The sound of silence歌詞意思

"The Sound of Silence" 是美國搖滾樂隊 Simon & Garfunkel 的一首著名歌曲，由 Paul Simon 創作。這首歌最初收錄在他們的專輯 "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." 中，後來在 1965 年重新錄製並作為單曲發行。以下是這首歌的部分歌詞及其大致的中文翻譯：

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 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 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 dared
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 raindrops fell,
And echoed in 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 prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls."

And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

歌詞大意：

這首歌描述了一種孤獨和疏離的感覺，歌手在黑暗和沉默中尋求慰藉。歌詞中的「寂靜」象徵著人們之間的隔閡和溝通的不暢。歌手試圖通過歌曲來表達自己的思想和情感，但發現他的努力似乎沒有被聽到或理解。整首歌表達了一種對人際關係和社會現狀的失望和無力感。