Tribute - JoJo David & Jim Meyers

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 8 July 2005, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

(2h)"HEY" FRIENDS. CLOSER-AND-CLOSER TIME PART-WAYS.
SOON WE (2h)SAY-FAREWELL EACH-OTHER.
BUT RIGHT-NOW LIFE TAKE-ADVANTAGE.
ONE MORE SONG"over time", THRILLED.
ONE MORE DRINK, CLINK-GLASSES.
OUR LIFE IDEA~LIKE BOOK TURN-PAGE, OH-I-SEE, CHAPTER END.
BUT RIGHT-NOW SING, HONOR OUR LIFE TOGETHER, WE FRIENDS.

MY FRIENDS, WE SHOULD PROUD OUR LIFE TOGETHER.
WE GATHER HERE WHY? TRADITION HAND-DOWN, WE FOLLOW.
COME-ON DRINK HOLD-HIGH.
WE LOOK-BACK REMEMBER GOOD TIME TOGETHER. HONOR HOW? CLINK-GLASSES.
OUR LIFE IDEA~LIKE BOOK TURN-PAGE, OH-I-SEE, CHAPTER END.
TONIGHT COME-TO-END MEAN OUR TIME-PERIOD TOGETHER FINISH.
TIME GO-AHEAD PART-WAYS. FIND OUR WAY IN WORLD.
BUT RIGHT-NOW SING, HONOR OUR LIFE TOGETHER, WE FRIENDS.


Notes: (2h)"HEY" - (2h)[B] wave to get attention. Looks like the sign CHILDREN, but hands are held higher.

FRIENDS - (2h)[X] are interlinked and move in a horizontal circle.

CLOSER-AND-CLOSER - Like the sign ARRIVE, but the DH moves towards the NDH in small steps, pausing each time.

PART-WAYS - (2h)[1], POs down, FOs away, are held side by side and move forward, splitting as each handverves off to its respective side.

(2h)SAY-FAREWELL - (2h)[B], touch palms to chin and supinate (flip over) separating while moving slightly up and down, like the sign CHILDREN, but held higher.

RIGHT-NOW - NOW is signed with a slight double movement and with the non-manual cs as in the sign RECENT.

TAKE-ADVANTAGE - DH [5], PO > NDS, FO away, swoops down and grabs something from the upturned NDH [B] palm, and then shoots upward.

GATHER - (2h)[S], POs down, FOs ><, move > each other while opening to (2h)[5wg].

COME-ON - (2h)[B^] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.

HOLD-HIGH - [C] holds an imaginary glass up high.

Lyrics:

Oh friends, the crossroads are near.
Soon we will say to each other another farewell.
So let's live for the moment.
Sing one more song of elation,
one more glass of good cheer.
Though the chapter shall end, when we turn the page,
let us sing a tribute to life as friends.

My friends, take pride in our years.
We've borne the seeds of tradition with friends gathered here.
Let's raise our glasses high.
Let's toast in honor of memories in thanks for the times.
Though the chapter shall end when we turn the page,
the end of this night is the end of our age,
we all set forth to find our own way.
Let us sing a tribute to life as friends, as friends.

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