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　　The Slaver in the broad lagoon

　　Lay moored with idle sail;

　　He waited for the rising moon

　　And for the evening gale.

　　奴隸販子把帆船停在

　　寬闊的咸水湖中;

　　他要等待上升的月亮,

　　等待黃昏的海風.

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　　Under the shore his boat was tied,

　　And all her listless crew

　　Watched the gray alligator slide，

　　Into the still bayou.

　　他的船拴在岸邊,那一群

　　無精打采的水手

　　注視著一條灰白的鱷魚

　　游入靜靜的湖口.

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　　Odours of orange-flowers and spice

　　Reached them from time to time,

　　Like the airs that breathing from

　　Paradise

　　Upon a world of crime.

　　橙花和豆蔻的陣陣香氣

　　飄送到他們身邊,

　　有如天國的仙風裊裊

　　吹到罪惡的人間.

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　　The Planter, under his roof of thatch,

　　Smoked thoughtfully and slow;

　　The Slaver’s thumb was on the latch,

　　He seemed in haste to go.

　　棕葉蓋頂?shù)奈堇?農場主

　　想著心事,抽著煙;

　　奴隸販子,象急著要走,

　　大拇指按著門閂.

　　He said, “My ship at anchor rides

　　In yonder broad lagoon;

　　I only wait the evening tides

　　And the rising of the moon.”

　　他說:"我的帆船就停在

　　寬闊的咸水湖上;

　　我只等著晚上的潮水,

　　等著上升的月亮."