[this is the middle of that big paragraph] over the brown waters

[在那一大段的中间] 笼罩着神秘的烟雾
that night together with dark driftwoods and across the way

那天晚上水面上隐约漂浮着原木
New Orleans glowed orange bright

新奥尔良闪烁着橘黄色的灯光
with a few dark ships at her hem,

河岸边停泊着几艘黑幽幽的轮船
ghostly, fog-bound Cereno ships with Spanish balconies

幽幽的雾气缭绕着西班牙式的船楼
and ornamental poops, 'til you got up close and saw

和装饰华丽的甲板可靠近一看
they were just old freighters from Sweden and Panama.

原来是来自瑞典和巴拿马的货船
The ferry fires glowed in the night.

渡口灯火在夜色中闪闪烁烁
The same Negroes plied the shovel and sang.

来时看见的黑人边哼歌边挥动着铁锹干活
Old Big Slim Hazard had once worked on the Algiers ferry as a deck hand.

瘦高个哈泽德曾经在阿尔及尔渡口船上干过
This made me think of Mississippi Gene too

我不禁又想起了密西西比的基恩
and as the river poured down from mid America by starlight I knew,

望着星光下这条美国中部奔腾而下的河流