If you're a Mulan fan like me, this is bound to make your heart skip.
Yes, it's true. There is a verse and a chorus that is different from the movie and the one belted by Christina.
In the video, Lea Salonga, the movie's original singer (an absolute legend, she was also the voice for "A Whole New World" & "Colours of the Wind"), gives a back story as to what happened to the original song - but now without giving us a hint of her resentment against the Disney producers, cloaked by a tonne of wit and a sense of humour of course.
Without further ado, terimalah, Lea Salonga, dengan lagu yang akan didendangkannya, "Refleksi".
"Reflection"
by Lea Salonga
Look at me, I will never pass for a perfect bride, or a perfect daughter,
Can it be, I'm not meant to play this part,
Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself, I would break my family's heart.
Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me,
Why is my reflection someone I don't know?
Somehow I cannot hide, who I am, though I've tried,
When will my reflection show, who I am, inside?
When will my reflection show, who I am, inside?
How I pray, that a time will come I can free myself,
And meet their expectations,
On that day, I'll discover some way to be myself,
And to make my family proud.
They want a docile lamb,
No one knows who I am,
Must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide?
Must I pretend that I'm someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show, who I am, inside?
When will my reflection show, who I am, inside?
The part that got me most was, "They want a docile lamb, no one knows who I am..." So beautifully phrased!
Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
I need to go now - to be myself!
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