The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

Written by：Paul Simon

Hello darkness my old friend

你好 黑夜 我的老朋友

I've come to talk with you again

我又来和你聊天

Because a vision softly creeping

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

因为有一种幻觉正悄悄地向我袭来

在我熟睡的时候留下了它的种子

And the vision that was planted in my brain

这种幻觉在我的脑海里生根发芽

Still remains

缠绕着我

Within the sound of silence

伴随着寂静的声音

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone

在不安的梦幻中我独自行走

在铺着鹅卵石的羊肠小道上

'Neath the halo of a street lamp

在路灯昏黄的灯光下

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

我把衣领立起来抵挡冰冷潮湿

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

当闪烁的霓虹灯刺入我眼帘

That split the night

撕裂了夜

And touched the sound of silence

然后触碰到了寂静之声

And in the naked light I saw

在茫茫夜幕下 我看到

Ten thousand people maybe more

成千上万的人们

People talking without speaking

人们说而不言

People hearing without listening

人们听而不闻

People writing songs that voices never share

人们谱写无人吟唱的乐章

No one dared

但是无人敢

Disturb the sound of silence

打破这寂静之声

Fools said I you do not know

Silence like a cancer grows

我说 愚蠢的人们 难道你们不知道

寂静如同顽疾滋长

Hear my words that I might teach you

听我对你说的有益的话

Take my arms that I might reach you

拉住我伸给你的手

But my words like silent raindrops fell

但是我的话犹如雨滴飘落

And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed

在寂静的水井中回响

人们叩首祈祷

To the neon god they made

向着他们创造的闪耀的神

And the sign flashed out its warning

神光中闪射出告诫的语句

In the words that it was forming

在字里行间指明

And the sign said

它告诉人们

The words of the prophets are

预言者的话

Written on the subway walls

都已写在地下道的墙上

And tenement halls

和房屋的走廊

And whispered in the sounds of silence

在这寂静之声中轻轻低吟