Wind upon the waters - Marty Haugen

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 17 January 2008, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

1. WIND CROSS-OVER WATER.
VOICE CROSS-OVER DEEP.
CAUSE YOUR-rt SONS AND DAUGHTERS
WAKE-UP, SLEEP SET-ASIDE.
BREATHE-DOWN, (2h)#ALL LIVING BREATHE-IN.
(2h)#ALL HEART BREATHE-IN YOUR-rt LOVE.
LIVING WIND CROSS-OVER SOUL IDEA-LIKE WATER.

2. HEAVEN SEND US RAIN.
WATER MAKE EARTH FRESH.
YOU-rt GIFT-TO-us A-WHOLE.
EVERYONE BORN FROM YOU-rt.
EVERYTHING HAPPY ABOUT YOU-rt.
(2h)#ALL YOU-rt CREATE WANT SING.
YOUR-rt RAIN HELP MY SOUL GROW.

3. ROCK, HILL, GARDEN,
WOOD AND S-A-N-D IN DESERT,
PLACE SETTLE, NOT-YET, GRASS THEREABOUTS,
YOUR-rt LOVE DESIGN.
WORLD SEE LOVE SPREAD-OVER-SPHERE,
GROW PLACE NOTHING ELSE CAN.
YOUR-rt LOVE GROW MY SOUL IDEA-LIKE GARDEN.

4. YOUR-rt LIGHT AWESOME,
LIKE FIRE DURING NIGHT.
DESTROY EVERY DARK PLACE
OUR SOUL FILLED-UP LIGHT.
LORD HAVE GLORY. SKY SHOW WORLD.
CAUSE (2h)#ALL HATE STOP.
YOUR-rt SUN SHINE-DOWN OUR LIVE SAME-in-circle.

5. WIND CROSS-OVER WATER.
RAIN DESCEND-ON S-A-N-D.
SEND GRACE YOUR-rt SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
RECENT BORN FROM YOU-rt.
COME, HOLY SPIRIT. PLEASE MAKE NEW
(2h)#ALL LIVING THINGS FROM YOU-rt.
LIVING WIND CROSS-OVER SOUL IDEA-LIKE WATER.


Notes: CROSS-OVER - (2h)[B], DH PO > NDS, FO away, slides over the dorsal (back) side of NDH, PO down, FO > DS.

CAUSE - (2h)[S] are held at the chest as if holding a rope and move forward while opening to (2h)[5]. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - cause.

SET-ASIDE - (2h)[B], POs > DS, with DH higher, palms are pressed against imaginary wall that is pushed to one side.

BREATHE-DOWN - Look down, hold FTs of (2h)[O^] to nostrils, then move hands away to SPREAD.

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

LIVING - LIVE+.

BREATHE-IN - (2h)[5^], POs away, FOs up, are held in front of nose. Backs of hands move > nose while hands close.

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

FRESH - (2h)[5], PO > face, hands move like FRIENDLY but fingers don't wg.
YOU - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

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

A-WHOLE - (2h)[5], POs down, FOs away, are held side by side and the hands descend, supinate, and end with POs up by traveling in a circle.

CREATE - C-MAKE.

GARDEN - (2h)[G], PO ><, FOs away, touch, then trace out a horizontal rectangle.

DESERT - DRY THEREABOUTS. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Desert.

SPREAD-OVER-SPHERE - (2h)[O^] are held together and open to (2h)[5^] while moving as if starting at the North Pole of the Earth, following the surface until the FT meet again at the South Pole.

FILLED-UP - [B], PO down, FO > NDS, is held close to body, starts rising from below waist and strikes chin in its rising.

GLORY - (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs away from signer, DH which is on top wiggles fingers while ascending. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Glory.

SAME-in-circle - (2h)[Y], POs down, FOs away, circle horizontally. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - standard.

DESCEND-ON - (2h)[5], POs down, FOs away, wg while descending.

GRACE - [O^] or [S], held high and PO > Heaven, supinates and opens to [5] while being brought towards head. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Grace.

HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.

Lyrics:

1. Wind upon the waters,
voice upon the deep,
rouse your sons and daughters.
Wake us from our sleep,
breathing life into all flesh,
breathing love into all hearts,
living wind upon the waters of my soul.

2. Showers from the heavens,
water from the earth;
gift so wholly given,
source of every birth.
Joy of every living thing,
making all creation sing,
shower down upon the waters of my soul.

3. Rock and hill and garden,
wood and desert sand,
prairie, field and meadow,
shaped by Love's own hand,
Love that fills the world around,
springing up from barren ground,
grow your love within the garden of my soul.

4. Blazing light of wonder,
flame that pierces night,
burst the dark asunder.
Fill our souls with light.
Lord of glory, fill the skies.
Make an end to hatred's cries.
Be the blazing Sun of justice in our lives.

5. Wind upon the waters,
rains upon the sand,
grace your sons and daughters,
newborn by your hand.
Come O Spirit, and renew
all the life that comes from you.
Send your winds upon the waters of my soul.

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