"My Only Joy" by Felipe & Lydia

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 Felipe Duhart and Lydia Mills singing "My Only Joy" 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 Lydia Mills. QUOTE/LYRICS: "And yet, from one point of view, this wanderer was saddened and despondent. For what pain, in the time to come, could I seek comfort? At the news of what granted wish could I rejoice? There was no more tyranny, no more affliction, no tragical events, no tribulations. My only joy in this swiftly-passing world was to tread the stony path of God and to endure hard tests and all material griefs. For otherwise, this earthly life would prove barren and vain, and better would be death. The tree of being would produce no fruit; the sown field of this existence would yield no harvest. Thus it is my hope that once again some circumstance will make my cup of anguish to brim over, and that beauteous Love, that Slayer of souls, will dazzle the beholders again. Then will this heart be blissful, this soul be blessed." -Abdu'l-Baha LYRICS & CHORDS: Introduction: C#m7 F#m7 Bsus2 C#m7 C#m7 F#m7 My only joy in this swiftly-passing world Bsus 2 C#m7 Was to tread the stony path of God C#m7 F#m7 My only joy in this swiftly-passing world Bsus 2 C#m7 Was to tread the stony path of God A Bsus2 And to endure hard tests and all material griefs A Bsus2 And to endure hard tests and all material griefs Interlude: C#m7 F#m7 Bsus2 C#m7 C#m7 F#m7 My only joy in this swiftly-passing world Bsus 2 C#m7 Was to tread the stony path of God C#m7 F#m7 My only joy in this swiftly-passing world Bsus 2 C#m7 Was to tread the stony path of God A Bsus2 For otherwise, this earthly life would prove A Bsus2 Barren and vain, and better would be death. A Bsus2 The tree of being would produce no fruit A Bsus2 The sown field of this existence would yield no harvest Interlude: C#m7 F#m7 Bsus2 C#m7 C#m7 F#m7 My only joy in this swiftly-passing world Bsus 2 C#m7 Was to tread the stony path of God C#m7 F#m7 My only joy in this swiftly-passing world Bsus 2 C#m7 Was to tread the stony path of God A Bsus2 Thus it is my hope that once again some circumstance A Bsus2 Will make my cup of anguish to brim over A Bsus2 And that beauteous Love, that Slayer of souls A Bsus2 Will dazzle the beholders again A Bsus2 Then will this heart be blissful, this soul be blessed A Bsus2 Then will this heart be blissful, this soul be blessed A Bsus2 Then will this heart be blissful, this soul be blessed (Repeat) You can also listen to and download the audio version of this song from Baha’i Blog’s Soundcloud page here:   / my-only-joy-felipe-lydia   Check out BahaiBlog.net (http://bahaiblog.net/) for more great Baha'i-inspired content, and watch the Studio Sessions video series on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube Channel here: https://bit.ly/1LtjUx9