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Rejoice with Exceeding Gladness

from The Ancient Beauty by Elika Mahony

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    ‘The Ancient Beauty’ is created in honor of the Bicentenary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh. The 11 songs on the album set the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh to music with piano, cello, santour, guitar and voice.The album cover has a beautiful laser cut rendering inspired by the inner gate at the entrance to the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh and the album includes a short written introduction to the Life and Mission of Bahá’u’lláh.

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'Rejoice with exceeding gladness' is a song in six languages composed specially for the Bahá'í Festival of Ridvan which was when Bahá'u'lláh declared His Mission to the world. Languages include: English, Swahili, German, Chinese, Spanish and French. It is intended to be sung by the whole community.

lyrics

1. English
Rejoice with exceeding gladness, O people of Bahá, as ye call to remembrance the Day of supreme felicity...

2. Swahili
Furahini kwa furaha kubwa mno, enyi watu wa Baha, mnapozikumbuka Siku ya Shangwe kuu kabisa...

3. Arabic
اَنِ افْرَحُوا يا اَهْلَ اللّهِ بِذِکرِ اَيّامٍ فيها ظَهَرَ الفَرَحُ الأَعظَمُ

4. Chinese
巴哈的子民啊！当你们回忆起那最为幸福的日子时，尽情欢乐吧！
Ba ha de zi min a!
Dang nimen huiyi qi
na zui wei xingfu de rizi shi,
jin qing huan le ba!

5. Spanish
Regocijaos con extrema alegría, oh pueblo de Bahá, cuando recordéis el Día de la felicidad suprema...

6. French
Réjouissez-vous, ô peuple de Bahá, d'une joie sans pareille, en évoquant ce jour de suprême félicité...

Chorus: Allah’u’Abha
Quotation from the Writings of Baha'u'llah

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from The Ancient Beauty, released June 19, 2017
Music composition & piano: Elika Mahony
All guitars: Larry Magee
Vocals: Rejoice with Exceeding Gladness: Elika Mahony (English & French), Auntieclare Rezin (Swahili), Sonbol Alavi Taefi (Arabic), Wang Jia Ni 王佳妮 (Chinese), Ali Youssefi (Spanish)
Chorals: Elika Mahony, Nasim Enayati Maani, Ali Youssefi
Percussion, production & mixing: Jarome Matthew

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