'I Am the Promised One' by Carl Brehmer

Baha’i Blog’s “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 Phoenix, Arizona with Carl Brehmer who sings “I Am the Promised One” from the Bab’s address in The Dawn-Breakers.

You can also listen to and download the audio version of this song from Baha’i Blog’s Soundcloud page here:

This song was filmed and recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, December 2017.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the lyrics:

"I am, I am, the promised One! I am the One whose name you have for a thousand years invoked, at whose mention you have risen, whose advent you have longed to witness, and the hour of whose Revelation you have prayed God to hasten."
- the Bab

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Alternate: F/D and G

I am, I am, I am, the promised One!
The One whose name you have for a thousand years invoked
at whose mention you have risen, and the advent of whose Revelation you have prayed God to hasten.
I am, the promised one.

[connieleemarie]

I was just listening to a Wild Thyme CD called Gentle Rain (2001) this evening while organizing all my old media files and thought of you Carl!

[raokumaran]

I found it just what I was looking for, a devotional meeting, and a brief on the Occasion of a summary on the Examination of The Bab at Tabriz.
I wanted something without any human interpretations! Just the exact Words chosen said by The Bab.
Thank u⭐

[squirrely]

Carl, it is so good to hear this after so many years. I have lost the cassette tape with all those beautiful songs you gave us in N.D.

[alisonhall]

So, so beautiful!! Thank you. I'll be singing this for the rest of the day. :)

[navabastanisarracino]

I have memorised this verse as well and its so powerful!!!Thank you

[kathyaudreegenemorris]

Just beautiful Carl, so enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing!

[sorayagolzar]

In 1850 in Persia, some months before the Báb was executed, the religious leaders asked Him “Whom do you claim to be? He replied:
“I am I am, I am, the promised One! I am the One whose name you have for a thousand years invoked, at whose mention you have risen, whose advent you have longed to witness, and the hour of whose Revelation you have prayed God to hasten."

[brianwessel]

Well played and sung, Carl! Good to see you still going strong with the music! Wondering if you've brought your talents recently to Macy's Firesides in Flagstaff, too!