Chinese Translation of the Lyrics of The Silent Voice

English name: the sound of silence

Issue date:1September, 965

Singing: Simon &; Garfinkel (paul simon &; Garfinkel)

Chinese and English lyrics:

You are so dark, my old friend.

You are too dark, my old friend.

I'm here to talk to you again

I came to chat with you again.

Because an illusion is creeping on.

Because a shadow slipped in.

I left seeds when I slept.

I sowed its seeds when I slept.

The vision implanted in my mind

This shadow is rooted in my brain.

Still exists

Still stay at home

In the sound of silence

In the land of the sound of silence

In an uneasy dream, I walk alone.

I wander alone in an uneasy dream

A narrow street paved with cobblestones.

The cobblestone street is narrow and long.

Under the halo of street lamps

Under the halo of street lamps

I turned up my collar against the cold and humidity.

I turned up my collar against the cold and humidity.

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of neon lights

Just like my eyes were pierced by the flash of neon lights.

Split night

The light pierced the night sky.

Touched the silent voice

break the ice

I saw it in the naked light

In the dim candlelight, I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more.

Thousands of people, maybe more.

People talk and don't talk.

People shut up, but pour out their hearts.

People who listen but don't listen.

People turned a deaf ear, but their voices were heard.

The songs that people write have never been shared.

People write songs, but they never have a voice to share.

No one dares to disturb the silent voice.

No one dares to disturb the silent voice.

"Fool," I said, "you don't know.

"Fool," I said, "you don't know much.

Silence grows like cancer. "

Silence grows like cancer cells. "

Listen to me, and I may teach you.

You should listen to useful instruction.

Hold my arm so that I can get close to you.

Useful arm. You should roll them up.

But my words fell silently like raindrops.

Words fall quietly like raindrops.

Reverberating in the silent well

The source of silence reverberates for a long time

People bowed and prayed to the neon lights they created.

People worship and pray to the neon god they created.

The signboard issued a warning.

The warning of the gods flashed on the bulletin board.

And the words it is forming.

If the line is looming, the line is displayed.

The sign says:

The sign says:

"The prophet's words are written on the wall of the subway.

"The motto of sages graffiti on the subway wall.

And cheap apartment halls.

The corridor of the apartment

Whisper in the silent voice. "

It also whispers in the silent voice. "

This song describes a dream.

This song * * * is divided into five sections, each of which is interlocking. In the first paragraph, the narrator (speaker) comes to talk to his old friend in darkness again, and treats darkness as an old friend to talk about his troubles. It can be seen that he has always been lonely. It is not the first time for him to meditate alone or in the dark. This time, what I want to tell my dark friends is a vision that lingers in my mind. Vision is translated into illusion because it often appears in the narrator's dreams, although it is so unreal but so real.

The second paragraph tells the reality of the phantom. In the dream, the narrator is always uneasy and walks alone on the cobblestone street. Judging from the words "under the street lamp" and "I stand up my collar to keep out the cold", it must be a wet and cold night. On such a lonely and cold night, he was awakened by the sudden neon light and experienced the real "silence". "Light" originally had positive meanings such as civilization, hope and enlightenment. Here, paul simon reversed this image.

The third paragraph entered the climax of the phantom. Naked means naked, naked eyes, naked eyes are light without a lampshade, because it is direct, so it is very intense. He saw thousands of people in such strong light. These people are talking, but the content of the conversation is empty and meaningless, so they are talking without talking; ; On the other hand, the person who receives words goes in one ear and out the other, so he is absent-minded, so he is listening but not listening. Apart from empty talk and absent-mindedness, some people sing insincerely when writing songs. They sing without feelings. Writing songs is one thing, singing is another. People's voices cannot be shared with their own songs. Even so, no one dares to face up to this problem and disturb this silence.

Therefore, in the fourth paragraph, the narrator is anxious and angrily warns them that "silence" is terrible, because silence will spread like cancer until everyone is swallowed up. He asked everyone to listen to him carefully so that he could help them. However, no one paid attention to him. His words are like silent rain dripping at the bottom of a silent well, which can't arouse a ripple.

In the fifth paragraph, in this way, everyone is still the same, worshipping and praying to the neon god he created. The neon gods here are interrelated with the neon lights in the second paragraph, and the meanings of the symbols are vividly displayed. Until the subway wall of Line 5 and the Tanglou Hall of Line 6, the real meaning finally appeared. Subway walls are usually the homes of homeless people, and serviced apartments are better than slums at best. In contrast, neon lights form a strong contrast, which represents capitalist civilization and its decadent material enjoyment. In the second paragraph, paul simon used a metaphor to reverse the positive meaning represented by light, making it a source of chaos, because people can't see the direction clearly because of the sting of neon lights, and because people are greedy for material enjoyment, they ignore things around them. Therefore, the neon god is a symbol of money worship. Just as the commentator tried in vain to set things right, a warning message flashed on the neon lamp, which read: "The prophet's words were written on the subway wall and in the lobby of the apartment." Prophets are not people mentioned in religion who can predict the future, but homeless people and poor people. They often write their complaints and dissatisfaction on the walls of subways and apartment halls, but these voices are drowned out by this materialistic society.