Sound of Silence

Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools" 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 to you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.


嗨！黑暗，我的老友
我又來找你聊天了
只因有個幻象緩緩的爬過
趁我熟睡時灑下種籽
這個深植在我腦海裡的幻象
依然留存在沈默之聲裡

在無盡的夢境裡
我一個人走在圓石鋪成的狹窄街道上
在街燈的光暈下
我豎起衣領抵擋濕冷的天氣
當閃爍的霓虹燈刺痛了雙眼
光芒劃破夜空，也觸動了沈默之聲

在沒有燈罩的燈光下
我看到了數以萬計或者更多的人們
人們聊天而不談心
只用耳朵聽而非用心聆聽
人們寫著毫無感情分享的歌
而且沒有人敢去驚擾沈默之聲

「愚蠢的人們啊！」我說：「你們不明白------」
「沈默像癌細胞一樣蔓延
　仔細聽聽我能教你的
　握住我伸出的手。」
但我這些話像無聲的雨落下
在沈默的井裡發出回聲------

人們對著自己創造出來的霓虹神像膜拜禱告
告示上閃爍著警句
在逐漸顯現的字句中，它說著：
「先知的箴言， 
　寫在地下鐵的牆壁和廉價公寓的長廊裡，
　並且在沈默之聲中低迴不已---------」