Memorare

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 30 January 2008, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

VIRGIN MARY, YOURSELF-ctr SO-MUCH GRACE, KNOW-THAT EVERYONE (1-OF-3) ESCAPE SEARCH-FOR YOU-ctr PROTECT, (2-OF-3) BEG YOU-ctr HELP, (3-OF-3) REALLY-WANT INTERCEDE SAY-#NO-TO-me NEVER.

LEAD-TO ME INSPIRED CONFIDENT, ME HURRY MEET YOU-ctr, VIRGIN SUPREME, MY* MOTHER. YOU-ctr, ME DEPEND, ME APPROACH. FULL SIN, FULL SORROW. MOTHER GIVE-BIRTH WORD BECOME HUMAN, PLEASE NOT REJECT MY REQUEST. PREFER PAY-ATTENTION, HAVE-MERCY AND ANSWER ME. AMEN.


Notes: VIRGIN - V-GIRL.

MARY - [M] touches NDS temple, is drawn across forehead, and descends. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Mary - 1.

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

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.

KNOW-THAT - Starts like KNOW but twists and descends, looking almost like DON'T-KNOW except the hand twists down at the end.

(1-OF-3) - NDH [3], PO > signer, FO > DS, and DH taps thumb for "(1-OF-3)", DH [1] taps index finger for "(2-OF-3)", and taps middle finger for "(3-OF-3).

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

REALLY-WANT - WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

INTERCEDE - The sign HELP shuttles between the signer, the interceder, and God.

CONFIDENT - TRUST.

SUPREME - (2h)[A], FOs away, DH starts below NDH and arcs around it until it is on top.

APPROACH - (2h)[B], FOs up, DH PO away, ND is held in front of NDH and palm faces it, then both hands approach one another slightly.

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

SORROW - SAD+.

GIVE-BIRTH - S-ENTER. Not to be confused with BORN. The child is BORN, the mother GIVE[s]-BIRTH.

REJECT - Hands start like the final position of STOP and DH slides > DS while pronating.

- (2h)[open 8], POs > people who are receiving mercy, hands move in vertical circles normal (perpendicular) to the chest.

AMEN - (2h)[B], FOs up, are pressed together and brought down in a long, deliberate motion. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Amen.

Lyrics:

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

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