I have loved you - Michael Joncas

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 19 October 2008, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

Refrain: ||: ME LOVE (2h)YOU FOREVER-AND-EVER.
ME SUMMON, NOW (2h)YOU MINE. :||

1. SEARCH-FOR THE-rt LORD, REALLY-WANT SEE HIS-rt FACE:
HE-rt WILL BRING (2h)YOU LIGHT AND PEACE. Refrain

2. SEARCH-FOR THE-rt LORD, REALLY-WANT SEE HIS-rt FACE:
HE-rt WILL BRING (2h)YOU JOY AND HOPE. Refrain

3. SEARCH-FOR THE-rt LORD, REALLY-WANT SEE HIS-rt FACE:
HE-rt WILL BRING LOVE, TAKE-CARE-OF (2h)YOU. Refrain


Notes: The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.

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

FOREVER-AND-EVER - ALWAYS + DH [Y], PO > signer, FO up, swings outwards with PO turning away. With DH still held in its final position, NDH [Y], PO > signer, FO up, swings outwards with PO turning away.

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

JOY - Start with the sign STAND and repeatedly and rapidly raise and lower the DH while curling the FT to show a person jumping.

Lyrics:

Refrain: ||: I have loved you with an everlasting love,
I have called you and you are Mine. :||

1. Seek the face of the Lord and long for Him:
He will bring you His light and His peace. Refrain

2. Seek the face of the Lord and long for Him:
He will bring you His joy and His hope. Refrain

3. Seek the face of the Lord and long for Him:
He will bring you His care and His love. Refrain

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear the music (without words), go to Bob Sorem's Hymn MIDI Sequences, and click on "I Have Loved You (M. Joncas)".

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