thesoundofsilence.doc

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
Within the sound of silence !
In restless dreams I walk alone.
Narrow streets of cobble stone.
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 dare.
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 rain-drops fell.
And echoed in the wells of silence.
And the people bow and prayed.
To the neon God they made.
And the sign flash out its warning.
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said "The words of the prophets.
Are written on the subway walls and tenement halls.
And whispered in the sounds of silence.

经典翻译：
寂静吾友，君可安然。
又会君面，默语而谈。
浮光掠影，清梦彷徨。
幽幽往昔，慰我心房。
寂静之声，孤独过往。
迢迢陋巷，回声辗转。
薄襟何耐，子夜灯凉。
忧伤流布，寂寞声残。
忽而望之，灯下熙攘。
无声而言，无事而忙。
愚者何知，寂静如伤。
且相携手，听我衷肠。
寂静雨珠，连落难断。
造神祈祷，正经虔然。
警语宣诫，且莫失忘。
万千心语，谁知其详？
唯尔寂静，轻声永传。