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保羅·西蒙(Paul Simon),1941年10月13日生于美國(guó)新澤西州的紐瓦克,音樂(lè)家、創(chuàng)作歌手、唱片監(jiān)制。他從小崇拜歌星普萊斯利,十一、二歲時(shí)開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)唱歌和彈吉它,16歲時(shí)與中學(xué)同窗好友阿特·加芬克爾(Art Garfunkel)組成男聲二重唱,開(kāi)始了早期的演唱生涯。后來(lái)進(jìn)入布魯克林法學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)法律,1964年從法學(xué)院退學(xué)只身赴英國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)文學(xué)。

Hello darkness my old friend.
你好 黑暗 我的老朋友
I've come to talk with you again.
我又來(lái)和你交談
Because a vision softly creeping
因?yàn)橛幸环N幻覺(jué)正悄悄地向我襲來(lái)
Left its seeds while I was sleeping.
在我熟睡的時(shí)候留下了它的種子
And the vision that was planted in my brain
這種幻覺(jué)在我的腦海里生根發(fā)芽纏繞著我
Still remains within the sound of silence
伴隨著寂靜的聲音

In restless dreams I walked alone
在不安的夢(mèng)幻中我獨(dú)自行走
narrow streets of cobblestone
狹窄的鵝卵石街道
Neath the halo of a streetlamp,
在路燈的光環(huán)照耀下
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
我豎起衣領(lǐng) 抵御嚴(yán)寒和潮濕
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
一道耀眼的霓虹燈光刺入我的眼睛
split the night
它劃破夜空
And touched the sound of silence
觸摸著寂靜的聲音

And in the naked light I saw, ten thousand people, maybe more
在炫目的燈光下,我看見(jiàn)成千上萬(wàn)甚至更多的人
People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening
說(shuō)而不言,聽(tīng)而不聞
People writing songs that voices never shared, and no one dared
人們寫歌但不會(huì)分享,沒(méi)有人敢
To stir the sound of silence
打擾這寂靜的聲音

Fool, said I, you do not know
我說(shuō):“傻瓜,難道你不知道
silence, like a cancer, grows
寂靜如同頑疾滋長(zhǎng)”
Hear my words and I might teach you
聽(tīng)我對(duì)你說(shuō)的有益的話
take my arms then I might reach you
拉住我伸給你的手
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
但是我的話猶如雨滴飄落
and echoed in the wells of silence
在寂靜的水井中回響

And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they'd made
人們向自己創(chuàng)造的霓虹之神鞠躬祈禱
And the sign flashed its warning in the words that it was forming
神光中閃射出告誡的語(yǔ)句 ,在字里行間指明
And the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
它告訴人們預(yù)言者的話都已寫在地鐵的墻上
And tenement halls, and whispered in the sounds of silence
和房屋的大廳里 在寂靜的聲音里呢喃