Romanian–English parallel text
Mulan
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Războiul de țesut liniștit
The Quiet Loom
Cu mult timp în urmă, în nordul Chinei, era o fată tânără. Numele ei era Mulan. În fiecare zi, ea a stat la războiul ei de țesut lângă ușă. Toată ziua, războiul de țesut a scos sunetul lui neobosit: 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.
Dar într-o zi, războiul de țesut a fost liniștit. Mâinile lui Mulan nu s-au mișcat. Familia ei a auzit doar un singur sunet de la ușă. Erau suspinele lungi și triste ale lui 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.
Mama ei a venit și a stat lângă ea. „La ce te gândești, fiica mea?”, a întrebat ea. „Ce ai în inimă?”
Her mother came and sat beside her. “What are you thinking about, my daughter?” she asked. “What is in your heart?”
„Nu este nimic, mamă”, a răspuns Mulan la început. Apoi s-a uitat la fața blândă a mamei sale și i-a spus totul.
“It’s nothing, Mother,” Mulan answered at first. Then she looked at her mother’s kind face and told her everything.
„Aseară am văzut listele armatei”, a spus ea. „Hanul cheamă mulți bărbați în armata lui. Sunt douăsprezece liste, iar numele tatălui este pe fiecare listă.”
“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.”
Fața mamei sale a devenit albă. Tatăl lui Mulan era bătrân și obosit. El nu era destul de puternic pentru un război lung în nord.
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.
„Tata nu are un fiu adult”, a spus Mulan încet. „Iar eu nu am un frate mai mare. Așa că cineva trebuie să meargă în locul lui.”
“Father has no grown-up son,” Mulan said quietly. “And I have no older brother. So someone must go in his place.”
„Dar cine?”, a întrebat mama ei. Mulan s-a ridicat de la războiul de țesut.
“But who?” asked her mother. Mulan stood up from the loom.
„Eu”, a spus ea. „Vreau să cumpăr un cal și o șa. Și apoi vreau să merg la război pentru tata.”
“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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