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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 Santiago, Chile with Lydia Mills and Eduardo Rioseco singing “Ojalá (O that I could travel)” based on the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha.
This song was filmed and recorded in Santiago, Chile on 26 May, 2019, and music was composed by Carlo Signori.
Lyrics & Quote
SPANISH
Ojalá pudiera viajar, aunque fuese a pie y en la mayor pobreza, a esas regiones, y elevando el llamamiento de «¡Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá!» en las ciudades, pueblos, montañas, desiertos y océanos, promover las enseñanzas divinas. Lástima, no puedo hacerlo. Cuán intensamente lo deploro. Quiera Dios que vosotros lo logréis.
Abdu’l-Baha
ENGLISH
O that I could travel, even though on foot and in the utmost poverty, to these regions, and, raising the call of “Ya Baha’u’l-Abha” in cities, villages, mountains, deserts and oceans, promote the divine teachings! This, alas, I cannot do. How intensely I deplore it! Please God, ye may achieve it.
Abdu’l-Baha
Chords
Introduction: C C7 F Fm Em A7 Dm G C
C C7 F Dm G
Ojalá pudiera viajar a esas regiones
C C7 F
Aunque fuese a pie o en la mayor pobreza
Dm G
Elevando el llamamiento
C C7 F
De ‘Ya-Bahá’u’l-Abhá’
Dm G
En las ciudades, pueblos
C C7 F
Montañas, desiertos y océanos
Dm G
Promover la enseñanza divina
Am
Lástima no puedo hacerlo
E
Cuán intensamente lo deploro
D G
Quiera Dios que vosotros lo logréis
Am
Lástima no puedo hacerlo
E
Cuán intensamente lo deploro
D G
Quiera Dios que vosotros lo logréis
C C7 F Dm G
Ojalá pudiera viajar a esas regiones
Coda: C C7 F Fm Em A7 Dm G C
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