标题 | 混血姑娘 |
内容 | 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. 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. 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. 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." 6 Before them, with her face upraised, In timid attitude, Like one half curious, half amazed, A Quadroon maiden stood. 他们面前,仰脸站着的 是一个混血女郎, 有几分好奇,有几分害怕 怯生生可怜模样. 7 Her eyes were large and full of light, Her arms and neck were bare; No garment she wore save a kirtle bright, And her own long, raven hair. 她脖子、胳臂露在外边, 一双眼又亮又大; 身上除了那鲜明的袍子, 只披着长长的黑发. 8 And on her lips there played a smile, As holy, meek, and faint, As lights in some cathedral aisle The features of a saint. 一丝笑意浮现在唇边, 圣洁、温柔、恬淡, 有如教堂廊道的灯火, 有如圣者的容颜. “The soil is barren,——the farm is old;” The thoughtful Planter said; Then looked upon the Slaver’s gold, And then upon the maid. 农场主想着心事,叨咕着: "这农场,地老,田荒;" 他看看奴隶贩子的金子, 又看看身边的女郎. 10 His heart within him was at strife With such accursed gains; For he knew whose passions gave her life, Whose blood ran in her veins. 他心里有斗争,晓得是罪孽: 只有他,才最了解 是谁的情欲给了她生命, 他的血管里流着谁的血. 11 But the voice of nature was too weak; He took the glittering gold! Then pale as death grew the maiden’s cheek; Her hands as icy cold. 可是天性的呼声太微弱, 他抓起亮晶晶的黄金! 女郎的双颊死一样惨白, 他两手冷得象冰. 12 The Slaver led her from the door, He led her by the hand, To be his slave and paramour In a strange and distant land! 奴隶贩子拉着她的手, 把她拉出了门口, 带她去隔山隔海的异乡, 当他的奴隶和姘头! |
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