So I can hear all the studio sessions from that day in a row.

Brisbane August 2023 - Baha'i Blog Studio Sessions

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 Brisbane, Australia with Yalda Ahmadi who sings “Glory Be to Thee” based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah. 

This song was filmed and recorded in Brisbane, Australia in August 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=b7eq6MkYGBE

LYRICS/QUOTE:

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Make manifest the rivers of Thy sovereign might, that the waters of Thy Unity may flow through the inmost realities of all things, in such wise that the banner of Thine unfailing guidance may be raised aloft in the kingdom of Thy command and the stars of Thy divine splendor may shine brightly in the heaven of Thy majesty.

CHORDS:

Em              Am        F            C
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God!
         Em                Am               C              G
Make manifest the rivers of Thy sovereign might,
             Am                 F               C                        Em
that the waters of Thy Unity may flow through the inmost
F    C     C      G    
realities of all things,


            Am  F            C          G   
in such wise that the banner of
Am     F     C     G                         Am
Thine unfailing guidance may be
F         C        G 
raised aloft
          F                C           G      
in the kingdom of Thy command


             Am       F   
and the stars of Thy 
C             G                         Am 
divine splendor may shine
F                    C              G
brightly in the heaven of Thy
F       C   Em  Am    F    C    G
majesty, mmmmm, mmmmm

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"Glory Be to Thee" by Yalda Ahmadi

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 Brisbane, Australia with Cormac Mateer and Joseph Duckmanton who sing “The Redeemer” based on the Writings of the Bab. 

This song was filmed and recorded in Brisbane, Australia in August 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=T23KKJpE_U0

LYRICS/QUOTE:

O Lord! Thou art the Remover of every anguish and the Dispeller of every affliction. Thou art He Who banisheth every sorrow and setteth free every slave, the Redeemer of every soul. O Lord! Grant deliverance through Thy mercy, and reckon me among such servants of Thine as have gained salvation.

CHORDS:

Intro/Verse: G, Bm, C, Em7, D // G, Bm, Em, C, Dadd4

Chorus: G, Bm, Em, C, Dadd4 (x2)

Bridge: C, Dadd4, Em7, Dadd4 // C, Dadd4, Em7, D

Chorus 2: C, Dadd4, Em7, Bm, Bm7 (x4)

Coda: Em7, Dadd4, C, Dadd4 (x4)

Outro: G, Bm, Em, C, Dadd4


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"The Redeemer" by Cormac & Joseph

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 Brisbane, Australia with Amelia Rowhani and Anisa Rowhani who sing “Rose Garden of the Spirit” based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah. 

This song was filmed and recorded in Brisbane, Australia in August 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=MO7L2QK_fa4

LYRICS/QUOTE:

O YE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MINDS TO KNOW AND EARS TO HEAR!
The first call of the Beloved is this: O mystic nightingale! Abide not but in the rose garden of the spirit. O messenger of the Solomon of love! Seek thou no shelter except in the Sheba of the well-beloved, and O immortal phoenix! dwell not save on the mount of faithfulness. Therein is thy habitation, if on the wings of thy soul thou soarest to the realm of the infinite and seekest to attain thy goal.

CHORDS:

Capo 6
Am Em Em7 D/F#
O YE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MINDS TO KNOW AND EARS TO HEAR! 	(x2)
The first call of the Beloved is this:
O mystic nightingale! O mystic nightingale! Abide not but in the                       
C G Em D/F#
rose garden of the spirit. O messenger of the Solomon
Am Em Em7 D/F#
of love! the Solomon of love! Seek thou no shelter
except in the Sheba of the well-beloved       	(x2)
and O immortal phoenix! dwell not save on the mount of faithfulness.
Therein is thy habitation
if on the wings of thy soul
C G Em D/F#  
thou soarest to the realm of the infinite (x2)
and seekest to attain thy goal, and seekest to attain thy goal                             
[Instrumental]
Am Em Em7 D/F#
and O immortal phoenix! dwell not save on the mount of faithfulness.  
Therein is thy habitation
if on the wings of thy soul
C G Em D/F#  
thou soarest to the realm of the infinite (x2)
and seekest to attain thy goal, and seekest to attain thy goal                             
[Instrumental]
thou soarest to the realm of the infinite
End Strum: C G


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“Rose Garden of the Spirit” by Amelia & Anisa

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 Brisbane, Australia with Gina Williams who sings “Threading Lights” based on the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha. 

This song was filmed and recorded in Brisbane, Australia in August 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=Ly7ylPy6K9U

LYRICS/QUOTE:

[..] O my Lord! These two bright orbs are wedded in Thy love, conjoined in servitude to Thy Holy Threshold, united in ministering to Thy Cause. Make Thou this marriage to be as threading lights of Thine abounding grace, O my Lord [...] O Thou the Beneficent, the Ever-Giving, that there may branch out from this great tree boughs that will grow green and flourishing through the gifts that rain down from Thy clouds of grace.

CHORDS:

Verse: G D C C


Oh my Lord these two bright orbs 

Are wedded in thy love 

Conjoined in servitude 

To the holy threshold 

United in administering 

To thy cause.


Chorus: G D C C


Make thou this marriage to be off threading lights 

Of thine abounding grace 

Oh my lord 


Verse 2: G D C C

Oh thou the beneficence 

The ever giving.

That there may branch out from this great tree 

Boughs that will grow green and 


Bridge: Em C G D 

Flourishing from the gifts that rain down from thy 

Clouds of grace. 

Chorus x 2 ( G D C C ) 


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“Threading Lights” by Gina Williams

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 Brisbane, Australia with Natasha Chiang who sings “一把火焰 (Burn Away)” in Mandarin and English based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah. 

This song was filmed and recorded in Brisbane, Australia in August 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=E1CFquTdMvM

LYRICS/QUOTE:

我祈求祢使我的祈禱成為一把火焰，燃燒那使我和祢聖美隔離的帷幕，成為一道光源，引領我至祢尊前的海洋。


Make of my prayer a fire that will burn away the veils which have shut me out from Thy beauty, and a light that will lead me unto the ocean of Thy Presence.

CHORDS:

Am7 E7 Fmaj7 C


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“把火焰 (Burn Away)” by Natasha Chiang

“一把火焰 (Burn Away)” by Natasha Chiang

Recorded June 2021, after graduating from Townshend.

video here: https://youtu.be/fztcxgZr0Sg?si=Ip8GIPCLmmeVafpe

I did not compose this beautiful song :-)  
I believe that it was composed by one or more Bahá'í friends in Australia
This is the link to the original song, from Bahá'í Blog: https://youtu.be/L_Np-yo5wyU?si=StruExDpTii8QWVh
Thank you for this special, beautiful piece of music.
This song always reminds me of when we would sing it together in the dorms♥︎

Paradise -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 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
 
----------------------
 
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

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“Threading Lights” by Gina Williams

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