The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel - The sound of silence沉默之聲

Hello, darkness my old friend嗨！黑暗，我的老友
I've come to talk with you again我又來找你聊天了
Because a vision softly creeping只因有個幻象緩緩的爬過
Left it's seeds while I was sleeping趁我熟睡時灑下種籽
And the vision that was planted in my brain這個深植在我腦海裡的幻象
Still remains within the sound of silence依然留存在沉默之聲裡

In restless dream在無盡的夢境裡
I walked alone the narrow street of cobble stone我一個人走在圓石鋪成的狹窄街道上
Beneath the halo of a street lamp在街燈的光暈下
I turned my collar to the cold and damp我豎起衣領抵擋濕冷的天氣
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light當閃爍的霓虹燈刺痛了雙眼
That split the night and touched the sound of silence光芒劃破夜空，也觸動了沉默之聲

And in the naked light在沒有燈罩的燈光下
I saw ten thousand people may be more我看到了數以萬計或者更多的人們
People talking without speaking人們聊天而不談心
People hearing without listening只用耳朵聽而非用心聆聽
People writing songs that voices never share人們寫著毫無感情分享的歌
And no one dare disturb the sound of silence而且沒有人敢去驚擾沉默之聲

"Fools" said I "you do not know"「愚蠢的人們啊！」我說：「你們不明白----」
"Silence like a cancer grows「沉默像癌細胞一樣蔓延
Hear my words that I might teach you仔細聽聽我所教你的
Take my arms that I might reach you"握住我伸出的手。」
But my words like silent raindrops fell但我這些話像無聲的雨落下
And echoed in the wells of silence在沉默的井裡發出回聲---

And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made人們對著自己創造出來的霓虹神明膜拜禱告
And the sign flashed out it's warning告示上閃爍著警句
In the words that it was forming, and the signs said在逐漸顯現的字句中，它說著：
"The words of the prophets「先知的箴言，
Are written on the subway walls and tenement halls寫在地下鐵的牆壁和廉價公寓的長廊裡，
And whispered in the sound of silence" 並且在沉默之聲中低迴不已----」