The Sound of Silence

寂靜之聲

Hello darkness, my old friend

你好 黑暗 我的老朋友

I"ve come to talk with you again

我又來和你交談

Because a vision softly creeping

因為有一種幻覺正向悄悄地向我襲來

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

在我熟睡的時候留下了它的種子

And the vision that was planted in my brain

這種幻覺在我的腦海裡生根發芽

Still remains

纏繞著我

Within the sound of silence

伴隨著寂靜的聲音

In restless dreams I walked alone

在不安的夢幻中我獨自行走

Narrow streets of cobblestone

狹窄的鵝卵石街道

"Neath the halo of a street lamp

在路燈的光環照耀下

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

我豎起衣領 抵禦嚴寒和潮溼

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

一道耀眼的霓虹燈光刺入我的眼睛

That split the night

它劃破夜空

And touched the sound of silence

觸控著寂靜的聲音

And in the naked light I saw

在炫目的燈光下

Ten thousand people, maybe more

我看見成千上萬的人

People talking without speaking

人們說而不言

People hearing without listening

聽而不聞

People writing songs that voices never share

人們創造歌曲卻唱不出聲來

And no one dare disturb the sound of silence

沒有人敢打擾這寂靜的聲音

"Fools" said I, "You do not know

我說：“傻瓜，難道你不知道

Silence like a cancer grows”

寂靜如同頑疾滋長”

Hear my words that I might teach you

聽我對你說的有益的話

Take my arms that I might reach to you

拉住我伸給你的手

But my words like silent as raindrops fell

但是我的話猶如雨滴飄落

And echoed in the wells of silence

在寂靜的水井中迴響

And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made.

人們向自己創造的霓虹之神

鞠躬 祈禱And the sign flashed out its warning

神光中閃射出告誡的語句

And the words that it was forming

在字裡行間指明

And the sign said:

它告訴人們

"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

預言者的話都已寫在地鐵的牆上

and tenement halls

和房屋的大廳裡

And whispered in the sound of silence."

在寂靜的聲音裡低語