美國電影《畢業生》裏面那個特經典的插曲叫:The Sound Of Silence
歌手:Sharleen Spiteri
所屬專輯:The Movie Song Book
Hello darkness, my old friend,
嘿,黑夜啊,我的老友
I've come to talk with you again,
我又來找妳聊天了
Because a vision softly creeping,
因為有個幻影輕輕爬進來
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
趁我熟睡時暗暗播下了種子
And the vision that was planted in my brain
使這個幻影深植入我腦海中
Still remains
縈繞盤旋不去
Within the sound of silence.
在寂靜無聲的此刻
In restless dreams I walked alone
在無數不平靜的夢中我煢煢獨行
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
行走在鵝卵石鋪成狹窄街道上
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
頭頂上街燈的光暈將我籠罩
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
我豎起衣領以抗禦這濕冷的夜
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
當我的眼睛為刺眼的霓虹燈閃爍所迷時
That split the night
霓虹燈的閃爍也劃破了夜空
And touched the sound of silence.
打破了黑夜的沈靜
And in the naked light I saw
在無遮燈照耀下我看到
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
人頭攢動
People talking without speaking,
有的人在說著無聊的話語
People hearing without listening,
有的人在漫不經心的聽著別人說
People writing songs that voices never share
有的人在寫著那些從不會被傳唱的歌
And no one dare
但沒有人敢於去
Disturb the sound of silence.
打破這份靜默
'Fools' said I, 'You do not know
我說道:"愚蠢的人啊,妳們不知道
Silence like a cancer grows.
靜默會像癌細胞那樣擴散
Hear my words that I might teach you,
聽我的話,我才能教導妳
Take my arms that I might reach you.'
抓緊我的手,我才能救妳."
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
但是我的話卻如寂靜無聲的雨點落下
And echoed
徒然回響
In the wells of silence
在沈靜的井裏
And the people bowed and prayed
人們仍然頂禮膜拜著
To the neon god they made.
自己創造的霓虹之神
And the sign flashed out its warning,
神光中閃射出告誡的語句
In the words that it was forming.
它告訴人們
And the sign said, 'The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
預言者的話都已寫在地鐵的墻上
And tenement halls.'
和房屋的大廳裏
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence
也在無聲的靜默中被輕聲傳送
擴展資料:
創作背景
1964年,Paul Simon移居歐洲後,開始在巴黎和英國倫敦各種民間俱爾部中演出。返回紐約後,他與CBS的唱片公司簽約,制作人為Tom Wilson,並且重新與他的老搭檔Garfunkel合作。
他們在1964年錄制的專輯《Wednesday Morning》,其中包括歌曲《The Sound Of Silence》的銷量不是很好,使得Simon返回倫敦。
1967年,Paul Simon和Garfunkel有壹個重要的計劃是為電影《畢業生》擔任音樂制作,在1968年哥倫比亞唱片公司發行的電影原聲唱片中,人們聽到了《寂靜之聲》 。