Some recordings during group devotions at the seminar for university students, organised by the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity, in Brisbane, Queensland in Dec 2018/Jan 2019

ISGP QLD 2018

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 Cairns, Australia with Robbie Daniels-Smith and Ty Smith who sing “Mo te Hunga Mate (For the Departed)” in Te Reo Māori based on the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha. 

This song was composed by Robbie and Ty.

This song was filmed and recorded in Cairns, Australia in December 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=PZOKJ3yQRCk

LYRICS/QUOTE IN ENGLISH:

O my God! O Thou forgiver of sins, bestower of gifts, dispeller of afflictions!

Verily, I beseech Thee to forgive the sins of such as have abandoned the physical garment and have ascended to the spiritual world.

O my Lord! Purify them from trespasses, dispel their sorrows, and change their darkness into light. Cause them to enter the garden of happiness, cleanse them with the most pure water, and grant them to behold Thy splendors on the loftiest mount.

LYRICS/QUOTE:

Kei tōku Atua! e Koe te poumuru i te hara te kaituku i ngā tākoha, te kaiwhakaora o ngā mate! 

Tūturu, ko tāku inoi ki a Koe kia murua ngā hara o te hunga kua whakarere i te kākahu kikokiko kua piki ake ki te ao wairua. 

Kei tōku Atua! Kia horoia rātou i ngā hara, kia mahea ō rātou pōkē, kia tahurihia tō rātou pōuriuri ki te māramarama. Meinga rātou kia uru ki roto ki te kāri o te harakoa, horoia rātou ki te wai parakore, tukua rātou kia kite i Ō ahurei i runga o te maunga teitei rawa.


CHORDS:

Progression 1
Cmaj - Csus4 - F5
Progression 2
Amin7 - Gmaj - Fmaj
——————————
[Intro] ****Cmaj Csus4 F5 Cmaj Csus4 F5
Ooooo Cmaj Csus4 F5
Ooooo Cmaj Csus4 F5
   e Koe te poumuru i te hara

Cmaj Csus4 F5
   te kaituku i ngā tākoha,

Cmaj Csus4 F5
te kaiwhakaora o ngā mate! Amin7 Gmaj Fmaj
Kei tōku A———tua! Amin7 Gmaj
Kei tōku Atua! Fmaj
   Tūturu, ko tāku inoi ki a Koe

Cmaj Csus4 F5
kia murua ngā hara o te hunga kua whakarere Cmaj Csus4 F5 (short stop)
i te kākahu kikokiko kua piki ake Amin7 Gmaj Fmaj (short strums)
ki te ao wai——rua Amin7 Gmaj
ki te ao wairua Fmaj
Kei tōku A———tua! Amin7 Gmaj
Kei tōku Atua! Fmaj
Kia horoia———— rātou i ngā hara, Cmaj Csus4 F5 (short stop)
kia mahea ō rātou pōkē, Cmaj Csus4 F5
kia ta———hurihia Amin7 Gmaj Fmaj
tō rātou pōuriuri
 Amin7     Gmaj   Fmaj

ki te māramarama. Amin7 Gmaj
ki te māramarama.
   Fmaj

Kei tōku A———tua! Amin7 Gmaj
Kei tōku Atua! Fmaj
Meinga rātou kia uru ki roto Cmaj Csus4 F5
ki te kāri— o te harakoa, Cmaj Csus4 F5
horoia— rātou ki te wai parakore, Cmaj Csus4 F5
tukua rā———tou kia kite Amin7 Gmaj Fmaj (short stop)
i Ō a———hurei Amin7 Gmaj
i Ō ahurei Fmaj
Kei tōku A———tua! Amin7 Gmaj
Kei tōku Atua! Fmaj
     i runga o te maunga——(i runga o te maunga) 

Amin7 Gmaj Fmaj
      te maunga teitei rawa——(te maunga teitei rawa)

Amin7 Gmaj Fmaj
      i runga o te maunga——(i runga o te maunga) 

Amin7 Gmaj Fmaj
      te maunga teitei rawa——(te maunga teitei rawa)

Amin7 Gmaj Fmaj
[Outro]
Amin7 Gmaj Amin7-Gmaj-Fmaj
Amin7 Gmaj Amin7-Gmaj-Fmaj


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"Mo te Hunga Mate (For the Departed)" by Robbie & Ty

Capo 6
(D below is actually Dadd11/F#)

G C G C G D
My God, my Adored One, my King, my Desire!  

Em D G
What tongue can voice my thanks to Thee?  

Am Em D Em
I was heedless, Thou didst awaken me.  

Em G
I had turned back from Thee, 

Am Em G D
Thou didst graciously aid me 

G D G
to turn towards Thee.

Am Em D
to turn towards Thee.

G D C
to turn towards Thee.

C D G
to turn towards Thee.

ISGP QLD 2018 - Turn

Dmin C Bflat A
He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful!  O God, my God!  
Thou seest me, Thou knowest me; Thou art my Haven and my Refuge.  

Dmin Gmin
None have I sought nor any will I seek save Thee; 
no path have I trodden nor any will I tread but the 

A
path of Thy love.

ISGP QLD 2018 - Path Of Thy 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

ISGP QLD 2018 - Faded Now

ISGP QLD 2018 - Thou Seest

ISGP QLD 2018 - One To Another

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ISGP QLD 2018 - Faded Now

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