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 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 Santiago, Chile with the band Arrayanes singing “El Mérito del Hombre (Man’s Merit)” in Spanish from the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
This song was filmed and recorded in Santiago, Chile on 26 May, 2019, and music was composed by Eduardo Rioseco.
Lyrics & Quote
SPANISH
El mérito del hombre reside en el servicio y la virtud, y no en el fausto de la opulencia y las riquezas.
Baha’u’llah
ENGLISH
Man’s merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches.
Baha’u’llah
Chords
D E/D Em/D D
Bm BmMaj7 Bm7 Bm6
G D/F# Fdim7 Em F#7
Bm A#dim7 Am7 B7
CMaj7 Cm6 Bm7 E7
Em7 A7 D D/E D D/E
D E/D
El mérito del hombre reside
D E/D
En el servicio y la virtud
D E/D D E/D
Y no en el fausto de la opulencia y las riquezas
F G
El mérito del hombre reside
F G
En el servicio y la virtud
F G F G
Y no en el fausto de la opulencia y las riquezas
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