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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, Adrian Noel Lopez and Niaz Massarrat sing “Gloria a Ti”, from the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
This song was filmed and recorded in Madrid, Spain, October 2015.
Lyrics & Quote
SPANISH
¡Gloria sea a Ti, oh mi Dios! Si no fuera por las tribulaciones sufridas en Tu sendero, ¿como podrian ser reconocidos quienes verdaderamente Te aman?, y si no fuera por las pruebas sufridas por amor a Ti, ¿como podria revelarse la posicion de aquellos que Te anhelan? ¡Tu poder me lo atestigua! Las lagrimas vertidas son la compañía de todos aquellos que Te adoran; los lamentos proferidos, el consuelo de aquellos que Te buscan; y los pedazos de sus rotos corazones el alimento de aquellos que se apresuran por encontrarte.
¡Cuan dulce es para mi la amargura de la muerte sufrida en Tu sendero, y cuan preciados los dardos de Tus enemigos cuando son encontrados por amor a la exaltacion de Tu palabra! Dejame beber en Tu Causa todo lo que Tu has deseado, oh mi Dios, y enviame, por Tu amor, todo lo que Tu ordenaste. ¡Por Tu gloria! Sólo deseo lo que Tu deseas, y anhelo lo que Tu anhelas. En Ti he puesto siempre toda mi fe y confianza.
Te imploro, oh mi Dios, que hagas surgir a quienes sean dignos de Tu nombre y soberania, para que ayuden a esta Revelacion, me recuerden entre Tus criaturas e icen los emblemas de Tu victoria en Tu tierra.
Potente eres Tu para hacer lo que Te place. No hay Dios sino Tu, Quien ayuda en el peligro, Quien subsiste por Si mismo.
Baha’u’llah
ENGLISH
Glory to Thee, O my God! But for the tribulations which are sustained in Thy path, how could Thy true lovers be recognized; and 192 were it not for the trials which are borne for love of Thee, how could the station of such as yearn for Thee be revealed? Thy might beareth me witness! The companions of all who adore Thee are the tears they shed, and the comforters of such as seek Thee are the groans they utter, and the food of them who haste to meet Thee is the fragments of their broken hearts.
How sweet to my taste is the bitterness of death suffered in Thy path, and how precious in my estimation are the shafts of Thine enemies when encountered for the sake of the exaltation of Thy word! Let me quaff in Thy Cause, O my God, whatsoever Thou didst desire, and send down upon me in Thy love all Thou didst ordain. By Thy glory! I wish only what Thou wishest, and cherish what Thou cherishest. In Thee have I, at all times, placed my whole trust and confidence.
Raise up, I implore Thee, O my God, as helpers to this Revelation such as shall be counted worthy of Thy name and of Thy sovereignty, that they may remember me among Thy creatures, and hoist the ensigns of Thy victory in Thy land.
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. No God is there but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Baha’u’llah
Chords
C E Am G
Gloria a Ti, Oh mi Dios, sino fuera por las tribulaciones
en tu sendero
Como podría conocerse a tus amantes verdaderos
Como podria revelarse
La posición de quien te anhela
Sino fuera por las pruebas sufridas por tu amor,
sufridas por tu amor
Gloria a Ti, Oh mi Dios, sino fuera por las tribulaciones
en tu sendero
Como podría conocerse a tus amantes verdaderos,
a tus amantes verdaderos
Los compañeros de quien te adoran
son las lagrimas
que derrama el consuelo de quien te busca,
Son los lamentos que profiere
el alimento de quien te anhela,
Son los lamentos de su corazon
Son los lamentos de su corazon
Gloria a Ti, Oh mi Dios, sino fuera por las tribulaciones
en tu sendero
Como podria conocerse a tus amantes verdaderos
a tus amantes verdaderos
Cuan dulce es la amapola de la muerte en tu sendero
Cuan preciados son los dardos sufridos por amor a exaltar tu palabra
por amor a exaltar tu palabra
Deseo lo que tu deseas y anhelo solo lo que tu anhelas
Deseo lo que tu deseas y anhelo solo lo que tu anhelas
Gloria a Ti, Oh mi Dios, sino fuera por las tribulaciones
en tu sendero
Como podria conocerse a tus amantes verdaderos
a tus amantes verdaderos
Gloria a Ti, Oh mi Dios, sino fuera por las tribulaciones
en tu sendero
Como podria conocerse a tus amantes verdaderos
a tus amantes verdaderos
Cuan dulce es la amargura de la muerte en tu sendero.
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