Salaam (Od yavo shalom aleinu, Peace will come to us) - Sheva

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 7 December 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

||: (3x) PEACE WILL COME TO US SOME-DAY.
OD BO SHALOM AL ANACHNU
PEACE TO US
AND (2h)#ALL PEOPLE. :||

||: S-A-L-A-A-M SALAAM TO US AND (2h)#ALL PEOPLE.
SALAAM, SALAAM.
SALAAM TO US AND (2h)#ALL PEOPLE.
SALAAM, SALAAM.

PEACE WILL COME TO US.
BO SHALOM AL ANACHNU.
PEACE WILL COME TO US
AND (2h)#ALL PEOPLE.

PEACE WILL COME TO US SOMEDAY.
OD BO SHALOM ALEINU.
PEACE TO US
AND (2h)#ALL PEOPLE. :||

SALAAM TO US AND (2h)#ALL PEOPLE.
SALAAM, SALAAM.
SALAAM TO US AND (2h)#ALL PEOPLE.
SALAAM, SALAAM.


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

SOME-DAY - WILL/FUTURE but hand twists slightly at wrist as it moves forward.

OD BO SHALOM ALEINU - This line has the same meaning as the first line (in the original Hebrew). Because this song is so immensely repetitive, it would be nice to mix some Israeli Sign Language in. This phrase is signed as follows:

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

SALAAM - This is the Arabic word for peace and is in the original Hebrew lyrics to make the point that Palestinians must be included in this process, so I sought out a sign for "salaam". Ideally the Palestinian sign would be used, but the best I could come up with was the Saudi Arabian sign for "asalaam aleikum (Peace be unto you!)" The NDH holds the [B] against the temple on the NDS as if a salute were starting, but does not move. The DH is an [S] and it looks like it is shaking hands. For a film of this sign go to السلام عليكم - السلام عليكم - greeting.

Lyrics:

||: (3x) Yavo' shalom aleinu.
Od yavo shalom aleinu.
Yavo shalom aleinu
V'al kulam. :||

||: Salaam aleinu v'al kol ha'olam,
Salaam, Salaam.
Salaam aleinu v'al kol ha olam,
Salaam, Salaam.

Yavo Shalom Aleinu
Yavo Shalom Aleinu
Yavo Shalom Aleinu
V'al kulam.

Od yavo Shalom Aleinu
Od yavo Shalom Aleinu
Yavo Shalom Aleinu
V'al kulam. :||

Salaam aleinu v'al kol ha'olam,
Salaam, Salaam.
Salaam aleinu v'al kol ha olam,
Salaam, Salaam.

For untransliterated Hebrew lyrics, click here.

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear a performance of this song, go to Od Yavo Shalom.

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