The Sound Of Silence

Hello darkness, my old friend

你好，黑暗，我的老朋友

I've come to talk with you again

我又来与你交谈

Because a vision softly creeping

因为一个幻象悄然蔓延

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

在我沉睡时留下了种子

And the vision that was planted in my brain

而那植入我脑海中的幻象

Still remains

依然留存

Within the sound of silence

在寂静之声里

In restless dreams, I walked alone

在不安的梦中，我独自漫步

Narrow streets of cobblestone

狭窄的鹅卵石街道上

'Neath the halo of a streetlamp

在街灯的光晕之下

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

我竖起衣领抵挡寒冷与潮湿

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

当霓虹灯的闪光刺穿了我的双眼

That split the night

它撕裂了黑夜

And touched the sound of silence

触动了那寂静之声

And in the naked light, I saw

在赤裸的光中，我看见

Ten thousand people, maybe more

成千上万的人，或许更多

People talking without speaking

人们交谈着却无言无语

People hearing without listening

人们听见了却充耳不闻

People writing songs that voices never shared

人们写着无人唱出的歌

No one dared

无人敢

Disturb the sound of silence

打扰这寂静之声

"Fools", said I, "You do not know

「愚人啊，」我说，「你们不知

Silence like a cancer grows

寂静如癌症般滋长

Hear my words that I might teach you

听我的话，让我教导你们

Take my arms that I might reach you"

握住我的手，让我触及你们」

But my words like silent raindrops fell

但我的话如无声的雨滴落下

And echoed in the wells of silence

在寂静之井中回荡

And the people bowed and prayed

人们俯首祈祷

To the neon god they made

朝向他们所造的霓虹之神

And the sign flashed out its warning

那招牌闪烁着它的警告

In the words that it was forming

用它所组成的字句

And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

那招牌写道：「先知的话语写在地铁的墙上

In tenement halls"

写在公寓的厅堂里」

And whispered in the sounds of silence

并在寂静之声中低语