Ridvan celebrates Baha’u’llah’s time in 1863 in the garden of Ridvan in Baghdad when He publicly declared His station as a Manifestation of God. The Ridvan Festival is 12 days long and is also the time of year when Baha’is elect their governing bodies.
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 Brisbane, Australia with Amelia Rowhani and Anisa Rowhani who sing “Rose Garden of the Spirit” based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
This song was filmed and recorded in Brisbane, Australia in August 2023.
LYRICS/QUOTE:
O YE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MINDS TO KNOW AND EARS TO HEAR!
The first call of the Beloved is this: O mystic nightingale! Abide not but in the rose garden of the spirit. O messenger of the Solomon of love! Seek thou no shelter except in the Sheba of the well-beloved, and O immortal phoenix! dwell not save on the mount of faithfulness. Therein is thy habitation, if on the wings of thy soul thou soarest to the realm of the infinite and seekest to attain thy goal.
CHORDS:
Capo 6
Am Em Em7 D/F#
O YE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MINDS TO KNOW AND EARS TO HEAR! (x2)
The first call of the Beloved is this:
O mystic nightingale! O mystic nightingale! Abide not but in the
C G Em D/F#
rose garden of the spirit. O messenger of the Solomon
Am Em Em7 D/F#
of love! the Solomon of love! Seek thou no shelter
except in the Sheba of the well-beloved (x2)
and O immortal phoenix! dwell not save on the mount of faithfulness.
Therein is thy habitation
if on the wings of thy soul
C G Em D/F#
thou soarest to the realm of the infinite (x2)
and seekest to attain thy goal, and seekest to attain thy goal
[Instrumental]
Am Em Em7 D/F#
and O immortal phoenix! dwell not save on the mount of faithfulness.
Therein is thy habitation
if on the wings of thy soul
C G Em D/F#
thou soarest to the realm of the infinite (x2)
and seekest to attain thy goal, and seekest to attain thy goal
[Instrumental]
thou soarest to the realm of the infinite
End Strum: C G
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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