I. Original text
Hearing the news of my daughter, I went out to help Guo; As soon as Sister A heard that Sister Mei was coming, she had to cut her red makeup. When I heard my sister coming, I sharpened my knife at pigs and sheep. Open my East Pavilion door and sit on my West Pavilion bed. Take off my wartime robe and put on my old clothes. When the window is decorated with clouds, the mirror is yellow. When I went out to meet the fire companions, I was both surprised and busy: I spent twelve years together, but I didn't know Mulan was a girl.
Second, translation.
Parents heard that their daughter was back and helped each other to meet her outside the city; When my sister heard that she was back, she dressed up in front of the door. My brother heard that my sister came back and was busy sharpening the knife and killing pigs and sheep. Open the doors of my East Pavilion and West Pavilion and sit on my bed. Take off your combat uniform, put on your old daughter's clothes, comb your hair as soft as clouds in front of the window and mirror, and stick a yellow flower on your forehead. When I went out to meet my partners in the war, they were all surprised. After so many years in the same trade, I didn't even know Mulan was a woman.
Third, the source
Mulan Poems in Yuefu Poems of the Southern and Northern Dynasties
Appreciation of Mulan's Poems
Mulan Poetry is a long narrative poem, which tells the story of a girl named Mulan who disguised herself as a man, joined the army for her father, made meritorious deeds on the battlefield, refused to be an official after returning to North Korea, and just wanted to go home and reunite. She warmly praised the woman's brave and kind qualities, her enthusiasm for defending the country and her fearless spirit.
The whole poem conceives the legendary story of Mulan with "Mulan is a girl", which is full of romance; The details are cleverly arranged. Although it is about war, it is more about life scenes and children's modality, full of life breath. Describing the characters' modality, using questions and answers, parallelism, antithesis, intertextuality and other methods to describe the characters' psychology is vivid and meticulous, which makes the works have strong artistic appeal.