We are a gentle, angry people - Holly Near

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 30 June 2004, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

1. WE (<) SOFT-HEARTED, (>) BUT STILL ANGRY PEOPLE. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.

2. WE REALLY-WANT JUSTICE SPREAD. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.

3. WE (<) OLDER, (>) YOUNG, TOGETHER. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.

4. OUR SKIN DIFFERENT"each" COLOR. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.

5. WE (<) GAY, (>) STRAIGHT, TOGETHER. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.

6. WE (<) SOFT-HEARTED, (>) LOVING PEOPLE. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.


Notes: SOFT-HEARTED - HEART + (2h)[5^] descend slightly twice while closing to (2h)[O^].

ASSEMBLE-TO-me - (2h)[S], FO > signer, move > signer while opening to (2h)[5wg].

OPEN-HEART, OPEN-MIND is (2h)[B] hold FT together and over the heart or the forehead and then open like GATE.

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

GAY: Notice that this and the other italicized signs are executed by the NDH for more aesthetic spatialization.

LOVING - LOVE++.

Lyrics:

1. We are a gentle angry people,
and we are singing, singing for our lives

2. We are a justice seeking people,
and we are singing, singing for our lives

3. We are young and old together,
and we are singing, singing for our lives

4. We are a land of many colors,
and we are singing, singing for our lives

5. We are gay and straight together
And we are singing, singing for our lives

6. We are a gentle, loving people
And we are singing, singing for our lives

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