Grade 3 Set 2

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Refresh And Gladden

Heard It’s Roaring

Voici quelques prières et textes de la foi baha'ie mis en musique.
These are some prayers and texts from the baha'i faith put into music.

Plus d'info/for more information: www.bahai.fr

Armed With The Power Of Thy Name

Bear and endure

Wert thou to speed

Dominion is god

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 Perth, Australia with Asha Kumari and Maya Villiers-Stuart who sing “Refresh and Gladden” attributed to the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha. 

While the text of this prayer in the original language has not been found and it therefore cannot be authenticated, it can be used in devotions.

This song was filmed and recorded in Perth, Australia in December 2023. 

The melody was composed by Fiona McDonald.

You can also watch the video recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxGhLS0mO48

LYRICS/QUOTE:

O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers. I lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou art my Guide and my Refuge. I will no longer be sorrowful and grieved; I will be a happy and joyful being. O God! I will no longer be full of anxiety, nor will I let trouble harass me.  I will not dwell on the unpleasant things of life.
O God! Thou art more friend to me than I am to myself. I dedicate myself to Thee, O Lord.

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"Refresh and Gladden" by Asha & Maya

"O Nightingale" is part of a series called Melodies of the Kingdom by Mazra'ih, a musical group from Queensland. This song is based on a passage by Abdu'l-Baha which states:

"O nightingale of the rose-garden of God! Singing melodies will bring animation and happiness to the world... praise be to God, thou hast blended thy tunes with the melodies of the Kingdom, wilt impart solace to the world of [the] spirit..." (The Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith)

Watch the music video of this song on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p8P_yxrPHw

This song was the fruit of a songwriting workshop that explored the blending of "earth and heaven": https://horizons.bahai.org.au/community-stories/brisbane-songwriting-workshop-explores-the-blending-of-earth-and-heaven/

Many thanks to Lachlan Akhtarkhavari for recording the song and Mazra'ih for sharing it with us!

"O Nightingale" by Mazra'ih (a capella version)

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 Sydney, Australia with Aashi Parikh and Ramin Shojaie who sing “O My Friend” based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah.

This song was filmed and recorded in Sydney, 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=xW8W_4rf4wA

LYRICS/QUOTE:

O MY FRIEND! Thou art the daystar of the heavens of My holiness, let not the defilement of the world eclipse thy splendor. Rend asunder the veil of heedlessness, that from behind the clouds thou mayest emerge resplendent and array all things with the apparel of life.

CHORDS:

Capo 2 - 
G, Cadd9, Em, D
Am, Em

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"O My Friend" by Aashi & Ramin

The progressive revelation of the Divine Manifestations of God is a perennial theme as ancient as religion itself. It may predate the Vedic manuscripts (perhaps the oldest known sacred texts) that emerged out of the Indus Valley as far back as 1700 BC. But the Great Theme is given an eloquent exposition in the sacred writings of the Baha'i Faith which Bahá'u'lláh set down in the mid-19th century CE. The basic idea has to do with the Unity implicit within the multiplicity of the world's religions - that all religions ultimately arise from a single source - one light from many lamps. French philosopher and professor of Islamic studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and University of Tehran, Henry Corbin, devoted his life to the struggle to free the religious imagination from fundamentalism of every kind. One idea which I came across in his work years ago changed my entire way of thinking about religion forever. He described the religious impulse in mankind as a single divine elixir produced by God, yet received by humanity through a great diversity of vessels. The multiplicity of religious forms and customs, the great variety of cultural contexts and languages, are but mirrors reflecting to varying degrees a single Supreme Light which emanates from One God.

One Light From Many Lamps   
         Tim McKamey, Oct. 25, 2011

One mountain, many rivers
One forest, many trees
One journey, many pathways
One circle, many degrees.

One rainbow, many colors
One voice, many tones
One heart, many vessels
One body, many bones.

The past and future are not now
The present is a gift of time.
The last is first, the first is last,
And the rhythm falls out of the rhyme.

One garden, many flowers
One flower, many blooms
One vine, with many branches
One mansion with many rooms.

One wheel, many turnings
One song, so many tunes
One story many versions
One year, so many moons.

The past and future are not now
The present is a gift of time.
The last is first, the first is last,
And the rhythm falls out of the rhyme.

The planets all shine with empyrean light
Like fires from many distant camps.
But the moon and planets all reflect the light of one Sun
One Light from Many Lamps.


One Light From Many Lamps

I Have Wakened In Thy Shelter

Chords: (Capo 1) C F C G

Leave all thought of self, and strive only to be obedient and submissive to the Will of God. In this way only shall we become citizens of the Kingdom of God, and attain unto life everlasting.

Leave All Thought Of Self

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 Hluboka nad Vltavou, in the Czech Republic with Goleta Burriston and Sophie Nelson who sing “Show That Love” based on a prayer 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=GDi-stFNUxw
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Hluboka nad Vltavou, in the Czech Republic, December 2017.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds..."
- Abdu’l-Baha
 
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Capo 1
Intro: A D E A

A D A E
Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere (x2)

A D E A A D
and show that love through deeds (x3)

E
show that love

A D E A
Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere (x2)

A D E A A D
and show that love through deeds (x3)

E
Show that love

A D A E
Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere (x2)

A D E A A D
and show that love through deeds (x3)

E
show that love

"Show That Love" by Goleta Burriston & Sophie Nelson

"I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God, and it becometh him that seeketh that shelter to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy protection and the Stronghold of Thy defense.  Illumine my inner being, O my Lord, with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, even as Thou didst illumine my outer being with the morning light of Thy favor."
-Baha'u'llah


Composed by Katy Porray
Recorded by David Hunt

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