Unforgettable - Nat King Cole

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 17 June 2004, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

ME CAN'T FORGET YOU. SWEET LONG-LIST.
ME CAN'T FORGET YOU.
(<) TOGETHER, (>) TWO-APART, DOESN'T-MATTER, STILL.
IDEA-LIKE SONG ABOUT LOVE FOREVER,
ME STOP VISUALIZE YOU, NEVER.
KNOW-THAT UP-TO-NOW NONE MEAN MORE. INSPIRED.

||: ME CAN'T FORGET YOU. SWEET LONG-LIST.
FROM-NOW-ON FOREVER, TWO-OF-US STAY me-CONNECTED-TO-you.
THAT MY REASON, HARD BELIEVE
SOMEONE LIKE YOU, ME CAN'T FORGET,
FEEL YOU CAN'T FORGET ME you-SAME-AS-me. :||


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

LONG-LIST - (2h)[O^], POs > signer, NDH - above and touches DH; both hands open to (2h)[5] while DH descends.

TWO-APART - (2h)[1], FOs up, touch at palms and then separate in an upward arc.

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

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

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

(2h)#NO - Both hands sign NO but forcefully and close only once.

you-SAME-AS-me - (2h)[Y], POs ><, FOs up, move to and fro.

Lyrics:

Unforgettable, that's what you are.
Unforgettable though near or far.
Like a song of love that clings to me,
How the thought of you does things to me.
Never before has someone been more.

Unforgettable in every way,
And forever more, that's how you'll stay.
That's why, darling, it's incredible,
That someone so unforgettable.
Thinks that I am unforgettable, too.

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear a performance of this song, go to Unforgetable - Nat King Cole.

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