EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
(2h)ARISE, MY SWEETHEART. BEAUTIFUL YOU. TWO-OF-US LEAVE. WHY? WINTER END. RAIN FINISH, GONE. FLOWER BLOOM"each" HERE EARTH. TIME-PERIOD ARRIVE BIRD~CHIRP CELEBRATE. (2h)ARISE, MY SWEETHEART. BEAUTIFUL YOU. TWO-OF-US LEAVE.
Notes: (2h)ARISE - (2h)[B], POs down, FOs away, lower slightly, supinate, and rise up.
YOU - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
BLOOM - (2h)[A] are held together but the hands are twisted like the beginning of CHANGE. Hands twist back while opening to (2h)[5:] with the hands still held together.
TIME-PERIOD - [T], PO > NDS, FO up, travels in a vertical plane parallel to the NDH and makes contact with NDH [B], PO > DS, FO away. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Period - Time.
BIRD~CHIRP - Sign BIRD and then with hand still kept in place sway head from side to side while opening and closing "beak".
Lyrics:
Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vine with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise my love, my fair one, and come away.
