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寂靜之聲（The Sound of Silence）此曲是1967年12月美國電影《畢業生》影片的音樂之一。也是60年代美國流行的民歌之一。
作詞、作曲者是Paul Simon(保羅‧賽門)，原唱者乃美國著名的二重唱:保羅賽門（Paul Simon） 亞特葛芬柯（Art Garfunkel）。
此MV由姚斯婷小姐主唱，她別具柔和、細膩、甜美的歌聲， 由她來詮釋這首 寂靜之聲（The Sound of Silence） 別有一番風味。
The Sound of Silence
寂靜之聲
Hello darkness my old friend
你好 黑暗 我的老朋友
I've come to talk with you again
我又來找你聊天了
Because a vision softly creeping
只因有個幻覺輕緩地爬過
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
在我熟睡時留下了它的種子
And the vision that was planted in my brain still remains
這種幻覺在我的腦海裡生根發芽纏繞著我
Within the sound of silence
伴隨著寂靜的聲音
In restless dreams I walked alone
在不安的睡夢中 我孤獨地走著
Narrow streets of cobblestone
狹窄的鵝卵石街道
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
街燈的光暈籠罩著我
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
我豎起衣領抵擋寒冷潮濕
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
當閃爍的霓虹燈刺痛我的眼睛時
That split the night
它劃破了夜空
And touched the sound of silence
也觸動了寂靜的聲音
And in the naked light I saw
在炫目的燈光下
Ten thousand people, maybe more
成千上萬的人們,或許更多
People talking without speaking
人們聊天而不談心
People hearing without listening
人們虛應而不用心傾聽
People writing songs that voices never share
人們在寫歌而聲音永遠不會分享
And no one dare disturb the sound of silence
沒有人敢驚擾這寂靜的聲音
'Fools' said I,'You do not know
我說：'傻瓜' 難道你不知道
Silence like a cancer grows
寂靜會像癌細胞一樣蔓延
Hear my words that I might teach you
仔細聽聽我能教你的
Take my arms that I might reach to you
握住我伸出的手
But my words like silent as raindrops fell
但我這些話像無聲的雨滴落下
And echoed in the wells of silence
在寂靜的井裡發出回聲
And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made.
人們向著自己創造的霓虹之神膜拜禱告
And the sign flashed out its warning
神光中閃射出告誡的語句
And the words that it was forming
在字裡行間指明
And the sign said:
它告訴人們
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
先知的話都已寫在地鐵的牆壁
And tenement halls
和廉價公寓的長廊裡
And whispered in the sound of silence
並且在寂靜的聲音裡低迴不已