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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, we’re in New York, USA with Nadia Affolter, Zaynab Affolter, Fritz Affolter and Earl Henrikson, who sing “Love Is Not…” from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha.
This song was filmed and recorded in New York, USA, August, 2018.
Lyrics & Quote
…this love is not of the body but completely of the soul. And those souls whose inner being is lit by the love of God are even as spreading rays of light, and they shine out like stars of holiness in a pure and crystalline sky. For true love, real love, is the love for God, and this is sanctified beyond the notions and imaginings of men.
Abdu’l-Baha
Chords
Am F C G ; Am F C G
Am F C G Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (4x)
Am F
And those souls whose inner being is lit
C G
by the love of God, by the love of God
Am F
are even as spreading rays of light
C G
by the love of God, by the love of God
Am F C G Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (4x)
Am F C G
For true love, real love is the love for God (2x)
Am F C G
For true love, real love is the love for God (4x)
Am F C G Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (4x)
Am F C G Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (2x)
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