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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 Chicago, USA with Savva, Danika, Lauren and Jeremy singing “Thankful Birds”, based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
This song was filmed and recorded in Chicago, USA, December, 2018.
Here is the quotation used for the song, followed by the lyrics and chords below:
Lyrics & Quote
…they have no other intention save the diffusion of the fragrances of God, they have no other hope except the promotion of the heavenly teachings, like the candles they are burning with the light of the love of God, and like thankful birds are singing songs, spirit-imparting, joy-creating, in the rose garden of the knowledge of God…
Abdu’l-Baha
Chords
Progression is Bm F# G F# (with occasional A thrown in before second F#)
Bm F#
They have no other intentions
G F# Bm
Save the diffusion of the fragrances of God
F#
No other hope
G F#
Except the promotion of the heavenly teachings
Bm F#
Like the candles
G F#
They are burning with the light of the love of God
Bm F#
Like the candles
G A F#
They are burning with the light of the love of God
Bm F#
And like thankful birds are singing
G F#
In the rose garden of the knowledge of God
Bm F#
And like thankful birds are singing
G A F#
In the rose garden of the knowledge of God
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