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 Prince Edward Island, Canada with Erik Peterson singing “Everlasting Beauty” based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
This song was filmed and recorded in Prince Edward Island, Canada, March 2017.
Lyrics & Quote
O SON OF DESIRE! Give ear unto this: Never shall mortal eye recognize the everlasting Beauty, nor the lifeless heart delight in aught but in the withered bloom. For like seeketh like, and taketh pleasure in the company of its kind.
Baha’u’llah
Chords
Gma7 Ami7 Bmi7 Cmj7
O son of Desire Give ear unto this
Cmaj7 Ami7 Bmi7(b13) Cmaj7 Bmi7 Ami7
Never Shall a mortal eye recognize the everlasting Beauty
Bmi7 emi9 Ami7 D7 pause
Emi7 D7-13 Cmaj7 Ami7 Bmi7 Cmaj7 (Bmi7 Ami7 bmi7)
Nor the lifeless heart delight in aught but the withered bloom withered bloom
Cma7 F7#11 Amaj7 Cma7 Bmi7 Cmaj7 Bmi7 Cmj7 Bmi7 Ami7 (E7sus4)
For like seeketh like, and taketh pleasure in the {company of its kind}
Ama7 Bmi7 C#mi7 Dmj7
O son of Desire Give ear unto this
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