The translation of the ninth Chinese lesson "Mulan Poetry" in the second volume of the seventh grade is as follows:
The sound of the loom came one after another, and girl Mulan was weaving at the door. The loom stopped making no sound, and only the girl could be heard sighing.
Ask the girl what she is missing, ask the girl what she is thinking about. The girl did not miss anything, the girl did not recall anything. I saw the recruitment documents last night and knew that the king was recruiting soldiers on a large scale. There were so many volumes of recruitment documents, and my father's name was on each volume. The father has no grown-up son, and Mulan has no brother. Mulan is willing to buy saddles and horses, and from then on go on the expedition for her father.
Go to the east market to buy a horse, the west market to buy a saddle and saddle pads, the south market to buy bits and reins, and the north market to buy a long whip (horsewhip) ). I bid farewell to my parents in the morning and set off on the road, and camped by the Yellow River at night. I couldn't hear the parents calling for their daughter, but I could hear the roar of the Yellow River. Say goodbye to the Yellow River in the morning and hit the road, and arrive at the foot of Black Mountain (Yanshan Mountain) in the evening. You can't hear the voices of parents calling for their daughters, but you can hear the chirping of Yanshan Hu soldiers and horses.
Marching thousands of miles to fight on the battlefield, crossing passes and mountains as fast as flying over them. The sound of the watch came from the cold wind in the north, and the cold moonlight reflected the soldiers' armor. The soldiers went through countless life-and-death battles, some sacrificed their lives, and some returned victorious ten years later.
When he came back to see the emperor, the emperor sat in the palace (discussing merit and giving rewards). Mulan was ranked the highest in the list of meritorious deeds, and received a reward of more than a thousand gold. The emperor asked Mulan what she wanted. Mulan did not want to be an official in Shangshu Province. She wanted to ride a thousand-mile horse and send me back to my hometown.
The parents heard that their daughter was back, and helped each other out of the city (to greet Mulan). When the elder sister heard that her younger sister was back, she started dressing up across the door. When the little brother heard that his sister was back, he sharpened his knife to kill pigs and sheep.
Open the door on the east side of my boudoir, sit on the bed on the west side of my boudoir, take off the war robe I wore during the war, put on my girl's clothes, and arrange my clothes as soft as clouds in front of the window. Hair on the sideburns, put yellow flowers on the forehead in front of the mirror. When I went out to meet my friends in the same camp, they were all very surprised: We have been together for twelve years and we didn’t even know Mulan was a girl.
When you hold the rabbit's ears and hang it in the air, the male rabbit's feet often move, and the female rabbit's eyes often squint (so it is easy to distinguish). When two rabbits, male and female, run side by side, how can you tell which is the male rabbit and which is the female rabbit?
Appreciation
This poem has strong folk song characteristics. The whole poem uses "Mulan is a girl" to conceive the legendary story of Mulan, which is full of romance. The arrangement of traditional and simplified texts is very ingenious. Although it is written about war themes, it focuses more on life scenes and the emotions of children, which is full of life style. The poem uses questions and answers to depict the psychology of the characters, which is vivid and detailed; it uses numerous parallels and parallelisms to describe the behavioral moods, which is lively; and it uses interesting metaphors to conclude the whole poem, which is evocative. This gives the work a strong artistic appeal.