O Man Of Two Visions - Is There Any Remover

Solaced

THE.SKY.TURNED.BLACK

my eyes were closed

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 Paget, Bermuda with Christina Frith, Julia Frith and Jeffrey Marshall who sing “Ya Baha”, taken from the Baha'i Writings.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bazXE504DLI

This song was filmed and recorded in Paget, Bermuda, July 2016.

Here are the quotations from the Writings followed by the chords:

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(To be sung in cycles, over and over, as an invocation of the Best Beloved).

Ya Baha'u'l-Abha, Ya Baha'u'l-Abha

 Ya Aliyyu'l-Ala, Ya Sahibu’z-Zaman

 Ya Aliyyu'l-Ala, Ya Sahibu’z-Zaman

TRANSLATION:

Ya Baha'u'l-Abha!: O Thou Glory of Glories! or, 
O Thou the Glory of the Most Glorious! 
Ya Aliyyu’l-Ala!: O Thou the Exalted, the Most Exalted!
Ya Sahibu’z-Zaman!: O Lord of the Age!

LYRICS (inspired by the the Holy Writings and Guidance):

"O ye beloved friends of God and handmaids of the Merciful!

Call ye to mind the blessed Name of our peerless Beloved, the Abha Beauty, in an uplifting spirit of unbounded ecstasy and delight, then unloose your tongues in His praise in such wise that the realm of the heart may be purged from the woes and sorrows of the world of water and clay, that the great heights of spiritual perception may be unveiled before your eyes, that the glorious signs of His Divine Unity may shine resplendent, a fresh outpouring of His grace may stream forth, and a liberal effusion of celestial confirmations may be vouchsafed unto you.

His Name is indeed the healing medicine for every illness, and imparteth warmth unto those starving with cold. It is the sovereign remedy and the supreme talisman. It is the source of life in both worlds, and of salvation unto such as have gone astray. Today this hallowed Name serveth as a shield for all mankind, and as a veritable refuge for the children of men. It is the wondrous accent of the Lord of Mercy, and His celestial melody.

Wherefore, O faithful friends, raise ye the triumphal cry of Ya Baha'u'l-Abha! O ye who yearn after the Beauty of the Almighty! Lift up your faces toward the Supreme Horizon. Rest not, even for a moment. Breathe not a single breath save in remembrance of His love and in recognition of His grace, in the promulgation of His Utterances and the vindication of His Testimonies.

Verily, this is the Magnet of divine confirmations. This is the mighty Force which will surely attract heavenly assistance."  
(Abdu'l-Baha, A Tablet of the Greatest Name).

"The triumphal cry Ya Baha’u’l-Abha resoundeth on every side, and the call Ya  Aliyyu’l-Ala ringeth throughout all regions. No stir is there in the world save that of the Glory of the One Ravisher of Hearts, and no tumult is there save the surging of the love of Him, the Incomparable, the Well-Beloved." (Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 233) 

CHORDS:
Basic part: B flat, C minor, F, B flat. 
Second part: C minor, F, B flat, E flat. Second time stop on B flat.

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

"Ya Baha" by Christina, Julia, & Jeffrey

Chords: (Capo 1) C Am F G

Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory. 
Beware, O people of Bahá, lest ye walk in the ways of them whose words differ from their deeds.

Holy Words

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 Helsinki, Finland with Mona Frooghi, Dibo Akale and Nachidah Frooghi who sing “O Dieu, mon Dieu (O God my God)” in French, 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXKkD_kBs6c
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Helsinki, Finland, November, 2016.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics in French, followed by the English translation:

French:

"O Dieu, mon Dieu..." 
"Mon adoré..." - Baha'u'llah

"Désir de mon coeur..."  
“Glorifié sois-tu O Seigneur mon Dieu. Tu es en vérité le Roi des Rois." - Le Bab


English:

"O God, my God..."
"My Adored One..."  - Baha'u'llah

"My Heart's Desire..."
"Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art in truth the King of kings." 
- The Bab

"O Dieu, Mon Dieu (O God my God" by Mona, Dibo & Nachidah

Praise and Gratitude

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.

Solaced

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