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 deared
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 you."
But my words like silent raindrops 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 signs said, The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
<<寂靜之聲>>
黑暗,老朋友,我來(lái)了
又想同你談?wù)?br />
突然有一種幻覺(jué)悄悄來(lái)臨
趁著我入睡時(shí)播下了種子
那些個(gè)在我腦海中不停滋生的幻覺(jué)啊
還仍然滯留在寂寞之聲中
在永無(wú)休止的夢(mèng)里
我孤獨(dú)地行走在
狹窄的布滿圓石的路上
行走在路燈的光暈下
感到有點(diǎn)寒冷潮濕
于是我翻豎起衣領(lǐng)
那盞刺痛我雙眼的霓紅燈
劃破了夜晚
觸到了寂寞的音符
在那無(wú)遮蔽的燈光下
我看見(jiàn)成千上萬(wàn)的人
也許更多
人們無(wú)聲地訴說(shuō)著
人們無(wú)語(yǔ)地傾聽(tīng)著
他們寫(xiě)出一首首歌曲
卻沒(méi)有一個(gè)人去唱
沒(méi)有人敢
驚擾寂寞沉睡時(shí)的輕夢(mèng)
我說(shuō):你們這群傻子啊
難道不知道寂寞的癌細(xì)胞正在擴(kuò)散嗎
好好記住我教你們的話
握緊我伸給你們的手臂
可惜我的話只如同雨滴無(wú)聲地落下
回蕩在寂靜的深井里
看人們朝著象征神圣的氖燈低頭祈禱
而霓紅燈廣告牌卻在諷刺地一閃一閃
發(fā)出這樣的警告:
“先哲的預(yù)言就在地道下的墻上
就寫(xiě)在貧民們的住房里”
還依舊在一片禱告的寂靜中喃喃地低語(yǔ)