In my life - John Lennon

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 18 August 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. HAVE PLACE INDEX"each"@rt ME REMEMBER WILL MY LIFE FROM-NOW-ON.
SOME CHANGE, DOESN'T-MATTER.
SOME STILL, ME WISH BETTER.
(<) SOME GONE, (>) SOME STAY"over time".

2. PLACE #ALL-OF-THEM-rt ME CHERISH, LOOK-BACK INDEX-LIST.
SOME LOVER, SOME FRIEND ME REMEMBER.
(<) SOME DEAD, (>) SOME STILL LIVE.
DURING MY LIVE, ME LOVE (2h)#ALL.

3. UP-TO-NOW ME HAVE MANY FRIEND, MANY LOVER.
STILL NONE CAN EQUAL (2h)YOU.
IF ME THINK NOW VERY-FIRST TIME FALL-IN-LOVE
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP"each"@lf MAKE NO SENSE.

4. ||: MY LOVE FOR THEM-lf DISSOLVE NEVER.
PEOPLE, PLACE INDEX"each" ME STILL FEEL STRONG.
FOR SURE ME OFTEN STOP MULL-OVER ABOUT THEM-ctr.
BUT UP-TO-NOW ME LOVE (2h)YOU BEST. :||


Notes: #ALL-OF-THEM - [A], PO up, FO > DS is held at DS then swings away in an arc wherever you want to spatialize "your friends" and ends [L^], PO up, FO > NDS.

INDEX-LIST - index finger of DH points to thumb, then index finger, then middle finger of NDH [5], PO > signer, FO > DS.

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

VERY-FIRST - [1], PO down, FO away, supinates like the sign FIRST, but strikes the thumb of NDH [A dot], PO > DS, FO away. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: First.

The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.

MULL-OVER - (2h)[O] is held at forehead and fingers pill-roll, that is fingers tremble against the thumb.

Lyrics:

1. There are places i remember all my life,
Though some have changed,
Some forever, not for better,
Some have gone and some remain.

2. All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends i still can recall.
Some are dead and some are living.
In my life i've loved them all.

3. But of all these friends and lovers,
There is no one compares with you,
And these memories lost their meaning
When i think of love as something new.

4. Though i know i'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before,
I know i'll often stop and think about them,
In my life i'll love you more.

5. Though i know i'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before,
I know i'll often stop and think about them,
In my life i'll love you more.
In my life i'll love you more.

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear the music (without words), go to MIDI Internet Porthole: Beatles MIDI - In my life.

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