Love your songs :)  May we add them to the Mine Rich in Gems, 19 Day Pages for Kids Pages for Bahá (Splendor) 176 BE?

Hi there, sorry ive only just noticed this message! Would love you to add this to Mine Rich in Gems...and if its too late please use the bahai songs for any other project. 

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 San Francisco, USA, with sisters Juliet Rasekhy and Amelia Rae singing "Detachment Prayer" based on a prayer by the Bab.

This song was filmed and recorded in San Francisco, USA, February 2017.

You can watch the video recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT-louq70hM

QUOTE/LYRICS:

"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


CHORDS & LYRICS:


Am                E                          Am
O Lord unto Thee I repair for refuge
                     Am       E
And toward all Thy signs
               Am
I set my heart
[repeat]
Am                      E                       Am
O Lord whether traveling or at home
        Am               E
And in my occupation
                Am
Or in my work
  E
I place my whole trust in thee
[Repeat all]
Am                                       E
Thine is the absolute authority
                Am  E  Am
To command


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Detachment Prayer

"Detachment Prayer" by Juliet & Amelia

Baha’i Blog is happy to provide an audio reading of the 2022 Ridvan Message from the Universal House of Justice.

Each year during the 12 day Festival of Ridvan (https://bit.ly/2Vogkid), the Universal House of Justice addresses a letter to the worldwide Baha’i community, known as the Ridvan message. These letters touch on many subjects, including the growth and vibrancy of the Baha’i community, its efforts to contribute to the life of society, and the progress of specific projects and plans. 

Special thanks to Farzaneh Fordham for reading this message for us.

The 2022 Ridvan message can be viewed and downloaded from the official site of the Universal House of Justice here: https://bit.ly/3rFJAAz

You can also listen to this reading on Baha'i Blog's Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQmreOSW5W4

Listen to more audio recordings of letters and messages on this YouTube playlist: https://bit.ly/2G2Pfd8

Ridvan Message 2022 from the Universal House of Justice

Parent Prayer

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 Sydney, Australia with Gary Sterling who sings “Midnight Prayer” 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=2H3Ui6L1BDM

This song was filmed and recorded in Sydney, Australia, January 2016.

To read Baha'i Blog's interview with Gary click here: http://bahaiblog.net/site/2016/01/lets-pray-new-album-gary-sterling/

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

"O Lord, I have turned my face unto Thy kingdom of oneness and am immersed in the sea of Thy mercy.  O Lord, enlighten my sight by beholding Thy lights in this dark night, and make me happy by the wine of Thy love in this wonderful age.  O Lord, make me hear Thy call, and open before my face the doors of Thy heaven, so that I may see the light of Thy glory and become attracted to Thy beauty.
Verily, Thou art the Giver, the Generous, the Merciful, the Forgiving." 
- Abdu'l-Baha

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G                              E                                                             G                                
O LORD I HAVE TURNED MY FACE TOWARD THE KINGDOM OF 

E
ONENESS,

                      C                           D MINOR       G
AND AM IMMERSED IN THE SEA OF THY MERCY,

        G                                   E                         G                                                      
O LORD ENLIGHTEN MY SIGHT, BY BEHOLDING THY LIGHT IN THIS 

E
DARK NIGHT,

                                  C                                D MINOR                                                 
AND MAKE ME HAPPY, BY THE WINE OF THY LOVE IN THIS 

G
WONDERFUL AGE

               G                           E                                                                 G                                            
O LORD, MAKE ME  HEAR THY CALL AND OPEN  BEFORE MY FACE 

                                        E
THE DOORS OF THY HEAVENS,

                         C                                                D MINOR                                
SO THAT I MAY SEE THE LIGHT OF GLORY, AND BECOME 

G                                         E
ATTRACTED, TO THY BEAUTY,

G                                              E
VERILY THOU ART THE GIVER

G  
 THE GENEROUS

E
THE MERCIFUL

          C          D MINOR
THE FORGIVING

G TO E
THE FORGIVING

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"Midnight Prayer" by Gary Sterling

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 Shirin Guerrero and Daniel Mantas who sing “Bendito es el Sitio” from 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=etAmFt27Op0

This song was filmed and recorded in Madrid, Spain, October 2015 and its melody was composed by Elizabeth Hahn. 

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

"Bendito es el sitio y la casa y el lugar y la ciudad y el corazón y la montaña y el refugio y la cueva y el valle y la tierra y el mar y la isla y la pradera donde se ha hecho mención de Dios y se ha glorificado su alabanza." - Baha'u'llah

“Blessed is the spot, and the house, and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and the meadow where mention of God hath been made, and His praise glorified.” - Baha'u'llah

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CHORDS:

A Amaj7 A7 D Dm Dm A E
E A E A

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"Bendito es el Sitio" by Shirin & Daniel

O God Educate These Children

Beauty

O my Lord!  Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink, and Thy pleasure my hope, and praise of Thee my action, and remembrance of Thee my companion, and the power of Thy sovereignty my succorer, and Thy habitation my home, and my dwelling-place the seat Thou hast sanctified from the limitations imposed upon them who are shut out as by a veil from Thee. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Most Powerful.

From Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u'lláh, CLXVIII

Year of the Nightingale

Beauty

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 Belgrade, Serbia with Ali Youssefi who sings “Oh Mi Siervo (O My Servant)” 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=D5LkYa9EmV8
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Belgrade, Serbia, February, 2017.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"¡OH MI SIERVO!
Rompe las cadenas de este mundo y libera tu alma de la prision del yo. Aprovecha tu oportunidad pues no volvera a ti nunca mas." - Baha’u’llah

"O MY SERVANT! Free thyself from the fetters of this world, and loose thy soul from the prison of self. Seize thy chance, for it will come to thee no more." - Baha’u’llah
 
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CHORDS: 

C        
Oh mi siervo, 

F
Oh mi Siervo

C                                            F
Rompe las cadenas de este mundo 

C                                    F
y libera tu alma de la prision del yo. 

Am                        G
Aprovecha tu oportunidad 
              F
pues no volvera a ti nunca mas.

"Oh Mi Siervo (O My Servant)" by Ali Youssefi

May This Boundless Love

C G D Emin

"Thou knowest, O God, and art my witness that I have no desire in my heart save to attain Thy good pleasure, to be confirmed in servitude unto Thee, to consecrate myself in Thy service, to labor in Thy great vineyard and to sacrifice all in Thy path. 

I have no wish save to turn my steps, in my love for Thee, towards the mountains and the deserts to loudly proclaim the advent of Thy Kingdom, and to raise Thy call amidst all men.

 I have no occupation save mention of Thee and no aspiration save serving Thee."

ISGP QLD 2018 - Aspiration

Tablet of Ahmad

He is the King, the All-Knowing, the Wise!  

Lo, the Nightingale of Paradise 
singeth upon the twigs of the Tree of Eternity, 
with holy and sweet melodies, 
proclaiming to the sincere ones 
the glad tidings of the nearness of God, 
calling the believers in the Divine Unity 
to the court of the Presence of the Generous One, 
informing the severed ones 
of the message which hath been revealed by God,
 the King, the Glorious, the Peerless, 
guiding the lovers to the seat of sanctity 
and to this resplendent Beauty.

Verily this is that Most Great Beauty, 
foretold in the Books of the Messengers,
 through Whom truth shall be distinguished from error
and the wisdom of every command shall be tested.
Verily He is the Tree of Life that bringeth forth the fruits of God, 
the Exalted, the Powerful, the Great.

O Ahmad! Bear thou witness 
that verily He is God and there is no God but Him,
 the King, the Protector, the Incomparable, the Omnipotent.
And that the One Whom He hath sent forth by the name of ‘Alí
was the true One from God, to Whose commands we are all conforming.

Say: O people be obedient to the ordinances of God, 
which have been enjoined in the Bayán 
by the Glorious, the Wise One.  
Verily He is the King of the Messengers 
and His book is the Mother Book did ye but know.

Thus doth the Nightingale utter His call unto you from this prison.
He hath but to deliver this clear message.
Whosoever desireth, let him turn aside from this counsel 
and whosoever desireth let him choose the path to his Lord.
O people, if ye deny these verses, 
by what proof have ye believed in God?  
Produce it, O assemblage of false ones.

Nay, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, 
they are not, and never shall be able to do this, 
even should they combine to assist one another.

O Ahmad! Forget not My bounties while I am absent.
Remember My days during thy days, 
and My distress and banishment in this remote prison.
And be thou so steadfast in My love that thy heart shall not waver, 
even if the swords of the enemies rain blows upon thee 
and all the heavens and the earth arise against thee.

Be thou as a flame of fire to My enemies 
and a river of life eternal to My loved ones, 
and be not of those who doubt.

And if thou art overtaken by affliction in My path, 
or degradation for My sake, be not thou troubled thereby.

Rely upon God, thy God and the Lord of thy fathers.
For the people are wandering in the paths of delusion, 
bereft of discernment to see God with their own eyes, 
or hear His Melody with their own ears.
Thus have We found them, 
as thou also dost witness.

Thus have their superstitions become veils 
between them and their own hearts 
and kept them from the path of God,
 the Exalted, the Great.

Be thou assured in thyself that verily, he who turns away from this 
Beauty hath also turned away from the Messengers of the past 
and showeth pride towards God from all eternity to all eternity.

Learn well this Tablet, O Ahmad.  
Chant it during thy days and withhold not thyself therefrom.  
For verily, God hath ordained for the one who chants it, 
the reward of a hundred martyrs and a service in both worlds.
These favors have We bestowed upon thee 
as a bounty on Our part and a mercy from Our presence,
 that thou mayest be of those who are grateful.

By God! Should one who is in affliction or grief 
read this Tablet with absolute sincerity, 
God will dispel his sadness, 
solve his difficulties 
and remove his afflictions.

Verily, He is the Merciful, the Compassionate. 
 Praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds.

From Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers 
Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p.209

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Gate of Heaven was composed and produced in honour of the Bahá'í community's 2019 celebration of the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb.

Tablet of Ahmad

Singer/songwriter Claire McGrail from Whanganui, New Zealand.
Debut Album 'Lay It Down' released in March 2013.

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