Will you let me be your servant (Servant song) - Richard Gillard

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 24 November 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

1, 6. HOPE YOU-ctr WILLING ME SERVE YOU-ctr.
LET ME ACT LIKE CHRIST WITH YOU-ctr.
PRAY+ THAT ME CAN ACCEPT GRACE,
LET YOU-ctr SERVE ME TOO.

2. WE VISIT EARTH SHORT TIME,
IDEA~LIKE TRAVEL ROAD.
WE HERE SHOULD HELP EACH-OTHER.
TAKE-UP TIME SHARE OUR LOAD.

3. FEAR ARRIVE IDEA~IKE NIGHT TIME-PERIOD,
HOPE ME BECOME CHIRST LIGHT FOR YOU-ctr.
ME OFFER HELP TO YOU-ctr.
SPEAK PEACE YOU-ctr REALLY-WANT HEAR.

4. HAPPEN SAD, ME CRY WITH YOU-ctr.
HAPPEN HAPPY, ME LAUGH SAME-AS-you.
ME SHARE YOUR JOY AND SORROW.
UNTIL WE FINISH JOURNEY HERE.

5. HAPPEN SING TO GOD IN HEAVEN,
WE FIND SO-MUCH HARMONY CAN.
#DO-DO? NEED LEARN TOGETHER
ABOUT CHRIST HIS-lf LOVE AND AGONY.


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

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.

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

TIME-PERIOD - [T], PO > NDS, FO up, travels in a vertical plane parallel to the NDH and makes contact with NDH [B], PO > DS, FO away. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Period - Time.

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

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

SORROW - SAD+.

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

AGONY - [A], PO > NDS, FO up, is dragged down over the mouth while in a wavy pattern and twisting at the wrist.

Lyrics:

1. Will you let me be your servant,
let me be as Christ to you?
Pray that I might have the grace
to let you be my servant, too.

2. We are pilgrims on a journey,
we are travŐlers on the road.
We are here to help each other
walk the mile and bear the load.

3. I will hold the Christ-light for you
in the night time of your fear.
I will hold my hand out to you,
speak the peace you long to hear.

4. I will weep when you are weeping,
when you laugh I'll laugh with you.
I will share your joy and sorrow
till we've seen this journey through.

5. When we sing to God in heaven,
we shall find such harmony,
born of all we've known together
of Christ's love and agony.

6. Will you let me be your servant,
let me be as Christ to you?
Pray that I might have the grace
to let you be my servant, too.

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear a musical setting of these lyrics (without words), go to Will you let me be your servant.

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