Hello darkness my old friend.

你好 黑暗 我的老朋友

I've come to talk with you again.

我又来和你交谈

Because a vision softly creeping

因为有一种幻觉正向悄悄地向我袭来

Left its seeds while I was sleeping.

在我熟睡的时候留下了它的种子

And the vision that was planted in my brain

这种幻觉在我的脑海里生根发芽

Still remains with the sound of silence

缠绕着我 伴随着寂静的声音

In restless dreams I walk alone

在不安的梦幻中我独自行走

Narrow streets of cobble stone

狭窄的鹅卵石街道

Beneath the hallo of a street lamp,

在路灯的光环照耀下

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

我竖起衣领 抵御严寒和潮湿

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

一道耀眼的霓虹灯光

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 naked night I saw ten thousand people may be more

在炫目的灯光下我看见成千上万的人

People talking without speaking hearing without listening

人们说而不言听而不闻

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

"Fool" 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 you

拉住我伸给你的手

But my words like silent rain-drops fell

但是我的话犹如雨滴飘落

And echo-ed in the wells of silence

在寂静的水井中回响

And the people bow and prayed

人们向自己创造的霓虹之神

to the neon God they made

神光中闪射出告诫的语句

And the sign flash out its warning

在字里行间指明

In the words that it was forming

它告诉人们

And the sings said "The words of the prophers are

预言者的话都已写在

written the subway walls and tenement halls"

地铁的墙上和房屋的大厅里

And whispered in the sounds of silence

在寂静的声音里低语