Hymn of promise - Natalie A. Sleeth

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 18 March 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. INSIDE BUD, WE FIND FLOWER. INSIDE SEED, FUTURE TREE.
BUTTERFLY WRAPPED-UP HIDE INSIDE, WAIT SOON FREE FLY-AWAY.
DURING WINTER SNOW REMEMBER, SPRING WILL SOON ARRIVE.
SOME THINGS WE OVERLOOK, UNTIL GOD SHOW US HIS-rt TRUTH.

2. EVERY SILENCE, SONG MAYBE HIDE, SEARCH-FOR WORDS EXPRESS ITSELF.
EVERY DARK NIGHT LEAD-TO DAWN, BRING HOPE FOR (2h)YOU AND ME.
PAST MAYBE SAD BUT FUTURE BETTER, BUT WE NOT KNOW FOR SURE.
SOME THINGS WE OVERLOOK, UNTIL GOD SHOW US HIS-rt TRUTH.

3. LIFE SEEM END, BUT CAN CONTINUE. JESUS BRING LIFE NEW.
SOMETIMES DOUBT LEAD-TO BELIEF, LIVE FOREVER CAN.
AFTER DEATH, WE RESURRECT, PAH CONQUER DEATH.
SOME THINGS WE OVERLOOK, UNTIL GOD SHOW US HIS-rt TRUTH.


Notes: BUD - (2h)[5^], FOs up, are held close together.

SEED - [O^], PO down, FO away, moves away while closing to an [A], as if planting seeds.

WRAPPED-UP - (2h)[O^], DH circles FT of NDH.

FLY-AWAY - The sign BUTTERFLY moves away.

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

RESURRECT - [V], PO up, FO away, pronates and hops onto the palm of [B], PO up, FO away. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Resurrection.

PAH! - Like SUCCEED but "pah" is mouthed and has the meaning of "at long last". For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - finally.

Lyrics:

1. In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree;
In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

2. There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody;
There’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me.
From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

3. In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity;
In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity,
In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear the music (without words), go to Hymn of promise.

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