"Pure imagination" from Willie Wonka and
the chocolate factory
- Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 29 November 2005, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

FOLLOW ME, (2h)YOU WILL B-E INSIDE WORLD PURE alt.IMAGINATION. (2h)YOU WILL SEE EVERYTHING INSIDE-SELF YOUR alt.IMAGINATION. WE START HOW? SPIN. TRAVEL WORLD MY alt.CREATION. WHAT WE SEE CHALLENGE WILL ANY* EXPLANATION. IF YOU WANT SEE HEAVEN. LOOK-AROUND, YES, HEAVEN HERE. ANYTHING YOU WANT, JUST #DO-IT. WANT WORLD CHANGE? DO-MAGIC, NOTHING-TO-IT. NO OTHER LIFE THIS WORLD CAN COMPARE, LIKE PURE alt.IMAGINATION. LIVE LIKE THAT, YOU CAN FREE, IF YOU TRUE-BIZ WANT THAT HAPPEN.

YOU WILL FIND IN YOUR MIND HAVE WORLD FOREVER FASCINATING. CAN'T ENJOY ANYTHING MORE THAN YOUR alt.IMAGINATION. YOU CAN DREAM, ANY* DREAM, YOU ENJOY ANY SITUATION. LIFE INSIDE-MIND, WONDERFUL SENSATION. IF YOU WANT TO SEE MAGIC ISLAND alt.5:-CL'islands'. CLOSE-EYES, HIT* SEE I-T. REALLY-WANT DREAM? #DO-IT! ANY TIME YOU LIKE, BUT PLEASE SAVE ONE FOR ME. NO OTHER PLACE THIS WORLD CAN COMPARE, LIKE YOUR alt.IMAGINATION. GO-AHEAD DIVE-IN THERE'tap brain', YOU CAN FREE, IF YOU TRUE-BIZ WANT THAT HAPPEN.


Notes: (2h)YOU - Underlined prounouns (ME, YOU, HE) are honorific index (HON.-IX), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

PURE - Like NICE but the DH moves backwards slightly on the palm, pauses, then moves forward rapidly to show intensity.

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

SPIN - Index fingers spin around each other with NDH FO up, DH PO down.

alt.CREATION - INVENT.

#DO-IT - Fingerspelled.

DO-MAGIC/MAGIC - (2h)[O^], hold out index fingers which describe a circle in the air symmetrically, starting together, rising, separating, etc., and end with the index fingers retracting back to (2h)[O^] and then open to (2h)[5^].

NOTHING-TO-IT - (2h)[F], POs away, FOs up, hands move slightly and symetrically from side to side.

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

SENSATION - [open 8] is drawn up the chest in one long movement. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - sense (1).

alt.5:-CL'islands' - (2h)[5:], POs away, FOs up, alt. plop each hand down to show the random placement of islands.

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

THERE'tap brain' - Tap with index finger.

Lyrics:

Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination! Take a look and you'll see into your imagination! We'll being with a spin trav'ling into the world of my creation! What we'll see will defy explanation! If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it! Anything you want to, do it! Want to change the world? There's nothing to it! There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination! Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be! You will find in your mind there's a world of endless fascination. No more fun place to be than in your imagination! You can dream any dream, you can savour ev'ry situation! Life in there's a sensational sensation! If you want to see magic lands, close your eyes and you will see one! Wanna be a dreamer? Be one! Anytime you please and please save me one! There is no place to go to compare with your imagination! So go there to be free if you truly want to be!

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