EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
1. (<) GOD RULE DAY, (>) GOD RULE NIGHT. NOW WE STAND APPROACH DARK. WHILE WORLD DARK"step by step", PLEASE COME MAKE BRIGHT. (2h)#ALL THINGS YOU MAKE, BEG"over time" SHOW-us YOU STRONG. NO MORE WAR, BRING-from-Heaven PEACE. TAKE-ADVANTAGE PREVENT, JUSTICE FROM-NOW-ON.
2. (<) STILL NATION CURSE DARK, (>) STILL RICH OPPRESS POOR. STILL BUSINESS DESTROY WORLD. SELFISH PEOPLE WANT MORE. COME-ON alt.REMIND TIME WAKE-UP, HELP-rt PEOPLE (%lt;) LOST, (>) BROKEN, WHEN THEY-rt KNOCK OUR DOOR.
3. SHOW"all" WORLD CHRIST INSIDE-SELF. WE SHOULD SERVE, (<) STRONG, (>) TRUE-BIZ. TEACH-us US LOVE JUSTICE. WE WANT DO SAME-AS-God YOU. WE SHOULD FEEL (2h)#ALL PEOPLE HOLY. WE SHOULD PROMISE OUR LIVE BECOME NEW. HELP-us US FEEL POOR, LOWLY SAME-AS-us. HELP-us US COOPERATE THROUGH YOU.
4. YOU LIGHT HELP-us GUIDE US. INSIDE-SELF US, YOU BURN BRIGHT. (2h)#ALL PEOPLE HAVE YOU HOMOGENOUS. WE MUST LEARN LOVE (2h)#ALL. OUR HEART OFF-POINT-TO-lf OFF-POINT-TO-rt UNTIL WE SAFE #BACK-TOGETHER-God YOU. IF WE SEE YOU INSIDE-SELF (2h)#ALL, WE NEVER NEED FEEL ALONE.
5. (<) ALL-DAY, (>) ALL-NIGHT, WE PRAISE YOU. (<) BEGINNING, (>) END, ALWAYS YOU. WE PRAISE YOU LOVING NURTURE US. IDEA~LIKE FATHER, MOTHER, FRIEND. ALLOW #ALL-OF-US REST PEACE. (<) BODY, (>) MIND HAVE TIME HEAL. MEAN TOMORROW GET-UP FRESH. READY HELP"each" KINGDOM SPREAD.
Notes: APPROACH - (2h)[B], FOs up, DH PO away, ND is held in front of NDH and palm faces it, then both hands approach one another slightly.
DARK"step by step" - The sign DARK is produceed with several slight stops to emphasis the process.
(2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].
YOU - Underlined prounouns (ME</>, YOU</>, HE) are honorific index (HON.-INDEX), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
CURSE - [5:], PO > singer, - held at mouth and moves > what - cursed while closing to [S], then fist - shaken at what - cursed.
OPPRESS - DH [B], PO down, FO away, pushs down on [S], PO > DS, FO away.
COME-ON - (2h)[B^] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.
INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.
TRUE-BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.
HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.
LOWLY - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move downwards arcing towards the signer. This is the opposite of the sign ADVANCED. For an animated gif of ADVANCED, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Exalted.
HOMOGENEOUS - (2h)[Y], POs down, FOs away, circle horizontally. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - standard.
OFF-POINT-TO-lf OFF-POINT-TO-rt - DH [S], PO towards, FO > NDS, presses dorsum (backhand) against [1], PO away, FO up, and DH flicks index finger > NDS, then > DS.
#BACK-TOGETHER-God - (2h)[B], POs ><, FOs up, are held with NDH close to the body and the DH high and close to where God is spatialized. The hands transition to a C and then a K while rushing towards each other and contacting.
LOVING - LOVE is repeated close to the body.
NURTURE - (2h)[B], PO down are held high and swoop down while supinating and then rise up again as if helping something mature.
IDEA~LIKE - a blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which - signed smoothly right afterwards
#ALL-OF-US - [A], PO > NDS, FO up touches DS shoulder then [L^], PO > signer touches NDS shoulder.
FRESH - {2h)[5], PO > face, hands move like FRIENDLY but fingers don't wg.
KINGDOM - KING + [5], PO down, FO away, circles horizontally.
Lyrics:
1. God of day and God of darkness, now we stand before the night. As the shadows stretch and deepen, come and make our darkness bright. All creation still is groaning for the dawning of your might. When the Sun of peace and justice fills the earth with radiant light.
2. Still the nations curse the darkness, still the rich oppress the poor. Still the earth is bruised and broken by the ones who still want more. Come and wake us from our sleeping, so our hearts cannot ignore all your people lost and broken, all your children at our door.
3. Show us Christ in one another. Make us servants strong and true. Give us all your love of justice, so we do what you would do. Let us call all people holy. Let us pledge our lives anew. Make us one with all the lowly. Let us all be one in you.
4. You shall be the path that guides us; you the light that in us burns. Shining deep within all people, yours the love that we must learn. For our hearts shall wander restless 'til they safe to you return. Finding you in one another, we shall all your face discern.
5. Praise to you in day and darkness; you our source and you our end. Praise to you who loves and nurtures us like a father, mother, friend. Grant us all a peaceful resting. Let each mind and body mend. So we rise refreshed tomorrow, hearts renewed to kingdom tend.
To hear the music (without words), go to Bob's MIDI sequences, hymn-type MIDI sequences. Click on "God of Day and God of Darkness."