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

一道耀眼的霓虹灯光刺入我的眼睛

that split the night

它划破夜空

and touched the sound of silence

触摸着寂静的声音

and in the nak ed（这是一个单词）light i saw

在炫目的灯光下

ten thousand people, maybe more

我看见成千上万的人

people talking without speaking

人们说而不言

people hearing without listening

听而不闻

people writing songs that voices never share

人们创造歌曲却唱不出声来

and no one dare disturb the sound of silence

没有人敢打扰这寂静的声音

”fools” said i, ”you do not know

我说：“傻瓜，难道你不知道

silence like a cancer grows”

寂静如同顽疾滋长”

hear my words that i might teach you

听我对你说的有益的话

take my arms that i might reach to you

拉住我伸给你的手

but my words like silent as raindrops fell

但是我的话犹如雨滴飘落

and echoed in the wells of silence

在寂静的水井中回响

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

人们向自己创造的霓虹之神

鞠躬 祈祷and the sign flashed out its warning

神光中闪射出告诫的语句

and the words that it was forming

在字里行间指明

and the sign said:

它告诉人们

”the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

预言者的话都已写在地铁的墙上

and tenement halls

和房屋的大厅里

and whispered in the sound of silence.”

在寂静的声音里低语”

歌名：the sound of silence（寂静之声），是paul simon和garfunkel合作的一首歌曲，灰常好听。