Hello darkness my old friend

你好 黑暗 我的老朋友

I've come to talk with you again

我又来和你交谈

Because a vision softly creeping

因为有一种幻觉正向我悄悄袭来

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

在我熟睡的时候 不小心将它埋在了心底

And the vision that was planted in my brain

这种幻觉在我心里生根发芽

Still remains

纠缠着我

Within the sound of silence

伴随着寂静的声音

In restless dreams I walked alone

在不安的梦境中 我独自行走

Narrow streets of cobblestone

狭窄的鹅卵石街道

Neath the halo of a streetlamp

昏暗的灯光下

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

我竖起衣领 抵挡阴冷

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

忽然之间 一道刺眼的霓虹之光刺入我的眼睛

That split the night

它划破夜空

And touched the sound of silence

触摸着寂静之声

And in the naked light I saw

在炫目的灯光下 我看到

Ten thousand people maybe more

成千上万 甚至更多的人

People talking without speaking

人们交谈着 却没有任何声音

People hearing without listening

人们对周围的一切充耳不闻

People writing songs that voices never share

人们创作歌曲 却不愿意和别人分享

No one dare

没有人敢

Disturb the sound of silence

打破这寂静之声

Fools said I you do not know

我说 傻瓜 你难道不知道

Silence like a cancer grow

寂静如同癌症般肆意扩散 无法遏止

Hear my words that I might teach you

认真听我说的话 你或许就会明白

Take my arms that I might reach you

拉住我 伸出的手

But my words like silent raindrops fell

但是我的话犹如雨滴飘落

And echoed in the wells of silence

落入这寂静的水井之中

And the people bowed and prayed

人们依然顶礼膜拜着

To the neon god they made

自己创造的神灵

And the sign flashed out its warning

那闪烁的警告

In the words that it was forming

它说着

And the sign said the words of the prophets

先知的箴言

Are written on subway walls

都写在地铁的墙上

And tenement halls

和廉价公寓的大厅

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