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 Durban, South Africa with Young Mbazo & Friends singing “Iseluleko Sami” in Zulu, which means “My First Counsel”, and is based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
This song was filmed and recorded in Durban, South Africa, November, 2018.
Lyrics & Quote
ZULU
O, NDODANA YOMOYA! Iseluleko Sami sokuqala yilesi: Yiba nenhliziyo emsulwa, nenomusa nenokumomotheka ukuze obakho ubukhosi buhlale bungobasendulo, bungabhubhi ungunaphakade.
Baha’u’llah
ENGLISH
O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.
Baha’u’llah
Chords
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