木兰当户织。
不闻机杼声，
Alas oh alas! Mulan is weaving cloth of topmost class.
问女何所思？
问女何所忆？
Listen and you don’t hear the spinning drone; You only hear the maiden sigh and moan.
女亦无所思，
女亦无所忆。
“Good lass, what thought has occupied your mind? Good lass, what thought can you not leave behind?” “I’ve nothing that has occupied my mind;
昨夜见军帖，
可汗大点兵。
I’ve nothing that I cannot leave behind. I saw the new recruiting lists last night;
军书十二卷，
阿爷无大儿，
The khan is summoning the men to fight. The twelve lists are literally the same;
木兰无长兄。
In every list there is my father’s name.