Against the grain - writers?

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 8 November 2006, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

1. WE WITNESS FINISH. PEOPLE INFORM-us WELL.
OLDER TEACH, YOUNGER OH-I-SEE LEARN,
JESUS BORN, SUFFER CROSS FOR US.
HE-lf RISE, TEMPTED OFF-POINT, RESIST.

Refrain: SORROW END, PAIN DISSOLVE.
SILENT, DON'T. RAIN, COME-ON.

2. HAPPEN SEE GRASS THEREABOUTS, PEOPLE SUFFER,
HAPPEN HEAR CHILDREN SCREAM WAR,
DO-DO? SIT, CLOSE-EYES IGNORE THEIR-rt PAIN?
WILLING GET-UP. TEMPTED OFF-POINT, RESIST? Refrain

3. RAIN, COME-ON. BLOOD SPREAD WASH-earth AWAY.
RAIN, COME-ON. HELP SOUL BORN AGAIN.
PARALLEL HE-lf DIE, GIFT-TO-us US LIVE NEW.
WE RISE WILL. TEMPTED OFF-POINT, RESIST.

4. AND HIS-lf WORD WE CARRY IDEA~LIKE SHIELD.
AND HIS-lf LOVE PROTECT US FOREVER.
HIS-lf LIFE, WE COPY-lf. BECOME LESS, DON'T-WANT.
WE RISE WILL. TEMPTED OFF-POINT, RESIST. Refrain


Notes: CROSS - [C], PO away, FO up, traces cross by moving down, then across. TEMPTED - FT of [X] taps elbow. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Temptation.

OFF-POINT - DH [S], PO > NDS, flicks finger > NDS from off [1], PO > NDS, FO up.

SORROW - SAD+.

DON'T - (2h)[B], POs down, cross at wrists, then uncross moving horizontally and emphatically. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - don't.

COME-ON - (2h)[B^] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.

WASH-earth - (2h)[A], POs down, FOs away, move in symmetric circles with eye gaze and slightly leaning to show that the ground is being washed.

AWAY - (2H)[B], POs down, FOs away, nod hands down, then up, with a movement of the arms to show that something is being swept away.

SOUL - NDH [C] or [S] is held close to body and [F] which inserts FT into NDH then slowly draws it upwards with a wavy path. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Spirit.

PARALLEL - (2h)[1], POs down, FOs away, move forward. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Parallel.

GIFT-TO-us - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, hands tip back towards signer to show that something is given as a gift.

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

SHIELD - [S] is held as if holding shield and FT of [1] traces a circle where the shield would be.

Lyrics:

1. We have seen and we have been told,
and our ways are passed to young from old.
He was born and suffered through the pain,
and he rose to move against the grain. Refrain

Refrain: No more sorrow, no more pain,
cease your silence, come O rain.

2. When we see the torment in the fields,
when we hear the battle cry of the children,
do we sit and close our eyes to their pain,
or do we stand and move against the grain? Refrain

3. Come O rain and wash the blood from the earth.
Come O rain and bring us to a new birth.
As he died to give us life again,
we shall rise and move against the grain.

4. And his word we carry as our shield,
and his love will shelter us forever.
As he lived, will we be no less the same
when we rise and move against the grain. Refrain

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