The Nineteen Day Feast
Chorus: Oh, I love the Nineteen Day Feast! (repeat)
Yes, I love the Nineteen Day Feast! I love the Nineteen Day Feast!
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1. There's a sweet-scented garden in God's Holy Word.
There's a real song of beauty that needs to be heard.
There's a pure fragrance wafting from heaven above.
It's the Day of the Holy Spirit, breathing Her warm tender Love that's so divine,
Pouring down spiritual wine, bringing joy and unity and true peace to all humankind.
And you'll find paradise at the Baha'i Feast. You'll find God's home at the Unity Feast.
The hearts supplicate, invoke and entreat, beg and implore and ask and beseech
From the Lord of all worlds to make us as pearls in the ocean of beauty and love's virtues.
The faces are radiant and bright, glowing and shining with pure light.
The hearts are enlightened and restored, led to open love's sure door. Oh!
It's all for Baha'u'llah, and it's all like 'Abdu'l-Baha.
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Chorus: Yes, I love the Nineteen Day Feast! I love the Nineteen Day Feast!
Bridge: Breathings of the Holy Spirit wafting, ardors of the next world shining,
Confirmations from heaven coming, the blessings of God's Word transforming.
Empowered, enkindled, uplifted and stirred, mirroring the beauty of the spiritual world.
Encouraging the friends, bringing happiness, harmony and unity and love's sweet bliss. Oh!
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2. There's a sweet honey flavor that's filling our buds.
It's the rose wafting savor of God's tender Love.
There's a rare consolation that wafts thru the air,
And a sweet intoxication spreading a breath of a warm and tender Love
And a Joy that's so divine,
An embrace of spiritual Love, and a ray of an infinite Love.
And you'll find paradise at the Baha'i Feast. You'll find God's home at the Unity Feast.
Hear the holy verses and the heavenly odes, the eloquent stories so lovingly told.
Hear the laudations and the praises of God. How the hearts are quickened and carried afar.
The Nineteen Day Feast, every nineteen days, for love-filled hearts who show God's praise.
The spiritual is wedded with material delights, and humanity reaches such glorious heights. Oh!
It's all for Baha'u'llah, and it's all like 'Abdu'l-Baha.
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Chorus: Yes, I love the Nineteen Day Feast! I love the Nineteen Day Feast!
Bridge: It gives our lives purpose, rejoices our minds, exalts the diversity of humankind.
The holy realities are shared, the Tablets of Love and God's sweet prayers.
O Lord! Please give us the Food of Love, the Fragrance and the Beauty of the Covenant.
The Food of Knowledge we do implore, and Heavenly Illumination's store. Oh!
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3. Oh the Feast makes us heedful, alert and prepared,
Unfolds the mystical meanings, of their truths we're made aware.
Oh the Feast brings endless favors, pure bounty's treasures.
It is called the true Lord's Supper when it builds real community, and when it feels like we're part of a Unity Feast,
With the spreading of the Table of Concord and true Harmony.
The Nineteen Day Feast is the foundation
Of the New World Order that is to come.
We're filled with a power beyond compare, to serve all the people with joyous care.
We're building resources from God's gold mine. All are the jewels of humankind.
The children are the rubies, so fine. See how they sparkle like sunshine.
The youth are the sapphires, so bright. See how they twinkle with pure light.
It's all for Baha'u'llah, and it's all like 'Abdu'l-Baha.
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Chorus: Yes, I love the Nineteen Day Feast! I love the Nineteen Day Feast!
Bridge: The colors and the natures of humanity are part of an ever growing tree,
That blossom when they're really set free, like butterflies soaring in the breeze.
People need encouragement every day, assure them and uplift them in every way.
Educate, guide, learn and teach, consult and help, accept and reach. Oh!
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4. Oh the Nineteen Day Feast is a dayspring of love,
Just like the Lord's Supper, sent from heaven's Kingdom.
It's a gathering of sweet hearts, reflecting His truth,
He doeth what He pleaseth to nurture divine virtue,
And He loves true ardor and real ecstasy,
Chastity is sweet like the greatest of heavenly wines.
And you'll find paradise at the Baha'i Feast. You'll find God's home at the Unity Feast.
Truthfulness and honesty in true love and embracing bounty,
Healing a hundred thousand or two
Incurable ills by beauty and truth.
Hasten us all to loving Thee, uplift all our hearts so blissfully.
Help us to serve so joyously. Grant us the most great victory. Lord!
It's all for Baha'u'llah, and it's all like 'Abdu'l-Baha.
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Chorus: Yes, I love the Nineteen Day Feast! I love the Nineteen Day Feast!
Bridge: Reciting God's prayers in a language so pure, moving creation to heaven from earth.
The devotional portion will give us rebirth, revealing the power of God's Holy Word.
Love and understanding will make our hearts bright. Harmony and friendship will help us to unite.
Chanting God's verses and celestial odes. A spiritual pleasure to uplift our souls. Oh! (chorus)
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5. Oh the Feast has three great parts that make it festive.
They are the spiritual, administrative,
And third is the social, and all duly give
Bright renewal to believers, and real purpose for everyone to live.
And to serve God lovingly
To uplift the world to new heights of true peace and real harmony,
And you'll find paradise at the Baha'i Feast. You'll find God's home at the Unity Feast.
In the spiritual part the friends will share, the beauty of the Words of the Central Figures.
Here are read the Tablets and Prayers, with dignity and creative care.
The spiritual, administrative and social
Processes of life are integrated.
The World Order of Baha'u'llah encompasses
All units of human society. Oh!
It's all for Baha'u'llah, and it's all like 'Abdu'l-Baha.
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Chorus: Yes, I love the Nineteen Day Feast! I love the Nineteen Day Feast!
Bridge: All Baha'is are invited to come, as they all play a part in this institution.
In the second part, the friends consult on commmunity affairs for great results.
Here messages are spoken out from the Guardian and the House.
Bringing joy and perfect will to all the world of humanity. Oh!
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6. In the consultative portion, we discuss affairs
Of the local community, with our Assembly right there
To take recommendations decided with care.
And they read the correspondence, love's business they lovingly will always share
With the friends who gather there, to contribute the pure light of their minds for all humankind.
And you'll find paradise at the Baha'i Feast. You'll find God's home at the Unity Feast.
Human expression is canalized towards the construction and creation
Of a brilliant civilization. Progress is ensured in celebration.
In the social portion, we enjoy the bliss of snacking and conversing in openness.
True rejuvenation, a meeting of souls, inspired to serve the All-Bountiful. Oh!
It's all for Baha'u'llah, and it's all like 'Abdu'l-Baha.
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Chorus: Yes, I love the Nineteen Day Feast! I love the Nineteen Day Feast!
Bridge: The Nineteen Day Feast is a paradise, of splendor and glory and heavenly light.
The lovers of God are like a tree, branching upward and flowering,
Always sustained by a boundless spring, growing fruits, sweet and never-ending.
Raising up beauty on soaring wings, knowledge and wisdom and understanding. Oh!