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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 Genoa, Italy with Shideh Massai and Anis Mirra singing “Liberatevi (Free Thyself)” in Italian, based on a talk by Abdu’l-Baha.
This song was filmed and recorded in Genoa, Italy, April 2018.
Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the chords:
ITALIAN
Non lasciate che le cose materiali di questo mondo si impadroniscano dei vostri cuori; non ve ne state inerti, cullati nella negligenza, prigionieri della materia; ma alzatevi e liberatevi da queste catene.
Abdu’l-Baha
ENGLISH
I earnestly exhort you: let not your hearts be fettered by the material things of this world; I charge you not to lie contentedly on the beds of negligence, prisoners of matter, but to arise and free yourselves from its chains!
Abdu’l-Baha
Repeat: F#m D A E
You can also listen to and download the audio version of this song from Baha’i Blog’s Soundcloud page here: “Liberatevi (Free Thyself)” by Shideh Massai & Anis Mirra [Audio Track]
Watch the entire Baha’i Blog Studio Sessions video series here: Baha’i Blog Studio Sessions playlist
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