The 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 with the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walk 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 stabbled by the flash of a neon light

that split the night

and touched the sound of silence

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

people talking without speaking

people hearing without listening

people writing songs that voices never share

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 sings said "the words of the prophets are

written on the subway walls and tenement halls"

and whispered in the sounds of silence

嘿！黑夜，我的老友，我又来和你谈心了

只因一抹幻影，在我梦中播下种子

于是在脑海里生根，成长

至今仍深植于寂静之声中

在无尽的梦里，我独自徘徊在圆石狭道中

在街灯下，我竖起衣领，

以寒夜的湿冷

闪烁的霓虹灯，刺激双目

它闯开夜幕，抚摸寂静之声

在这赤裸的夜里，我见到了上万的人们

或许更多，他们交谈着，

却未出声

他们倾听着，却未闻清

他们创作歌曲，却未与人分享

愚人说，我说，你们不知道，

寂静有如癌症一样听我的话，

我来训导你抓住我，我可以碰到你

但我的忠告犹如寂静雨点之滴落，

回荡在深井里

人们打躬作揖，向他们所

创造的霓虹灯（文明）祈祷

它闪烁着警世的告戒

以其独特的语言说：

先知的语言写在地铁的墙壁上

及家宅大厅，在寂静之声中，

低声细语

1. Because a vision softly creeping left its seeds while I was sleeping.
　　
=Because a vision which was softly creeping left its seeds while I was sleeping.

　　因为有个幻影趁我熟睡时轻轻爬来，深植我的脑海，在寂静无声此时，萦绕回旋不去。

　　Vision n. 幻影；光景；视觉

　　Creep vi. (crept; crept) 爬行，匍匐

　　eg: The thief silently crept into the apartment while the occupants were sleeping.

　　窃贼趁屋内人们熟睡之际，偷偷地爬入公寓内。

2. Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp

　　=Beneath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp air.

　　昏暗的街灯下，我翻起衣领以抗御湿冷的夜。

　　Neath prep. 在…之下==beneath

　　在歌曲或诗中，为求读起来流畅顺口，常把一个字的起首音节省略，如，until 念成till，because 则成cause.

　　Halo n. 光晕，光环

　　Damp a. 潮湿的，有温气的

3. a neon light 霓虹灯
　　　

 

        THE SOUND OF SILENCE 寂静之声(《毕业生》主题曲) 　　在1967年作为美国电影《毕业生》的主题歌，非常受欢迎。本来是3年前，莎尔蒙和卡尔方灌制的曲子，迪夫-古鲁吉把这首曲子巧妙地电影音乐化了。
        《寂静之声》旋律飘缓低迷，歌词充满了一种幻觉般的意境。细细听来，仿佛在诉说着年轻无助的一种宣泄。眼前似乎看到一个懵懂无知的女孩，独自一人行走在铺着鹅卵石的狭窄、清冷的小巷里，喧嚣的人群在她身后渐渐远去，前面是没有尽头的黑夜……歌曲如果说是属于民谣的话似乎太深邃，如果说随着强劲的乐曲而震荡的节奏是摇滚的话，却太细腻，音乐上它造就了类的中和体，这应该是它成功的最大原因。