Raised in the culture of his Indigenous roots, Roman Orona presents a collection of Apache inspired songs that express his people’s sacred values with Baha’i prayers/writings. With drums, dancers’ bells, and vocals sung from the heart, Roman’s music acknowledges the spirits of the ancestors who sacrificed their lives, families and lands, so that their tribal communities could endure. Driven by a vision of respect, faith, and unification for all humanity, these songs are meant to touch the human soul in all of us, while combining his cultural upbringing with his religious beliefs into one.
 
Morning Prayer Intro (:55)
Background Song- Zuni Sunrise Song (taught to me by the late Zuni elder, Carlos Peynetsa)
Baha’i Morning Prayer by Bahá’u’lláh
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, voiceover
 
“I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God,
and it becometh him that seeketh that
shelter to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy
protection and the Stronghold of Thy
defense. Illumine my inner being, O my Lord
with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy 
Revelation even as thou didst illumine my
outer being with the morning light of Thy
favor.”
 
1. Blessings (4:38)
Sung in Apache Vocables and English
Baha’i Prayer by Bahá’u’lláh
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, song talk, drum, bells, calls
Kaya Orona-backing vocals
Tahj Orona-backing vocals
 
“Blessed is the spot, 
and the house, 
and the place, and the city, 
and the heart, and the mountain, 
and the refuge, and the cave, 
and the valley, and the Land, 
and the sea, and the island, 
and the meadow 
where mention of God 
hath been made, 
and His praise glorified.” 
 
2. Sufficient Unto Me (4:25)
Sung in Apache Vocables and English
Baha’i Prayer by Bahá’u’lláh
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, song talk, drum, bells, calls
Kaya Orona-backing vocals
Tahj Orona-backing vocals
 
“God is suffcient unto me,
He verily is the All-sufficing
In Him let the trusting trust.”
 
3. Alláh-u-Abhá (6:30)
Sung in Apache Vocables and English
“Alláh-u-Abhá” is a Baha’i greeting and bidding someone farewell, meaning “God is the Most Glorious”
Sung in Arabic and Apache Vocables
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, song talk, drum, bells, calls
Kaya Orona-backing vocals
Tahj Orona-backing vocals
 
“Alláh-u-Abhá” from the album, “Circling Spirits” (CR-6530) 
courtesy Canyon Records License 2020-016. All rights reserved.
www.canyonrecords.com
 
(If using this to recite the 95 daily Alláh-u-Abhá’s, 
the first one without the drum is used to announce 
and shouldn’t be counted)
 
4. Tests (3:53)
Sung in Apache Vocables and English
Baha’i Prayer from the “Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh” Arabic Part 1 #55 by Bahá’u’lláh
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, song talk, drum, bells, calls
Kaya Orona-backing vocals
Tahj Orona-backing vocals
 
“O SON OF BEING! Busy not thyself 
with this world, for with fire We test the gold, 
and with gold We test Our servants.”
 
5. Attributes (4:31)
Sung in Apache Vocables and English
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, song talk, drum, bells, calls
Kaya Orona-backing vocals
Tahj Orona-backing vocals
 
“Attributes” from the album, “Circling Spirits” (CR-6530) 
courtesy Canyon Records License 2020-016. All rights reserved.
www.canyonrecords.com
 
This song is referring to the attributes of the Creator (God). 
 
The Exalted One The Hidden One
The Faithful One The Creating One
The Glorious One The Bountiful One
The Sufficing One The Omniscient One
The Healing One The Manifest One
The Sovereign One The Knowing One
The Wise One The Sanctified One
The Majestic One The Magnificent One
The Ruling One Most Holy One
 
6. To Know Thee (4:15)
Recited in English and Apache with Apache Vocables
Baha’i Obligatory Noon Day Prayer by Bahá’u’lláh
Joel Orona-Lead and song talk vocals
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, song talk, drum, bells, calls
Kaya Orona-backing vocals
Tahj Orona-backing vocals
 
“I bear witness, O my God, that Thou
hast created me to know Thee and to 
worship Thee. I testify, at this moment,
to my powerlessness and to Thy might,
to my poverty and to Thy wealth.
There is none other God but Thee,
the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.”
 
7. Ya Baha’u’l-Abha (4:42)
Sung in Apache Vocables and English
Baha’i Prayer by Bahá’u’lláh
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, song talk, drum, bells, calls
Kaya Orona-backing vocals
Tahj Orona-backing vocals
 
“Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá” is an invocation meaning: “O Thou Glory of Glories!”
 
8. None But Me (3:12)
Sung in Apache Vocables and English
Baha’i Prayer from the “Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh” Arabic Part 1 # 17 by Bahá’u’lláh
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, song talk, drum, bells, calls
Kaya Orona-backing vocals
Tahj Orona-backing vocals
 
“O SON OF MAN! Be thou content with Me 
and seek no other helper. For none but Me 
can ever suffice thee.”
 
9. To The Spirit (4:01)
Sung in Apache Vocables and Apache
Joel Orona-Lead and song talk vocals
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, song talk, drum, bells, calls
Kaya Orona-backing vocals
Tahj Orona-backing vocals
 
“To the Spirit I go, To the Spirit of Bahá’u’lláh”
 
Tablet Excerpt Outro (:45)
Background Song-Sung in Apache Vocables
Baha’i Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh
Roman Orona-Lead and backing vocals, voiceover
Excerpt from “The Tabernacle of Unity” Tablet to Mánikchí Ṣáḥib (Lawḥ-i-Mánikchí-Ṣáḥib)
 
“I am the Sun of Wisdom and the Ocean of Knowledge. 
I cheer the faint and revive the dead. I am the guiding Light 
that illumineth the way. I am the royal Falcon on the arm 
of the Almighty. I unfold the drooping wings of every 
broken bird and start it on its flight…”
 
Total Time: 39:47