The translation of "Poetry of Mulan" is:
The loom is constantly chirping, and it is Mulan who is weaving in the house. Suddenly, the sound of the cloth machine could not be heard, and only the daughter's sighs could be heard. Daughter, why are you sad? Daughter, what is on your mind? I don’t feel sad about my daughter, and I don’t have anything on my mind.
I saw the recruitment documents last night. The Khan wanted to recruit troops on a large scale. There were twelve volumes of recruitment documents, and Dad’s name was on each volume. My father has no eldest son, and Mulan has no eldest brother. I decided to buy a war horse, saddle it, and immediately go to the army in my father's place.
I went to the East Market to buy a horse, to the West Market to buy a saddle and bridle, to the South Market to buy a bridle, and to the North Market to buy a riding whip. I said goodbye to my parents in the morning and stayed on the bank of the Yellow River in the evening. The voices of parents calling for their daughter could not be heard, only the splashing sound of the Yellow River water could be heard. I left the Yellow River again in the early morning and arrived at the top of Black Mountain in the evening. I couldn't hear the voices of my parents calling for their daughter, but I could only hear the chirping of horses in Yanshan Mountain.
Traveling thousands of miles to the battlefield, marching across thousands of mountains and rivers is like flying. The sound of golden watch came from the cold air, and the cold moonlight illuminated my armored suit. The general survived hundreds of battles, but Mulan returned victorious after ten years of military service.
After returning from victory, he met the emperor, who was sitting high in the Mingtang. He awarded Mulan a very high military title and rewarded her with hundreds of thousands of dollars. Khan asked her what else she wanted? Mulan didn't want to be a prominent minister in the court. She only wanted to lend me a horse that can travel thousands of miles a day and send me back to my lovely hometown.
When the parents heard that their daughter was coming back, they supported each other and greeted her on the roadside of the village. When the elder sister heard that her younger sister was coming back, she hurriedly dressed up in front of the window. When the younger brother heard that his elder sister was coming back, he sharpened his knife and was busy killing pigs and sheep. Open the door to the east pavilion and sit on the bed to the west.
Took off his military uniform and put on his old daughter's clothes. Facing the window, she combed her hair on her temples, and looked at the bronze mirror and put on flowers. When he walked out of the pavilion and saw his friends again, they were all frightened. After fighting together for twelve years, they didn’t know that Mulan turned out to be a girl!
The male rabbit couldn't help but move his legs, and the female rabbit's eyes narrowed into a straight line. Two rabbits are running together. How can you tell who is a girl and who is a boy?
Appreciation of the whole poem:
"Mulan Poetry" is a rare masterpiece in the history of Chinese poetry. For the first time, the poem creates the image of an immortal heroine who joins the army for her father, which is both legendary and legendary. Colorful, yet real and moving. Mulan is both a strange woman and an ordinary person, a heroine and a common girl, a vigorous warrior and a beautiful daughter.
She is hard-working, kind-hearted, resolute and brave, honest and simple yet alert and lively. She loves her relatives and serves the country. She does not admire high-ranking officials and generous salaries but loves a peaceful life. Mulan perfectly possesses heroic character and feminine characteristics. Her natural kindness, bravery, calmness, wit, and perseverance are the necessary connotations of Mulan's heroic character. Her infinite love and dedication to her parents and the motherland are the greatest source of spiritual strength for her heroic character.
At the same time, the whole poem closely follows "Mulan is a girl", from "I don't hear my mother-in-law calling me a girl" to "Mulan doesn't need a minister", from "Mulan is in charge of weaving at home" to "wearing my old clothes" , never losing its feminine characteristics. Therefore, the image of Mulan is extremely real and touching. "Mulan Poetry" creates a Chinese-style comedy spirit, whose characteristics are the integration of Chinese traditional moral spirit, optimism and sense of humor.
This Chinese-style comedy spirit is actually very different from Western comedy, which is characterized by satire. "Mulan Poetry" fully embodies the natural strengths of Chinese folk songs, with its outstanding use of arrangement, exaggeration, onomatopoeia and suspense, which has excellent effects on exaggerating the atmosphere and portraying the character.