1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

4

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.

棕葉蓋頂的屋里,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."