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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.

　　奴隶贩子把帆船停在

　　宽阔的咸水湖中;

　　他要等待上升的月亮,

　　等待黄昏的海风.

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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.

　　他的船拴在岸边,那一群

　　无精打采的水手

　　注视着一条灰白的鳄鱼

　　游入静静的湖口.

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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.

　　橙花和豆蔻的阵阵香气

　　飘送到他们身边,

　　有如天国的仙风袅袅

　　吹到罪恶的人间.

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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.

　　棕叶盖顶的屋里,农场主

　　想着心事,抽着烟;

　　奴隶贩子,象急着要走,

　　大拇指按着门闩.

　　He said, “My ship at anchor rides

　　In yonder broad lagoon;

　　I only wait the evening tides

　　And the rising of the moon.”

　　他说:"我的帆船就停在

　　宽阔的咸水湖上;

　　我只等着晚上的潮水,

　　等着上升的月亮."