Ridvan celebrates Baha’u’llah’s time in 1863 in the garden of Ridvan in Baghdad when He publicly declared His station as a Manifestation of God. The Ridvan Festival is 12 days long and is also the time of year when Baha’is elect their governing bodies.
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 Toronto, Canada with Jasmine Michel who sings “As a Sea”, based on a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha.
This song was filmed and recorded in Toronto, Canada, October 2016.
Lyrics & Quote
I beg of Thee, O Thou King of existence and Protector of the seen and the unseen, to make whosoever arises to serve Thy Cause as a sea moving by Thy desire, as one ablaze with the fire of Thy Sacred Tree, shining from the horizon of the heaven of Thy will. Verily, Thou art the mighty One, Whom neither the power of all the world nor the strength of the nations can weaken. There is no God but Thee, the One, the Incomparable, the Protector, the Self-Subsistent.
Abdu’l-Baha
Chords
G Gsus4
G G/C# G/C
G Gsus4
Em7 C G F Cmaj7 Asus4 G
G Gsus4
I beg of Thee, O Thou King of existence
G G/C# G/C
and Protector of the seen and the unseen
G Gsus4
to make whosoever arises to serve Thy Cause
Em7 C G F Cmaj7 Asus4 G
as a sea moving by Thy desire, as one ablaze with the fire of Thy Sacred Tree
F Cmaj7
shining from the horizon of the heaven of Thy will
F Asus4
Verily, Thou art the mighty One
F Cmaj7
Whom neither the power of all the world
F Asus4
nor the strength of nations can weaken
G Gsus4
There is no God but Thee, the One, the Incomparable
G G/C# G/C
the Protector, the Self-Subsistent
G G7 C Cm
I beg of Thee, O Thou King of existence
G F Cmaj7
to make me as a sea
G F Cmaj7
to make me as a sea
F Cmaj7
moving by Thy desire
F Asus4
moving by Thy desire
F Cmaj7
moving by Thy desire
Gmaj7
Thy desire
You can also download the audio version of this song from Baha’i Blog’s Soundcloud page here:
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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