the sound of silence

hello darkness my old friend.
你好黑暗我的老朋友
ive come to talk with you again.
我又來和你交談

因為有一種幻覺正向悄悄地向我襲來
because a vision softly creeping.
在我熟睡的時候留下了它的種子

這種幻覺在我的腦海裡生根發芽
left its seeds while i was sleeping.
纏繞著我

伴隨著寂靜的聲音
and the vision that was planted in my brain.
在不安的夢幻中我獨自行走

狹窄的鵝卵石街道
still remains.
在路燈的光環照耀下

我豎起衣領抵禦嚴寒和潮濕
within the sound of silence !
一道耀眼的霓虹燈光刺入我的眼睛

它劃破夜空
in restless dreams i walk along.
觸摸著寂靜的聲音

在炫目的燈光下
narrow streets of cobble stone
我看見成千上萬的人

人們說而不言
neath the halo of a street lamp.
聽而不聞

人們創造歌曲卻唱不出聲來
i turned my collar to the cold damp.
沒有人敢

打擾這寂靜的聲音
when my eyes were stabbled by the flash of a neon light
我說：傻瓜，難道你不知道

寂靜如同頑疾滋長
that split the night..
聽我對你說的有益的話

拉住我伸給你的手
and touched the sound of silence.
但是我的話猶如雨滴飄落

在寂靜的水井中迴響
and in the naked light i saw.
人們向自己創造的霓虹之神

神光中閃射出告誡的語句
ten thousand people, maybe more.
在字裡行間指明

它告訴人們
people talking without speaking.
預言者的話都已寫在

地鐵的牆上和房屋的大廳裡
people hearing without listening.
在寂靜的聲音裡低語

people writing songs that voices never share.

and no one dare.

disturb the sound of silence.

'fool' said i 'you do not know.

'silence like a cancer grows..

'hear my words that i might teach you.

'take my arms that i might reach you.

but my words like silent rain-drops fell.

and echoed in the wells of silence.

and the people bowed and prayed.

to the neon god they made.

and the sign flashed out its warning.

in the words that it was forming.

and the sign said 'the words of the prophets.

are written on the subway walls tenement halls'.

and whispered in the sounds of silence.