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 因为有一种幻觉悄悄来临

Left its seeds while I was sleeping 留下它的种子在我熟睡

And the vision that was planted in my brain ，这是铭刻在了我的大脑视觉

Still remains within the sound of silence 依然寂静之声中

   

In restless dreams I walked alone 在不安的梦幻中我独自行走

Narrow streets of cobblestone 狭窄的鹅卵石街道

'Neath the halo of a street lamp 在路灯的照耀下晕

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 stabbed by the flash of a neon light 当我的眼睛被霓虹灯的闪烁刺伤

That split the night and touched the sound of silence 那一刹那夜间和触摸着寂静的声音

   

And in the naked light I saw 而在炫目的灯光下我看见

Ten thousand people, maybe more 近万人，也许更多

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 人们写歌却唱不出声

And no one dared disturb the sound of silence 没有人敢打扰这寂静的声音

   

"Fools", said I, "You do not know “傻瓜” ，我说，“你不知道

Silence like a cancer grows 沉默像癌细胞生长

Hear my words that I might teach you 听到我的话，我可能会教你

Take my arms that I might reach you" 就拿我的手，我会找到你“

But my words, like silent raindrops fell 但是我的话，就像无声的雨滴落在

And echoed in the wells of silence 和回荡在寂静的水井

   

And the people bowed and prayed 和人民鞠躬祈祷

To the neon god they made 的霓虹之神，他们提出

And the sign flashed out its warning 和符号闪现出它的警示

In the words that it was forming and the sign said 在的话，它是形成和标志说

The words of the prophets are written 先知的话都写

On the subway walls and tenement halls 在地铁的墙上和公寓的大厅

And whispered in the sounds of silence 低声道在寂静的声音