God rejoices (from The feast of life) - Marty Haugen

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 13 March 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

MY SON, YOU-ctr WITH ME ALWAYS. EVERYTHING ME HAVE, YOURS-ctr. CAN'T YOU-ctr UNDERSTAND ME THRILLED, HAPPEN MY LOST BOY PAH COME-#BACK HOME? PLEASE ENTER OUR HOUSE, BREAK BREAD WITH US. WHY? YOUR-ctr BROTHER WE THINK DEAD, TRUE-BIZ ALIVE. YOUR-ctr BROTHER USED-TO-BE OFF-POINT-lf&rt, NOW RIGHTEOUS.

||: SINNER #BACK-WITH-God GOD HE-rt CELEBRATE. SOUL THEY-lf POOR AND BROKEN GROUP-TOGETHER. HE-rt SEND GRACE-TO-lf, AMAZING BLESS. THEY-lf SING SO-MUCH SWEET. SINNER #BACK-WITH-God GOD HE-rt CELEBRATE. :||


Notes: YOU - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

PAH! - Like SUCCEED but "pah" is mouthed and has the meaning of "at long last". For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - finally.

COME-#BACK - (2h)[B], POs > signer, FOs up, move > signer while changing to (2h)[C] and then (2h)[K].

TRUE-BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.

OFF-PATH-lf&rt - DH [S], PO > NDS, flicks finger > NDS from off [1], PO > NDS, FO up. Then DH flicks > DS.

RIGHTEOUS - Elbow of DH [S] is placed firmly against the backhand of NDH [B], PO down.

The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.

SINNER - (2h)[X] touch their respective sides of the mouth, descend to neutral space and circle antisymmetrically parallel to the chest + AGENT. For an animated gif of the fist sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Sin.

#BACK-WITH-God - (2h)[B], POs ><, FOs up, are held with NDH close to the body and the DH high and close to where God is spatialized. The hands transition to a C and then a K while rushing towards each other and contacting.

GROUP-TOGETHER - (2h)[C], POs ><, FOs away, hands are brought together as if pushing people/things together into a group.

GRACE - [O^] or [S], held high and PO > Heaven, supinates and opens to [5] while being brought towards head. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Grace.

BLESS - (2h)[O^], POs ><, held at mouth. Hands are brought downwards while opening to (2h)[5]. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Bless.

SO-MUCH - (2h)[5:], POs ><, FOs away, separate while "so much" is mouthed.

Lyrics:

My son, you are always with me, and all I have is yours. Can't you understand my joy when my lost and desperate boy comes home? So come in and break the bread, for your brother who was dead is alive. Your brother who was lost has been found. So

||: God rejoices when the lost is found, when the poor and broken are gathered 'round. Oh the blest amazing grace, how sweet the sound. God rejoices when the lost is found. :||

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