木蘭詩 (又名「木蘭辭」)

時代: 南北朝

作者: 佚名

Ballad of Mulan

Translated by Hans Frankel

(一)
唧唧復唧唧, 木蘭當戶織,
不聞機杼聲, 唯聞女嘆息,
問女何所思? 問女何所憶?
女亦無所思, 女亦無所憶。
昨夜見軍帖, 可汗大點兵;
兵書十二卷, 卷卷有爺名。
阿爺無大兒, 木蘭無長兄,
願為市鞍馬, 從此替爺征。

(Part One)
Tsiek tsiek and again Tsiek tsiek,
Mulan weaves facing the door,
You don't hear the shuttle's sound,
You only hear Daughter's sighs.
They ask Daughter who's in her heart,
They ask Daughter who's on her mind?
"No one is in Daughter's heart,
No one is on Daughter's mind."
Last night I saw the draft posters,
The Khan is calling many troops,
The army list is in twelve scrolls,
On each scroll there's Father's name.
Father has no grown-up son,
Mulan has no elder brother.
I want to buy a saddle and horse,
And serve in the army in father's place"

(二)
東市買駿馬, 西市買鞍韉,
南市買轡頭, 北市買長鞭。
朝辭爺娘去, 暮宿黃河邊,
不聞爺娘喚女聲, 但聞黃河流水鳴濺濺。
朝辭黃河去, 暮至黑山頭,
不聞爺娘喚女聲, 但聞燕山胡騎鳴啾啾。

(Part Two)
In the East Market she buys a spirited horse,
In the West Market she buys a saddle,
In the South Market she buys a bridle,
In the North Market she buys a long whip.
At dawn she takes leaves of Father and Mother,
In the evening camps on the Yellow River's bank,
She does not hear the sound of Father and Mother calling,
She only hears the Yellow River flowing and cry tsien tsien.
At dawn, she takes leave of the Yellow River,
In the evening, she arrives at Black Mountain,
She doesn't hear the sound of Father and Mother calling,
She only hears Mount Yen's nomad horses cry tsin tsin.

(三)
萬里赴戎機, 關山度若飛,
朔氣傳金柝, 寒光照鐵衣,
將軍百戰死, 戰士十年歸。

(Part Three)
She goes ten thousand miles in the business of war,
She crosses passes and mountains like flying.
Northern gusts carry the rattle of army pots,
Chilly light shines on iron armor,
Generals die in a hundred battles,
Strong soldiers return after ten years.

(四)
歸來見天子, 天子坐明堂。
策勳十二轉, 賞賜百千強。
可汗問所欲, 「木蘭不用尚書郎,
願借明駝千里足, 送兒還故鄉。」

(Part Four)
On her return, she sees the Son of Heaven,
The Son of Heaven sits in the Splendid Hall.
He gives out promotions in twelve ranks,
and prizes of a hundred thousand and more.
The Khan asks her what she desires,
"Mulan has no use for a minister's post,
I wish to ride a swift mount
To take me back on my home."

(五)
爺娘聞女來, 出郭相扶將;
阿姐聞妹來, 當戶理紅妝,
小弟聞姐來，磨刀霍霍向豬羊。
開我東閣門, 坐我西閣床;
脫我戰時袍, 著我舊時裳;
當窗理雲鬢, 對鏡黏花黃。
出門看伙伴. 伙伴皆驚惶:
「同行十二年, 不知木蘭是女郎。」

(Part Five)
When Father and Mother hear Daughter is coming,
They go outside the wall to meet her,
leaning on each other,
When Elder Sister hears Younger Sister is coming,
She fixes her rouge, facing the door.
When Little Brother hears Elder Sister is coming, He whets the knife, quick quick for pig and sheep.

I open the door to my east chamber,
I sit on my couch in the west room,
I take off my wartime gown,
And put on my old-time clothes,
Facing the window, she fixes her cloud like hair,
Hanging up a mirrow she dahs on yellow flower power.

She goes out the door and sees her comrades.
Her comrades are all amazed and perplexed.
Travelling together for twele years,
They didn't know Mulan was a girl."

(六)
雄兔腳撲朔, 雌兔眼迷離;
雙兔傍地走, 安能辨我是雌雄?

(Part Six)
The he-hares, feet go hopand skip,
The she-hare's eyes are muddled and fuddled
Two hares running side by side close to the ground,
How can they tell if I am he or she?