[lyrics・和訳] 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 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 whispered in the sound of silence.”

written by: Paul Simon