Portuguese–English parallel text
Mulan
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O Tear Silencioso
The Quiet Loom
Muito tempo atrás, no norte da China, havia uma jovem menina. O nome dela era Mulan. Todo dia ela se sentava no tear perto da porta. O dia todo o tear fazia seu barulho constante: clique, claque, clique, claque.
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.
Mas um dia o tear estava silencioso. As mãos de Mulan não se mexiam. A família dela ouviu só um som vindo da porta. Eram os suspiros longos e tristes de Mulan.
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.
A mãe dela veio e se sentou ao lado dela. “No que você está pensando, minha filha?”, ela perguntou. “O que está no seu coração?”
Her mother came and sat beside her. “What are you thinking about, my daughter?” she asked. “What is in your heart?”
“Não é nada, mãe”, Mulan respondeu no começo. Depois ela olhou para o rosto bondoso da mãe e contou tudo para ela.
“It’s nothing, Mother,” Mulan answered at first. Then she looked at her mother’s kind face and told her everything.
“Ontem à noite eu vi as listas do exército”, ela disse. “O Khan está chamando muitos homens para o exército dele. Tem doze listas, e o nome do pai está em todas as 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.”
O rosto da mãe dela ficou branco. O pai de Mulan era velho e cansado. Ele não era forte o bastante para uma longa guerra no 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.
“O pai não tem um filho adulto”, Mulan disse baixinho. “E eu não tenho irmão mais velho. Então alguém tem que ir no lugar dele.”
“Father has no grown-up son,” Mulan said quietly. “And I have no older brother. So someone must go in his place.”
“Mas quem?”, perguntou a mãe dela. Mulan se levantou do tear.
“But who?” asked her mother. Mulan stood up from the loom.
“Eu”, ela disse. “Eu vou comprar um cavalo e uma sela. E depois eu vou para a guerra no lugar do pai.”
“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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