O food of exiles lowly - O esca viatorum; Mainz Gesangbuch; tr. by M.O. Lee

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 4 September 2004, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

YOUR HOST FEED YOUR PEOPLE HUMBLE. ANGEL THEIR BREAD HOLY. LIKE FOOD FROM HEAVEN (2h)5wg-CL'fall from heaven'. WE REALLY-WANT YOU BLESS US. EVERYTHING GOOD, YOURS++. HAPPEN WE EXPRESS, PLEASE ACCEPT.

YOUR BLOOD IDEA~LIKE WATER MAKE US PURE. CRUCIFIED~BLOOD-FROM-SIDE. ALL PEOPLE UP-TO-NOW SAVE CAN. EVERYTHING WE NEED YOU PROVIDE. PLEASE SEND YOUR GRACE.

LORD, WE KNEEL BOW-DOWN-TO YOU. WE WORSHIP. WE WORSHIP YOU STRONG. HOST ALLOW US COVER-UP OUR SIN. PLEASE PROMISE COME AGAIN SOON. (<) WE YOUR BODY, (>) YOU OUR HEART.


Notes: HOST - [F], PO facing signer, makes the sign of the cross at the mouth.

(2h)5wg-CL'fall from heaven' - (2h)[5wg], POs down, FOs away, descend.

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

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

CRUCIFIED~BLOOD-FROM-SIDE - DH [S] strikes NDH palm with pinkie side, NDH [S] strikes DH palm with pinkie side, both hands are held out PO away + [4] touches the NDS midchest (where Jesus was pierced) and repeatedly descendes from it while wg. For an animated gif of the first sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Crucify (Crucifixion).

UP-TO-NOW - (2h)[1], POs down, FOs away, fingers run up the chest on DS until POs are > signer, and FOs are up.

COVER-UP - DH [B], PO down, FO away, brushes over NDH, [B], PO down, FO > DS, from FT to wrist.

1. O Food of exiles loly, O Bread of angels holy. O Manna from on high! We hunger for your bleessing, all good in you possessing, with favor hear our heart's cry.

2. O cleansing water, streaming from Jesus' side, redeeming all those of Adam's race! O quenching fountain flowering, our every want bestowing, O come and fill our souls with grace.

3. O Lord, we kneel before you and fervently adore you, all hid beneath this bread, but make to us this promise: To see you in your fullness, the sacred body's mystic head.

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