I will remember you - Sarah McLachlan

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 14 May 2005, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

Refrain: ME PROMISE REMEMBER YOU.
CAN YOU PROMISE SAME-AS-me?
DON'T LET LIFE GO-ON, OPPORTUNITY alt.OVERLOOK.
WHY? DON'T-WANT LATER LOOK-BACK, DISAPPOINTED CRY.

1. ME EXHAUSTED, BUT FALL-ASLEEP CAN'T.
WHY? CHANGE MY LIFE SHOULD, BUT INSIDE-SELF READY NOT-YET.
STRANGE, FEEL SO-MUCH, BUT EXPRESS"over time" CAN'T.
INSIDE-SELF WANT SCREAM, BUT WHO alt.HEAR? NONE. Refrain

2. ||: ME PROMISE REMEMBER YOU. :||
ME AFRAID GO-AHEAD LOVE YOU BUT WORSE AFRAID YOU GONE.
ME OBSESS LOOK-BACK REMEMBER THINGS PREVENT ME CHOOSE.
USED-TO-BE LIFE DARK IDEA~LIKE NIGHT NEVER END.
YOU GIFT-TO-me A-TO-Z. YOU GIFT-TO-me LIGHT.
MEAN ME PROMISE REMEMBER YOU. Refrain

Coda: ||: ME PROMISE REMEMBER YOU. :||
REMEMBER WILL. CAN YOU PROMISE SAME-AS-me?
DON'T LET LIFE GO-ON, OPPORTUNITY alt.OVERLOOK.
ME REMEMBER YOU.
WHY? DON'T-WANT LATER LOOK-BACK DISAPPOINTED CRY.


Notes: Underlined prounouns (ME, YOU, HE) are honorific index (HON.-IX), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

GO-ON - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs away, DH is held ahead of NDH, then NDH leapfrogs over DH, and DH over NDH. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - procedure.

LOOK-BACK - (2h)[H or V] are brought back over the shoulder, POs down, FOs back.

EXHAUSTED - TIRED + [V], PO up, FO > NDS, is drawn with effort across the palm of [B], PO up, FO away.

INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.

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

GO-AHEAD - (2h)[B^ dot], POs ><, FOs away, move forward in a jerk.

OBSESS - [1] touches temple and then changes to an [open 8] and touches the back of [5], PO down, while both move in circles together.

IDEA~LIKE - a blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which - signed smoothly right afterwards.

A-TO-Z - [5], PO > signer, FO up, DH [A] - held at the thumb of the NDH and then moves > DS while tracing a [Z] at the little finger.

LIGHT - Same sign as BRIGHT and CLEAR, that is, (2h)[O^], POs away, FOs up, open to (2h)[5], while separating. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Light - 1.

Lyrics:

Refrain: I will remember you.
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by.
Weep not for the memories.
I'm so tired, but I can't sleep.

1. Standing on the edge of something much too deep.
It's funny how I feel so much but cannot say a word.
Though we are screaming inside or we can't be heard.

2. I'll remember you.
I'll remember you.
I'm so afraid to love you,
I'm more afraid to lose,
Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose.
Well once there was a darkness,
A deep and endless night.
You gave me everything you had,
You gave me light.
And I will remember you.

Coda: I'll remember you.
I will remember you.
I'll remember.
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
I'll remember you.
Weep not for the memories.

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear a performance of this song, go to Patti's music - the music of my life: I will remember you (Sarah McLachlan).

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