Mulan Song
(Spoken) We’ve got a long way to go (we are weak and need to
become strong)
Let’s get down to business (Let’s go, let’s start training)
To beat the Huns (to win against the enemy)
Did they send me daughters when we asked for sons (the army
needs strong people)
You’re the saddest bunch I ever met (you are the weakest group of
people)
But you can bet before we’re through (it’s certain that, when we
finish the training)
Mister, I’ll make a man out of you (I’ll train you to be strong)
Tranquil as a forest (still but strong)
But on fire within (you have inner strength like fire and
determination)
Once you find you’re centre (find out where you are strongest)
You are sure to win (you’re certain, you will win the fight)
You're a spineless, pale, pathetic lot (weak, boneless, sad, hopeless)
And you haven’t got a clue (you don’t know where to start)
Somehow, I’ll make a man out of you. (some way, I’ll make you
stronger)
I'm never gonna catch my breath (can’t take a proper breath)
Say good-bye to those who knew me (tell everyone I’m dead)
Boy, was I a fool in school for cutting gym (for not going to physical
education)
This guy's got 'em scared to death (everyone’s afraid of the teacher)
Hope he doesn't see right through me (I hope the teacher doesn’t
know that I’m a girl)
Now I really wish that I knew how to swim
We must be swift as the coursing river (we must run as fast as the
strongly flowing river)
With all the force of a great typhoon (strong as a powerful storm)
With all the strength of a raging fire (a fiercely burning fire)
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon (unknown and
interestingly powerful)
Time is racing toward us before the Hun arrive (we haven’t got
much time until the enemy arrives to fight us）
Keep my every order and you might survive (you might live, keep
on living)
You’re not suited for the rage of war (you’re not strong enough to
fight)
So pack up, go home, you’re through (pack your bags and go home)
How could I make a man out of you. (I can’t train you to be a soldier)
We must be swift as the coursing river (we must run as fast as the
strongly flowing river)
With all the force of a great typhoon (strong as a powerful storm)
With all the strength of a raging fire (a fiercely burning fire)
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon (unknown and
interestingly powerful)