June 18, 2023 will mark 40 years since 10 Baha’i women were hanged in Shiraz. Their only ‘crime’ was their refusal to renounce their beliefs in a faith that promotes the principles of gender equality, unity, justice, and truthfulness. This collection highlights Baha’i Blog content relating to the ongoing persecution of Baha’is in Iran.
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 London, in the United Kingdom with Maryam Zerbes and Nabil who sing “Conflictul și Lupta” in Romanian from the Writings of Baha’u’llah and Abdu’l-Baha.
This song was filmed and recorded in London, United Kingdom, September 2018.
Lyrics & Quotes
ROMANIAN
Când se ivește un gând de război, opuneți-vă lui printr-un gând mai puternic de pace. Un gând de ură trebuie distrus printr-un gând mai puternic de dragoste.
Abdu’l-Baha
O, voi, iubiți a lui Dumnezeu! În această Dispensație sacră, conflictul si lupta nu sunt în niciun fel permise. Fiecare agresor se privează de harul lui Dumnezeu.
Abdu’l-Baha
Nimic nu poate, în această Zi, dăuna mai mult acestei Cauze decât neînțelegerea și ceartă, conflictul, înstrăinarea și apatia, între cei iubiți de Dumnezeu.
Baha’u’llah
ENGLISH
When a thought of war comes, oppose it by a stronger thought of peace. A thought of hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of love.
Abdu’l-Baha
O ye beloved of the Lord! In this sacred Dispensation, conflict and contention are in no wise permitted. Every aggressor deprives himself of God’s grace.
Abdu’l-Baha
Nothing whatever can, in this Day, inflict a greater harm upon this Cause than dissension and strife, contention, estrangement and apathy, among the loved ones of God.
Baha’u’llah
Chords
Capo 1 Repeat: G Am Em C
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Randomly bursting into song is a daily occurrence for Jordan, something which his friends find both hilarious and terrifying, however, for their own survival, they have grown accustomed to acts of randomness. Growing up in both the Czech Republic and Australia, and looking like he’s from neither, Jordan took to creating Youtube videos from a young age, the intention of his content is to make people happy and hopefully spread some positivity juice. He is now studying Media in Melbourne Australia, and singing for his classmates. (he really does not sing that much)
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