Peace, my friends - Ray Repp

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 10 February 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

Refrain: PEACE ME LEAVE (2h)YOU MY FRIENDS.
S-H-A-L-O-M, MY PEACE EVERYTHING (2h)YOU DO.
PEACE ME LEAVE (2h)YOU, MY FRIENDS.
MY GIFT (2h)YOU, SHARE OTHER PEOPLE, TOO.

1. ME COME FOR-FOR? SHARE L-O-V-E.
SHOW"all" (2h)#ALL PEOPLE HIS-rt KINDNESS.
NOW GO-AHEAD, MY FRIENDS. DO SAME-AS-me
UNTIL ME COME AGAIN.

2. COME-ON HOLD-HANDS, ACCEPT MY PEACE.
OUR L-O-V-E SPIRIT ME SEND.
AND WITH OUR L-O-V-E (2h)YOU WILL BECOME FREE,
UNTIL ME COME AGAIN.

3. WITH OUR L-O-V-E (2h)#ALL WILL KNOW
NOT NEED FEEL LONELY FROM-NOW-ON.
CELEBRATE, MY BROTHER, WHILE ME LEAVE.
LOOK-FORWARD ME COME AGAIN.


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

(2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].

KINDNESS - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs away, NDH is held close to heart and DH circles around it.

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

FRIENDS - Interlocked (2h)[X] move in a horizontal circle.

UNTIL - TO.

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

HOLD-HANDS - Hold hands together as in WEDDING and swing them to and fro.

FROM-NOW-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.

Lyrics:

Refrain: Peace I leave with you, my friends,
Shalom, my peace, in all you do.
Peace I leave with you, my friends.
I give to you so you can give to others, too.

1. To share his love is why I came,
to show his kindness to all men.
Go now, my friends, and do the same,
until I come again.

2. Take my hand and be at peace;
The Spirit of our love I send.
And with this love you will be free,
until I come again.

3. With this love all men will know
that loneliness is at an end.
Rejoice, my brothers, though I go,
for I will come again.

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear a performance of this song, go to Music group vocal and click on "Peace My Friends."

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