One voice - Barry Manilow

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 27 July 2008, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

ONLY ONE* VOICE, SING IN DARK PLACE.
WE ONLY NEED ONE* VOICE,
SING EXPRESS WHAT WE THINK-ABOUT.
IF YOU-ctr LOOK-AROUND YOU-ctr FIND
HAVE MORE-THAN ONE* VOICE SING IN DARK PLACE
THEY-rt JOIN THAT ONE* VOICE.
EACH++ SINGER ADD-TO MORE FORCE.
IF WE COOPERATE OUR FEAR DISSOLVE WILL.

BUT WE NEED ONE* VOICE, WILLING START ALONE.
WE NEED ONLY ONE* VOICE CONFRONT BIG-QUESTION SEE WHAT HAPPEN.
FROM-THEN-ON ONE* VOICE BECOME MANY
WE ONLY NEED ONE* VOICE.
MIME'singing ba ba ba'.
WE ONLY NEED ONE* VOICE.

ONLY ONE* VOICE, SING IN DARK PLACE.
WE ONLY NEED ONE* VOICE,
GO-AHEAD SHOUT. SOUND SPREAD.
ONLY ONE* VOICE,
WE ONLY NEED ONE* VOICE,
FROM-THEN-ON EVERY ONE JOIN"each" SING.


Notes: ONE* - [1], PO > signer, FO up, moves away from signer abruptly.

THINK-ABOUT - [1], PO > signer, FO up, circles around temple.

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

LOOK-AROUND - (2h)[V], POs down, FOs away, hands alt. circle parallel to the chest as if looking around.

MORE-THAN - (2h)[B^], touch FTs, then DH moves up in an arc towards the signer and away. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - more than.

FEAR - (2h)[5], POs away, FOs up, hands are held far from body and move back to body in a wavy pattern.

CONFRONT - (2h)[B], POs ><, FOs away, DH above NDH, hands moves away, then tilt until FOs are up.

BIG-QUESTION - like the sign QUESTION-MARK but both hands and all fingers (not the thumb) form a symmetric shape that is a question mark in the right hand and a reversed question mark in the left hand.

FROM-THEN-ON - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs away, DHFT touches knuckle side of NDHFT and moves away in a downward arc. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - from now on.

MIME'singing ba ba ba' - Some signers will sing some scat (meaningless syllables, which you can mime. Some will not.

GO-AHEAD - (2h)[B^ dot], POs ><, FOs away, move forward in a jerk.

Lyrics:

Just one voice singing in the darkness
All it takes is one voice
Singing so they hear what's on your mind
And when you look around you'll find
There's more than one voice singing in the darkness
Joining with that one voice
Each and every note another octave
Hands are joined and fears unlocked

If only one voice would start it on it's own
We need just one voice facing the unknown
And then that one voice would never be alone
It takes that one voice
Ba ba ba da da da da...
It takes that one voice

Just one voice singing in the darkness
All it takes is one voice
Shout it out and let it ring
Just one voice
It takes that one voice
And every one will sing

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear a performance of this song, go to One voice.

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