Hello, darkness my old friend   暗夜見君

I have come to talk with you again   與君促膝談心！

Because a vision softly creeping    你我的願景煦煦蠕動

Left its seeds while I was sleeping   在蝶夢瑰園，播下種籽

And the vision that was planted in my brain   境象深深刻在腦海

Still remains, within the sound of silence   仍留在寂靜聲音中

In restless dreams I walked alone     夢裡躊躇，獨自徘徊

Narrow streets of cobblestones    走上卵石街

Beneath the halo of a street lamp    在街燈光暈下

I turn my collar to the cold and damp      翻起衣領，抵禦寒冷

When my eyes were stabbed by   一道霓虹燈光劃破長夜

the flash of a neon light     刺痛雙眼

Split the night, and touched the sound of silence   在冰冷光中

And in the naked light I saw   只剩寂靜

Ten thousand people maybe more    看見千萬人，或許更多

People talking without speaking    人人講話，言之無物

People hearing without listening   豎起耳聽，聽而不聞

People writing songs that voice never share   吟唱歌曲，沒有共鳴

No one dares, disturb the sound of silence   無人嗚喑不敢打擾寂靜

Fools, said I, you do not know    愚蠢的人們，矇然不知

Silence like a cancer grows    寂靜像癌症滋長

Hear my words that I might teach you    聽聽我說，聽我叮嚀

Take my arms that I might reach you   伸出雙臂，輕輕撫摸你

But my words like silent raindrops fall    我的喃喃絮語像雨點

Echoed in the wells of silence   靜靜落在寂靜深井裡回響

And the people bowed and prayed   人們供奉

to the neon god they made   自己的霓虹燈神

And the sign flashed out its warning,   霓虹燈上閃爍警告的話

in the words that it was forming   地鐵大廈和

And the sign said the words of the prophets   走廊的塗鴉是

are written on the subway walls and tenement halls  先知的話

And whispered in the sound of silence    都在寂靜聲中低訴