EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
COME-ON, OUR SONG SHOULD SPREADwg IDEA~LIKE WIND.
WE SING COOPERATE, WHY? (<) HEART, (>) MIND, SATISFIED (2h)THUMBS-UP.
(<) ANXIETY, (>) SADNESS, NOT-THAT.
||: #ALL-OF-US BROTHER+ WILLING SING ON-AND-ON. :||
IF (2h)YOU STILL YOUNG, (<) LIFE IDEA~LIKE SHIP,
(>) MUSIC IDEA~LIKE WIND, WIND-FILL-SAIL. (2h)SEARCH, FIND LOVER.
STAR (2h)5:-CL'dot sky' stars-SHOW-us HOW SAIL RIGHT.
#ALL-OF-US BROTHER+ WILLING SING ON-AND-ON.
IF (2h)YOU (2h)SEARCH you-SAME-AS-us, THUMBS-UP. PAY-ATTENTION OUR STORY CAREFUL.
(<) OUR SOUL HAPPY*, (>) HEART-OPEN. WE CELEBRATE HOW? SING++.
(<) ANXIETY, (>) SADNESS, NOT-THAT.
||: #ALL-OF-US BROTHER+ WILLING SING ON-AND-ON. :||
Notes: COME-ON - (2h)[B] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.
IDEA~LIKE - A blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which is signed smoothly right afterwards.
NOT-THAT - (2h)[5], POs away, FOs up, wave from side to side symmetrically.
The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.
#ALL-OF-US - [A], PO > NDS, FO up touches DS shoulder then [L^], PO > signer touches NDS shoulder.
ON-AND-ON - CONTINUE moving in a circle perpendicular to the chest.
IDEA~LIKE - A blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which is signed smoothly right afterwards.
WIND-FILL-SAIL - DH [B^], PO > signer's mouth, FO up, and is supported at the elbow by the NDH palm. Signer blows into DH palm as if wind is filling the sail. This is actually the sign for SAIL/SAILBOAT but I have glossed it this way to help you understand how it fits into the song.
(2h)5:-CL'dot sky' - (2h)[5:], POs away, FOs up, ascend while moving forward slightly multiple times to show how the stars dot the heavens.
SAIL - The same sign as above called WIND-FILL-SAIL.
HEART-OPEN - (2h)[B], PO > signer, touch FTs at the heart and swing open.
Lyrics:
Come and let our swelling song. Mount like the whirling wind,
As it meets our singing throng, so blithe of heart and mind.
Care and sorrow now begone. Brothers in song, sing on!
Brothers, sing on, sing on!
Youth is a wandering troubadour, sailing the singing breeze,
Wooing a maid on a distant shore, over the tossing seas;
Steering by the stars above, his vessel a song of love.
Brothers, sing on, sing on!
Errant minstrels, thus we greet you, list to our voices strong,
With glad and open hearts we meet you in our festival of song.
Care and sorrow now begone. Brothers in song, sing on!
Brothers, sing on, sing on!
