The sound of silence　Simon & Garfunkel

Hello, darkness my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left it's seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the sound of silence

In restless dream
I walked alone the narrow street of cobble stone
Beneath 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 may be more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare 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 it's warning
In the words that it was forming, and the signs said
"The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls and tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence"

沉默之声赛门与葛芬柯二重唱

嗨！黑暗，我的老友
我又来找你聊天了
只因有个幻象缓缓的爬过
趁我熟睡时洒下种籽
这个深植在我脑海里的幻象
依然留存在沉默之声里

在无尽的梦境里
我一个人走在圆石铺成的狭窄街道上
在街灯的光晕下
我竖起衣领抵挡湿冷的天气
当闪烁的霓虹灯刺痛了双眼
光芒划破夜空，也触动了沉默之声

在没有灯罩的灯光下
我看到了数以万计或者更多的人们
人们聊天而不谈心
只用耳朵听而非用心聆听
人们写着毫无感情分享的歌
而且没有人敢去惊扰沉默之声

「愚蠢的人们啊！」我说：「你们不明白------」
「沉默像癌细胞一样蔓延
　仔细听听我能教你的
　握住我伸出的手。」
但我这些话像无声的雨落下
在沈默的井里发出回声------

人们对着自己创造出来的霓虹神像膜拜祷告
告示上闪烁着警句
在逐渐显现的字句中，它说着：
「先知的箴言，
　写在地下铁的墙壁和廉价公寓的长廊里，
　并且在沉默之声中低回不已---------」

　1964年，Paul Simon和 Art Garfunkel两位好友组成二重唱，开始在纽约许多民歌餐厅表演，赢得佳评，并得到一纸唱片合约，经典名曲" The sound of silence 沉默之声 "在他们的首张专辑即已现身，但纯民谣风味的演绎并未受到太多注目，两人失望得想放弃踏入歌坛。
　还好当时有两位曾为民谣摇滚大师Bob Dylan巴布狄伦制作专辑的制作人慧眼相重这首歌，请来一批乐手为这首歌的编曲加料，推出新的版本，并被电影「毕业生」选为插曲，两年后，Paul Simon在英国听到这首歌在美国成为排行冠军的消息，简直不敢相信。　

　1966年，两人推出第二张专辑，标题曲正是新版的"  沉默之声 "，专辑中还有一首民谣摇滚风味的" I am a rock 我是一块岩石 "极受欢迎，如诗般的歌词确立了 Paul Simon 诗人作曲家的地位。