Persian Hidden Word #3

O FRIEND!

In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love, and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all fellowship with the ungodly.

A Great Wave has a version titled "Rose of Love" on their album Music For Tiny Seeds available on Bahai Music Store.

Gwendolyn Watson performs this "O Friend" on her album Mercy available on DivineNotes.

Payam Beint & Naim Cortazzi also have recorded a rendition called "Rose of Love" on their album Rowshan.  It can be listened to and purchased from DivineNotes.  You can also check out Rowshan's facebook page. 

Nathan & Nabil Huening have recorded and offered this Hidden Word for download via their website generously for free, though there is an option to donate to the project.  It is their hope to record all the Hidden Words. It is also available on SoundCloud.

Katharine Key has a version of this Hidden Word on her album Intone available via Baha'i Music Store.

Shadi Toloui-Wallace sings this Hidden Word on her album Verdant Isle available via Bahai Music Store.

SKY perform this Hidden Word on their album A Cycle of Divine Love Songs available via Bahai Music Store.

Sanele Nhlabatsi and Xolani Tsele perform this Hidden Word in siSwati in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube. 

Nora Emadén, Sasha Semenova and Ann-Sofie Wensbo perform this Hidden Word in Swedish in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube.

Bruno Silvestre performs this Hidden Word in Portuguese in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube.