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 visionthat was planted in my brain Still remainsWithin 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 stabbedby 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 songsthat voices never share And no one daredDisturb 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 wordslike silent raindrops fell, And echoedIn 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 sign said,"The words of the prophetsare written on the subway walls And tenement halls." And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

暗夜，我的老友我又來找你聊聊了因為有個異象輕輕爬過趁我睡著時偷偷留下了種籽而這個種在我腦海裡的異象到現在還留存著在沈默之聲裡無數輾轉的夢中我獨行在狹窄街道的圓石路上街燈渲出的光暈將我籠罩夜的溼冷讓我豎起衣領無比刺眼的是閃亮的霓虹燈光劃破夜空也觸動了沈默之聲在裸燈清晰的照亮中我看見上萬的人們，或許還不止他們交談著卻沒有真正說話他們聽到聲音卻沒有真正傾聽他們寫著一些沒有傳達任何心聲的歌曲而也沒有人敢去驚擾沈默之聲我說：「愚蠢的人啊，你們不知道沈默會像癌細胞那樣生長蔓延聽我的話我才能教你拉我的手我才能救你。」但是我的話語就像無聲落下的雨點迴響在沈默的深井裡對著自己手造的霓虹神像人們虔誠地跪拜禱告然而警訊已經閃現在慢慢成形的話語裡警訊寫著：「先知的話語是寫在地鐵的牆上以及出租公寓的大廳裡。」也輕聲細語在各種沈默之聲裡