The Sound of Silence
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 with the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walk 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 stabbled by the flash of a neon light
that split the night
and touched the sound of silence
And in the naked night I saw ten thousand people may be more
people talking without speaking
people hearing without listening
people writing songs that voices never share
No one dare disturb the sound of silence
"Fool" 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 rain-drops 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 sings said "the words of the prophets are
written on the subway walls and tenement halls"
and whispered in the sounds of silence
the sound of silence 歌詞大意:
嘿!黑夜,我的老友,我又來(lái)和你談心了
只因一抹幻影,在我夢(mèng)中播下種子
于是在腦海里生根,成長(zhǎng)
至今仍深植于寂靜之聲中
在無(wú)盡的夢(mèng)里,我獨(dú)自徘徊在圓石狹道中
在街燈下,我豎起衣領(lǐng),
以寒夜的濕冷
閃爍的霓虹燈,刺激雙目
它闖開(kāi)夜幕,撫摸寂靜之聲
在這赤裸的夜里,我見(jiàn)到了上萬(wàn)的人們
或許更多,他們交談著,
卻未出聲
他們傾聽(tīng)著,卻未聞清
他們創(chuàng)作歌曲,卻未與人分享
愚人說(shuō),我說(shuō),你們不知道,
寂靜有如癌癥一樣聽(tīng)我的話,
我來(lái)訓(xùn)導(dǎo)你抓住我,我可以碰到你
但我的忠告猶如寂靜雨點(diǎn)之滴落,
回蕩在深井里
人們打躬作揖,向他們所
創(chuàng)造的霓虹燈(文明)祈禱
它閃爍著警世的告戒
以其獨(dú)特的語(yǔ)言說(shuō):
先知的語(yǔ)言寫(xiě)在地鐵的墻壁上
及家宅大廳,在寂靜之聲中,
低聲細(xì)語(yǔ)
the sound of silence 聽(tīng)歌學(xué)英語(yǔ),句型分析:
1、Because a vision softly creeping left its seeds while I was sleeping.
=Because a vision which was softly creeping left its seeds while I was sleeping.
因?yàn)橛袀€(gè)幻影趁我熟睡時(shí)輕輕爬來(lái),深植我的腦海,在寂靜無(wú)聲此時(shí),縈繞回旋不去。
Vision n. 幻影;光景;視覺(jué)
Creep vi. (crept; crept) 爬行,匍匐
eg: The thief silently crept into the apartment while the occupants were sleeping.
竊賊趁屋內(nèi)人們熟睡之際,偷偷地爬入公寓內(nèi)。
2、Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp
=Beneath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp air.
昏暗的街燈下,我翻起衣領(lǐng)以抗御濕冷的夜。
Neath prep. 在…之下==beneath
在歌曲或詩(shī)中,為求讀起來(lái)流暢順口,常把一個(gè)字的起首音節(jié)省略,如,until 念成till,because 則成cause.
Halo n. 光暈,光環(huán)
Damp a. 潮濕的,有溫氣的
3、a neon light 霓虹燈
4、dare
可作動(dòng)詞或助動(dòng)詞,均表示“敢于…”。
eg: (1)He dare not do it.
(2)Much to my surprise, he dares to try it.
5、Hear my words that I might teach you.
= Please hear my words so that I might teach you.
That為副詞連接詞,等于so that , 譯為“這樣的話,那么….”
6、tenement n.租地;租屋;房屋
7、the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made.
句型分析
the people 為主語(yǔ)
bowed and prayed 為不及物動(dòng)詞
to the neon god 為介詞短語(yǔ),作副詞,修飾bowed and prayed
they made 為定語(yǔ)從句,修飾neon god;
8、prophet n. 先知;預(yù)言家
其他釋義:
the sound of silence
英[ð? saund ?v ?sail?ns]
美[ði sa?nd ?v ?sa?l?ns]
[釋義]沉默的聲音。; 靜默無(wú)聲;
[例句]And I hear the sound of silence every night.而我每天夜里都聽(tīng)見(jiàn)寂靜的聲音。