Thou Who art 
                   C#m                 A           C#m            A                                          
our Shield, save us and defend us!  Keep us beneath Thy Shelter, and by                                          
                                          B     E       A      E-Esus4-E  A         E    E7 C#m
Thy Help save us from all ills.  Thou art, indeed, the True Protector, the 
               A           C#m                   A            C#m      A                                        
Unseen Guardian, the Celestial Preserver, and the Heavenly Loving 
B  E
Lord.

"O Thou Divine Providence" by The Licata Brothers

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 Arequipa, Peru with Mario Cesar Santillana who sings “Las Manos del Poder”, from the Writings of Baha'u'llah.

This song was filmed and recorded live in Alive Studio in Arequipa, Peru, September, 2015.

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

https://youtu.be/2iTx0ZFIIx4

"¡OH HIJO DEL SER!
Con las manos del poder te hice y con los dedos de la fuerza te cree y dentro de ti puse la esencia de mi luz. Contentate con ella y no busques nada mas, pues mi obra es perfecta y mi mandamiento obligatorio. No lo objetes ni lo pongas en duda."
                                                                                         -Baha'u'llah


"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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¡OH HIJO DEL SER!
C
Con las manos del poder te hice y con los dedos de la fuerza te cree y dentro de ti 
G                                C        G    C                                   G              C G C
puse la esencia de mi luz. Contentate con ella y no busques nada mas, pues mi 
G                                 C G Am         D        G   Am    D                      G    Bm
obra es perfecta y mi mandamiento obligatorio. No lo objetes ni lo pongas en duda.
D                       A E Bm            D                  A E Bm        D       F       G              Am

"Las Manos del Poder" by Mario Cesar Santillana

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 Madrid, Spain with Max Weigert who sings “Be Happy” based on an excerpt from a talk 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=nne3UgK1Nwg

This song was filmed and recorded in Madrid,  Spain, October, 2015.

You can also check out Baha'i Blog's interview with Max Weigert here: 

http://bahaiblog.net/site/2014/10/max-weigert-intv/

Here is the quote below followed by the quote with the chords:

"I want you to be happy to laugh, smile and rejoice."

- Abdu'l-Baha 

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CHORDS - There are two ways to play it: 

WITH A CAPO
capo fret 2

-----G--------------------------
Be happy, I want you to 
-----D--------------------------
be happy, I want you to 
------E-------------------------
be happy, I want you to
------C-------D---------G-------
be ha-a-appy, be happy


WITHOUT A CAPO

------A--------------------------
Be happy, I want you to 
------E--------------------------    
be happy, I want you to 
------F#-------------------------
be happy, I want you to 
------D-------E----------A-------
be ha-a-appy, be happy

You can also watch the "Studio Sessions" video series on Baha'i Blog's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLePDtgwcyKAScvchcLzY-XZTmP2tdN-EY

"Be Happy" by Max Weigert

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is a global 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, Ine sings “Listen” based on the Writings of Baha'u'llah.

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

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

This song was filmed and recorded in Sydney, Australia, Dec, 2014.

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

"O My friend, listen with heart and soul to the songs of the spirit, and treasure them as thine own eyes. For the heavenly wisdoms, like the clouds of spring, will not rain down on the earth of men’s hearts forever; and though the grace of the All-Bounteous One is never stilled and never ceasing, yet to each time and era a portion is allotted and a bounty set apart, this in a given measure." -Baha'u'llah

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CHORDS:

F, G7, Am
F, G7, C

"Listen" by Ine

O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

''O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this...''

From the Writings of the Baha'i Faith

O SON OF JUSTICE!
Whither can a lover go but to the land of his beloved? and what seeker findeth rest away from his heart's desire? To the true lover reunion is life, and separation is death. His breast is void of patience and his heart hath no peace. A myriad lives he would forsake to hasten to the abode of his beloved.

	(Baha'u'llah, The Persian Hidden Words)


O Son of Justice! Whither can a lover go?

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