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 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 Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic with Victoria Jane Leith singing “Tender Herb” based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
This song was filmed and recorded in Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic on 23 March 2021, and the music was composed by Victoria Jane Leith.
Lyrics & Quote
If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb in the meadows of Thy grace, that the gentle winds of Thy will may stir me up and bend me into conformity with Thy pleasure, in such wise that my movement and my stillness may be wholly directed by Thee.
Baha’u’llah
Chords
C
If it be Thy pleasure
Am
Make me to grow
G
As a tender herb
F
In the meadows
C
Of Thy grace
Am
That the gentle winds
G
Of Thy will
F
May stir me up
F
May stir me up
F
In such wise
G
That my movement
F
In such wise
G
That my stillness
F
May be wholly
G
Directed by
C
Thee
F
Tender herbs
G
In the meadow
F
Tender herbs
G
In the meadow
F
Tender herbs
G/C
In the meadow
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