As soon as I read this quote, I knew it was meant to be turned into song. The rhyme, the repetition, the beautiful message, summoned me to sit down and compose this melody.
lyrics
Make haste to love!
Make haste to trust!
Make haste to give!
To guidance come!
Come ye for harmony!
To behold the Star of Day!
Come ye make haste.
Come here for kindliness,
[Come here] for ease!
Come here for amity
[Come here] for peace!
Come ye for harmony!
To behold the Star of Day!
Come ye make haste.
Come and cast down your weapons of wrath,
till unity is won!
Come and in the Lord's true path
each one help each one.
Make haste to love!
Make haste to trust!
Make haste to give!
To guidance come!
Come ye for harmony!
To behold the Star of Day!
Come ye make haste.
- Abdu’l-Bahá
credits
from A Spirit of Love,
released June 29, 2013
All instrumentation and harmony: Bryan Weber
Words: Abdu’l-Bahá