EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
Refrain: ||: ME PROVIDE, ME PROVIDE,
ME PROVIDE STRENGTH DURING YOUR JOURNEY. :||
1. HAVE SPECIAL ROAD ME INTEND (2h)YOU TRAVEL.
NARROW, STEEP OUR SHEPHERD HIS-lf WAY.
HAPPEN (2h)YOU SAY-#YES-TO-me
MEAN WILLING FOLLOW,
ME PROVIDE STRENGTH DURING YOUR JOURNEY. Refrain
2. HAVE SPECIAL CROSS ME INTEND (2h)YOU CARRY-cross.
HAVE SPECIAL CROSS FOR (2h)YOU ALONE.
HAPPEN (2h)YOU BOW-DOWN
HUMBLE SURRENDER,
ME PROVIDE STRENGTH DURING YOUR JOURNEY. Refrain
3. HOW-MANY TIME (2h)YOU DOUBT MY WORD?
HOW-MANY TIME ME SUMMON YOUR NAME?
HAPPEN (2h)YOU SAY-#YES-TO-me
ALLOW ME LOVE (2h)YOU
ME PROVIDE STRENGTH DURING YOUR JOURNEY. Refrain
Notes: The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.
ME - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
PROVIDE - OFFER.
JOURNEY/TRAVEL - [V:], PO down, FO away, moves away in a curvy path.
INTEND - THINK MEAN.
NARROW - SMALL + move hands away.
STEEP - [B], PO down, FO away, moves upwards steeply.
SHEPHERD - SHEEP SUPERVISE.
SAY-#YES-TO-me - [Y], PO > signer, FO up, nods away while closing to an [S].
CARRY-cross - Mime holding a cross over your shoulder and dragging it forward.
BOW-DOWN - (2h)[B], POs away, FOs up, are held like the final position of GIVE-UP, then bend these arms twice while bowing at waist once.
DOUBT - (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, alt. ascend and descend.
SUMMON - DH [B] taps NDH [B], PO down, FO > signer, then moves > signer while closing to an [A], PO away from signer, FO up, and moving up.
Lyrics:
Refrain: I will be, I will be,
I will be strength for the journey.
I will be, I will be,
I will be strength for the journey.
1. There is a road meant for you to travel.
Narrow and steep is the shepherd's way,
and as you say, "Yes,"
letting me guide you,
I will be strength for the journey.
2. There is a cross meant for you to carry.
There is a cross meant for you alone,
and as you bow down
in humble surrender,
I will be strength for the journey.
3. How many times have you doubted my word?
How many times must I call your name?
And as you say, "Yes,"
letting me love you,
I will be strength for the journey.