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

我又一次与你恳切交谈

Because a vision softly creeping

因为一种幻象悄然而至

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

在我酣睡的时候播下种子

And the vision that was planted in my brain

我脑海里的幻想

Still remains with the sound of silence

依然伴随着寂静的声音

In restless dreams I walk alone

在不安的梦境里我独自前行

Narrow streets of cobble stone

狭窄的街道布满卵石

Beneath the hallo of a street lamp'

在街灯的光晕之下

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

我竖起衣领抵御寒冷和潮湿

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

霓虹灯的闪烁刺痛我的双眼

That split the night

划破黑夜

And touched the sound of silence

触碰到寂静的声音

And in the naked night I saw ten thousand people may be more

在光天化日之下我看见成千上万的人

People talking without speaking hearing without listening

人们只说不说只听不听

People writing songs that voices never share

人们写着从未有过声音的歌

And no one dare disturb the sound of silence

没有人敢打扰这寂静的声音

Fool said I you do not know

傻瓜说我你不知道

Silence like a cancer grows

沉默就像癌症一样蔓延

Hear my words that I might teach you

听我说我可能会教你

Take my arms that I might reach you

张开我的双臂我才能靠近你

But my words like silent rain drops fell

可我的话语如雨滴落下

And echo ed in the wells of silence

在寂静的井里回响

And the people bow and prayed

人们鞠躬祈祷

To the neon God they made

敬他们创造的霓虹之神

And the sign flash out its warning

警示牌闪烁着警告的光芒

In the words that it was forming

在我渐渐形成的话语里

And the sings said The words of the prophers are

歌声响起先知的话语

Written the subway walls and tenement halls

写在地铁的墙上和廉价公寓的走廊上

And whispered in the sounds of silenc

在寂静的声音中喃喃低语