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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

Sembrando Futuro es un disco hecho por varios artistas Bahai´s que bajo la iniciativa de OSED se reunieron a crear canciones en un modo de consulta. Estas canciones estan basadas en los conceptos de los libros de pre jóvenes, instituto y materiales para jóvenes y buscan inspirar a la juventud y pre juventud en el sendero de servicio. Todas las canciones se escribieron durante un taller de música en Ecuador 

12 Halcón Real

This track is about the battles we all have within ourselves. When it seems like our head is against us.

There You Go Again

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 brothers Denzil and Ephrim Aumua who sing “He May Soar”, 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=3mcYJMMtdqY

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

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

"O Thou kind Lord!  Grant that this youth may attain unto that which is the highest aspiration of the holy ones.  Endow him with the wings of Thy strengthening grace—wings of detachment and divine aid—that he may soar thereby into the atmosphere of Thy tender mercy, be able to partake of Thy celestial bestowals, may become a sign of divine guidance and a standard of the Concourse on high.  Thou art the Potent, the Powerful, the Seeing, the Hearing."  - ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

VERSE:
E6, D6/E, D6A, x 3
E6, D6/E, D6A, A/B

CHORUS:
E6, Ama7, A/B, E6 x 4

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.

"He May Soar" by Denzil & Ephrim

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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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... 


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"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 Johannesburg, South Africa with Dominique Sylvester who sings “I Repair for Refuge” from the Writings of the Bab.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMJjzGPwTo
 
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:
 
“O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge, and toward all Thy signs I set my heart.
O Lord! Whether traveling or at home, and in my occupation or in my work, I place my whole trust in Thee.
Grant me then Thy sufficing help so as to make me independent of all things, O Thou Who art unsurpassed in Thy mercy!
Bestow upon me my portion, O Lord, as Thou pleasest, and cause me to be satisfied with whatsoever Thou hast ordained for me.
Thine is the absolute authority to command.”
- The Bab
 
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Pluck Chords:

Verse:
G maj, G maj/B, Cmaj7, G maj
Chorus:
A min, G maj/B, A min, G maj

O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge and toward all Thy signs I set my heart.
O Lord! Whether travelling or at home and in my occupation or in my work, I place my whole trust in thee. X2

"I Repair for Refuge" by Dominique Sylvester

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

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 Sahar Zandieh and Hoda Toloui-Wallace who sing “Find Me” based on 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=OY_McHozqFk
 
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:
 
"Pass by whatever exists in this world and find Me. I am the Sun of Perception and the Ocean of Science. I revive the withered ones and quicken the dead. I am that Light which illumines the path of Insight. I am the Falcon of the Hand of the Almighty; I bear healing in My wings and teach the knowledge of soaring to the Heaven of Truth."
- Baha'u'llah
 
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Repeat: 
Am F Am E
Am F Am E Am

Pass by whatever exists in this world and find Me
I am the Sun of Perception and the Ocean of Science
I revive the withered ones and quicken the dead
I am that Light which illumines the path of Insight
I am the Falcon of the Hand of the Almighty; 
I bear healing in My wings and teach the knowledge of soaring to the Heaven of Truth

"Find Me" by Sahar & Hoda

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 Frankfurt, Germany with Naim Zabihi, Naim Schmidt and Negin Zabihi who sing “The Gate of God” based on a quotation by the Bab.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8v7SAG2iGg
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Frankfurt, Germany, December 2018.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"O thou who art the first to believe in Me! Verily I say, I am the Bab, the Gate of God, and thou art the Babu’l-Bab, the gate of that Gate. Eighteen souls must, in the beginning, spontaneously and of their own accord, accept Me and recognise the truth of My Revelation."
- The Bab
 
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Capo 3

Intro: picking around these chords: Em, G, Am, C

Em, G, Am, C
O thou who art the first to believe in Me!

(x4)

Em, G, Am, C
Eighteen souls must, of their own accord, accept Me, accept Me
Em, G, Am, C
and recognise the truth (the truth), the truth of My Revelation.

(x2)

Em, G, D, C
Verily I say, I am the Bab, Verily I say, I am the Gate of God

(x4)

Two voices:

Em, G, D, C
Eighteen souls must, of their own accord, accept Me, accept Me
Verily I say, I am the Bab, Verily I say, I am the Gate of God

(x2)

Em, G, D, C
Verily I say, I am the Bab, Verily I say, I am the Gate of God

(x2)

Outro: picking around these chords: Em, G, Am, C

“The Gate of God” by Naim Z, Naim S & Negin

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