Spanish–English parallel text
Mulán
Mulan
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El telar silencioso
The Quiet Loom
Hace mucho tiempo, en el norte de China, había una chica joven. Se llamaba Mulán. Todos los días estaba sentada ante su telar cerca de la puerta. Todo el día el telar hacía su sonido ocupado: clic, clac, clic, clac.
Long ago in northern China, there was a young girl. Her name was Mulan. Every day she sat at her loom near the door. All day the loom made its busy sound: click, clack, click, clack.
Pero un día el telar estaba en silencio. Las manos de Mulán no se movían. Su familia oyó solo un sonido desde la puerta. Eran los suspiros largos y tristes de Mulán.
But one day the loom was quiet. Mulan’s hands did not move. Her family heard only one sound from the door. It was Mulan’s long, sad sighs.
Su madre fue y se sentó a su lado. «¿En qué piensas, hija mía?», preguntó. «¿Qué tienes en el corazón?»
Her mother came and sat beside her. “What are you thinking about, my daughter?” she asked. “What is in your heart?”
«No es nada, madre», respondió Mulán al principio. Después miró la cara cariñosa de su madre y le contó todo.
“It’s nothing, Mother,” Mulan answered at first. Then she looked at her mother’s kind face and told her everything.
«Anoche vi las listas del ejército», dijo. «El Jan llama a muchos hombres para su ejército. Hay doce listas, y el nombre de padre está en todas las listas.»
“Last night I saw the army lists,” she said. “The Khan is calling a lot of men to his army. There are twelve lists, and Father’s name is on every list.”
La cara de su madre se puso blanca. El padre de Mulán era viejo y estaba cansado. No era bastante fuerte para una larga guerra en el norte.
Her mother’s face went white. Mulan’s father was old and tired. He was not strong enough for a long war in the north.
«Padre no tiene un hijo adulto», dijo Mulán en voz baja. «Y yo no tengo un hermano mayor. Así que alguien debe ir en su lugar.»
“Father has no grown-up son,” Mulan said quietly. “And I have no older brother. So someone must go in his place.”
«¿Pero quién?», preguntó su madre. Mulán se levantó del telar.
“But who?” asked her mother. Mulan stood up from the loom.
«Yo», dijo. «Voy a comprar un caballo y una silla de montar. Y después voy a ir a la guerra por padre.»
“Me,” she said. “I’m going to buy a horse and a saddle. And then I’m going to go to war for Father.”
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