Rejoice! Rejoice, believers -
Swedish folk tune, Sharon Elery Rogers (arr.)

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 17 December 2008, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

CELEBRATE (2h)YOU BELIEVE, AND LET YOUR LIGHT SHOW-UP.
EVENING MORE-AND-MORE, NIGHT DARK"step by step".
OUR SPIRTUAL HUSBAND TRAVEL. SOON HE WILL ARRIVE.
MANY-LOOK-UP-TO-lf WATCH"over time". MIDNIGHT TIME ANNOUNCE HIM-lf.

MAKE SURE YOUR LAMP WILL BURN. FILL-UP USE O-I-L
SEARCH FOR YOUR SALVATION. YOUR WORK HERE EARTH WILL END.
OUR MARRIAGE FEAST READY. GATE OPEN-WIDE FOR US.
STAND-UP, OUR HUSBAND ARRIVE. GLORY NOW PASS-DOWN.

WE HOPE AND LOOK-FORWARD. JESUS NOW APPEAR.
YOU-lf IDEA-LIKE SUN WE WISH LONG TIME UP-TO-NOW.
OUR HEART AND HAND WE LIFT-UP. WE BEG, LORD, SHOW US
DAY YOU-lf PAY-OFF OUR SIN DEBT AND LIVE WITH YOU FOREVER CAN.

LIVE WITH YOU FOREVER CAN.


Notes: (2h)YOU - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

MORE-AND-MORE - MORE is repeated with a vertical circular motion parllel to the chest.

MANY-LOOK-UP-TO - (2h)[4] move FT as if many eyes were looking towards.

LAMP - [8] flicks finger against chin twice.

FILL-UP - DH [B], PO down, rises until it slaps bottom of NDH, PO down. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - maximum.

SALVATION - S-FREE.

FEAST - (2h)alt.EAT. For a QuickTime video of this sign, see ASL Pro: Feast.

GLORY - (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs away from signer, DH which is on top wiggles fingers while ascending. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Glory.

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

UP-TO-NOW - (2h)[1^], POs down, index fingers travel up the chest on the DS until they end (2h)[1], POs > singer, FOs up.

LIFT-UP - (2h)[B], PO down are held high and swoop down while supinating and then rise up again as if helping something mature and the hands continue up and FTs are directed > Heaven.

PAY-OFF - [open 8] runs middle finger up palm (> wrist), changes to a [B], PO down, and then moves back across palm.

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.

DEBT - [1^] taps FT against palm of [B], PO up, FO away. For a QuickTime video of this sign, see ASL Pro: Debt.

Lyrics:

Rejoice, rejoice, believers, and let your lights appear.
The evening is advancing, and darker night is near.
The Bridegroom is arising, and soon He will draw nigh.
All watch in expectation! At midnight comes the cry.

See that your lamps are burning; replenish them with oil.
Look now for your salvation, the end of earthly toil.
The marriage feast is waiting, and now the gates wide open stand;
Rise up, ye heirs of glory, the Bridegroom is at hand!

'Mid hope and expectation, O Jesus, now appear!
Arise, Thou Sun so longed for, above this darker sphere!
With hearts and hands uplifted, we plead, O Lord, to see
The day of all the earth’s redemption and ever be with Thee.

Forever be with Thee!

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear the music, go to Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers ~ Advent Hymn.video camera: This links to a video

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