Hello darkness my old friend

你好 黑夜 我的老朋友

I've come to talk with you again

我又来找你聊天了

Because a vision softly creeping

因为有个幻影无声无息地爬过

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

趁我熟睡时留下了种子

And the vision

这幻影

That was planted in my brain

灌输在我脑海里

Still remains

依旧留存着

Within the sound of silence

寂静无声的此刻

In restless dreams I walked alone

在无数浮躁的梦中我独自前行

Narrow streets of cobblestone

行走在鹅卵石铺就的狭窄街道上

'Neath the halo of a street lamp

头顶上街灯的光晕将我笼罩

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

我翻起衣领以抗御此夜的寒冷及潮湿

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

当我的眼睛被霓虹灯的闪烁刺痛时

That split the night and touched the sound of silence

它也划破了夜空 打破了黑夜的沉静

And in the naked light I saw

在裸露的光线下 我看到

Ten thousand people maybe more

数以万计的人 或许更多

People talking without speaking

人们聊天而不谈心

People hearing without listening

有的人在漫不经心地听着别人说

People writing songs

有人在写着歌

That voices never share

那些从不会被传唱的歌

And no one dared disturb the sound of silence

但没有人敢于去打破这份静默

Fools said I you do not know silence like a cancer grows

我说 愚蠢的人啊 你不知道寂静会像癌症一样扩散吗

Hear my words that I might teach you

听我的话 我才会教导你

Take my arms that I might reach you

抓紧我的手 我才能救你

But my words like silent raindrops fell

但是我的话却如寂静无声的雨点落下

And echoed in the wells of silence

回荡在这无声的天井中

And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made

人们对着自制的神像顶礼膜拜

And the sign flashed out its warning

霓虹灯突然闪烁出警兆

In the words that it was forming

警告的语句渐渐成型

And the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

预兆显示 先知的预言都被写在地铁的墙上

And tenement halls

及廉价公寓的大厅中

And whispered in the sound of silence

这告诫也在无声的静默中被轻声传送