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

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 Tom Francis who sings “Prayer for Martyrs” based on the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha. 

We would like to share this song as part of the #OurStoryIsOne awareness campaign. This campaign was spearheaded by the Baha'i International Community in honour of the 40th anniversary of the execution of ten Baha'i women in Shiraz, as well as the long struggle for gender equality lived by women of all faiths and backgrounds in Iran for many decades and which continues to this day. 

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=qC7xnX_zFoA

LYRICS/QUOTE:

O one and only God, O matchless Creator! Praised and glorified art Thou for having placed this splendid crown upon the brow of these helpless ones, and this mantle of eternal glory on the shoulders of these indigent ones. The rays of Thy sanctity fell upon bodies of clay, and the lights of the world of eternity shone forth. 

CHORDS:

Verse

      C               F      C  G
O one and on - ly God
    C                    F      C  Am
O matchless Cre- a- tor

Chorus
                         F       C              G        
Praised and glorified art Thou for having placed this 
F                 Am                          Em
Splendid crown upon the brow 
                  F                                         G
Of these helpless ones, these helpless ones
                  F              C                  G   
And this mantle of eternal glory on the shoulders 
F                Am           Em
Of these indigent ones
         F                     G              C                 Bm             Am
The rays of Thy sanctity fell upon bodies of clay 
                 F                                              G
And the lights of the world, the lights of the world
C              G/B            C         
Of eternity shone forth

Verse

      C               F      C  G
O one and on - ly God
    C                    F      C  Am
O matchless Cre- a- tor

     C               F      C    G
 A flame of Thy bestowal 
            C          F      C      Am
From the enkindled fire 
  C                                            G                          C                      F
Appeared and gave the hearts eternal life, eternal life
   Am                                       G                          F
Appeared and gave the hearts eternal life
  C                                            G                          C                      F
Appeared and gave the hearts eternal life, eternal life
   Am                                       G                          C
Appeared and gave the hearts eternal life


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"Prayer For Martyrs" by Tom Francis

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 Grant Hindin Miller who sings “O Son of Earth” based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah. 

This song was filmed and recorded in Brisbane, Australia in August 2023.

LYRICS/QUOTE:

O SON OF EARTH!
Wouldst thou have Me, seek none other than Me; and wouldst thou gaze upon My beauty, close thine eyes to the world and all that is therein; for My will and the will of another than Me, even as fire and water, cannot dwell together in one heart.

And:

Illumine, O Lord, the faces of Thy servants, that they may behold Thee; and cleanse their hearts that they may turn unto the court of Thy heavenly favors, and recognize Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Dayspring of Thine Essence. Verily, Thou art the Lord of all worlds. There is no God but Thee, the Unconstrained, the All-Subduing.

You can also watch the video recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGx8f_2t2j4

CHORDS:

Fmaj7                                                  	Em                                     	Bm
O Son of Earth! Wouldst thou have Me, seek none other than Me; and wouldst
     	C                    	D     	Fmaj7                       	Em                           	Bm
thou gaze upon My beauty,   close thine eyes to the world and all that is therein; for My

                	C                 	D     	      G                   	B                         	Em
will and the will of another than Me, even as fire and water, cannot dwell together in one
D     	Dsus
Heart.
 
G                                             	Em                      	                                C
Illumine, O Lord, the faces of Thy servants, that they may behold Thee; and cleanse their
                                    	D                  	C                                   	D                       	 G
hearts that they may turn unto the court of Thy heavenly favors, and recognize Him Who is
                             	Em                                                                                     	C
the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Dayspring of Thine Essence.  Verily, Thou art the
                 	D                  	C                     	D                         	G                            	Em
Lord of all worlds.  There is no God but Thee, the Unconstrained, the All-Subduing.
      	C               	Dsus         	G
Baha’u’llah,   Baha’u’llah
[Repeat the ‘Illumine’ section with vigour]


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"O Son of Earth" by Grant Hindin Miller

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 Joseph Duckmanton who sings “Make Haste” 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=D33oPfMgfgE

LYRICS/QUOTE:

O my Lord, my Defender, my Help in Peril! Lowly do I entreat Thee, ailing do I
come unto Thee to be healed, humbly do I cry out to Thee with my tongue, my soul,
my spirit [...]
Make haste to love! Make haste to trust! Make haste to give! To guidance come!
Come ye for harmony! To behold the Star of Day! Come here for kindliness, for
ease! Come here for amity and peace!
Come and cast down your weapons of wrath, till unity is won! Come and in the
Lord's true path each one help each one.

CHORDS:

Capo 1

Am C F Am
Am F E
O my Lord, my Defender, my Help in Peril! Lowly do I entreat Thee,
ailing do I come unto Thee to be healed,
humbly do I cry out to Thee
with my tongue, my soul, my spirit:

Am Dm Am E
Make haste to love! Make haste to trust! Make haste to give! To guidance
come!
Come ye for harmony! To behold the Star of Day!
Make haste to love! Make haste to trust! Make haste to give! To guidance
come!
Come here for kindliness, for ease! Come here for amity and peace!

E Am E Am
Dm Am E E7
Come and cast down your weapons of wrath,
till unity is won!
Come and in the Lord's true path each one help each one.


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"Make Haste" by Joseph Duckmanton

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 Jordan Raj and Sophie Raj who sing “Bright Orbs” based on the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha. 

This song was filmed and recorded in Brisbane, Australia in August 2023 and it was composed by Tamara Duncan.

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

LYRICS/QUOTE:

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 […] 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:

Capo 3, Repeat: Cadd9, G, Em7, Dsus


(Dsus can be alternated into Dmaj for variation)
(G chord played with D note on 2nd string, 3rd fret)



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“Bright Orbs” by Jordan & Sophie

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 “Hallowed” In English and Persian 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=p9hyl7OQIU4

LYRICS/QUOTE:

O FLEETING SHADOW!
Pass beyond the baser stages of doubt and rise to the exalted heights of certainty. Open the eye of truth, that thou mayest behold the veilless Beauty and exclaim: Hallowed be the Lord, the most excellent of all creators!

ای سایهٴ نابود
از مدارج ذلّ وهم بگذر و بمعارج عزّ یقین اندرآ چشم حقّ بگشا تا جمال مبین بینی و تبارک الله احسن الخالقین گوئی

CHORDS:

Am Dm E Am
O Fleeting Shadow!
Pass beyond the baser stages of doubt
and rise to the exalted heights of certainty


C Dm E Am 
Open the eye of truth,
that Thou mayest
behold the veilless Beauty and exclaim:


Am Dm E Am 
Hallowed, hallowed,
hallowed be the Lord
Hallowed, hallowed,
the most excellent of all creators!


Am Dm E Am
Ay saa-yeye naabood
Az madaareje zole vahm bogzar
Va be ma-aareje ez-zeh yagheen andaraa
C Dm E Am 
Cheshme hagh begoshaa 
taa jamaale mobeen beenee
Va tabaarak allaho ahsanolkhaalegheen 
goo-ee


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“Hallowed” 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 who sings “Do Thou Ordain for Me” 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=fwuQviRXsek

LYRICS/QUOTE:

Suffer me not, O God, my God, to be kept back from the heaven of Thy bounties and the daystar of Thy favors. I beseech Thee by that Word through which Thou hast subdued all things visible and invisible to assist me and to assist Thy chosen ones to accomplish that which shall exalt Thy Cause amidst Thy servants and throughout Thy regions. Do Thou ordain for me, then, every good thing which Thou hast sent down in Thy Book.
Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.


CHORDS:

Intro: Fmaj7sus2, C/G, Fmaj7, Fmaj7sus2, C/G

Verse: C/G, Fmaj7, Fmaj7sus2 (x3) // (x2)
D9sus4\G, G6, F, C, D9sus4\G, G6

Chorus: Em, Am, F, G (x2), C, Am, F, C, Em, F, C, G

Outro: C, F, C, G, C, Am, F, Am, G, C


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“Do Thou Ordain for Me” by Cormac Mateer

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 Tom Francis who sings “Wakened” 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=Gz4Nbj_OWRA&lc=UgwOdE_PLGoc-KHuyGZ4AaABAg

LYRICS/QUOTE:

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.

CHORDS:

Em                                              G      Bm    D
I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God
Em                                             G                       Bm            
And it becometh him that seeketh that shelter to 
  D
abide 
       C                             Em    D                  C
Within the Sanctuary of Thy protection 
                                         Em            D
And the Stronghold of Thy defense
G                                   C                      G C  G
Illumine my inner being, O my Lord
G                                                 C                          
With the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy 
          G  C  G
Revelation
C                                                             D         Em
Even as thou didst illumine my outer being with 
                          D
the morning light 
C                                                             D         Em
Even as thou didst illumine my outer being with 
                          D
the morning light 
              Em    D     G    C     Em    D      C
of Thy favor.


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“Wakened” by Tom Francis

What I love about music is its ability to channel emotions in a way that makes it appealing to listen to. You can understand something about the artist through the music they make and that is actually wild.
Enjoy.