马伯庸写过一篇小说叫《寂静之城》，前面引了部分寂静之声的歌词，翻的挺好。
寂静之城主要说现代文字狱的事儿，场景在纽约，实际想说什么大家都知道。

自己瞎翻了一下：
hello darkness my old friend.
黑暗，我的旧友
i've come to talk with you again.
我再一次来与你交谈
because a vision softly creeping
因为一个幻像温柔地蔓延
left its seeds while i was sleeping.
在我沉睡之时留下它的种子
and the vision that was planted in my brain
在我脑海中生根发芽
still remains with the sound of silence
始终与寂静之声一起留存
in restless dreams i walk alone
在不安的梦中我独自走在
narrow streets of cobble stone
铺着鹅卵石的小径
beneath the hallo of a street lamp,
在街灯的致意下
i turned my collar to the cold and damp
我觉得又湿又冷，于是翻起衣领
when my eyes were stabbled by the flash of a neon light
当我的眼睛被霓虹的闪亮刺痛时
that split the night
那光亮划破夜空
and touched the sound of silence
碰触到寂静之声

and in the naked night i saw ten thousand people may be more
在赤裸的夜色中，我见到成千上万的人
people talking without speaking hearing without listening
人们无声地交谈倾听
people writing songs that voices never share
人们写着永远也听不到声音的歌曲
and no one dare disturb the sound of silence
没有人胆敢打扰这片安宁
"fool" said i "you do not know
“愚蠢的人啊，”我说，“你不知道，”
silence like a cancer grows
寂静有如蔓延的致命疾病
hear my words that i might teach you
倾听我或许会教给你的话语
take my arms that i might reach you
挽住我或许能触及你的臂膀
but my words like silent rain-drops fell
但我的话语像静静落下的雨滴
and echo-ed in the wells of silence
在沉默的深井中响起回声
and the people bow and prayed
人们躬身祈祷
to the neon god they made
向他们制造的霓虹神灵
and the sign flash out its warning
那征兆愤怒地警示
in the words that it was forming
用成形中的话语
and the sings said "the words of the prophers are
歌唱着：“预言已被
written the subway walls and tenement halls"
“写在地铁的墙壁和房屋的大厅”
and whispered in the sounds of silence
悉悉低语着，用寂静之声

[caizm 编辑于 2005-12-02 10:52]

《毕业生》插曲阿，保罗西蒙的寂静之声
超经典的曲子
上学的时候狂喜欢

中文译：

黑夜你好,我的老友,我又来和你倾诉衷肠.幻觉悄然潜入,在梦中播下了种子,深深映在我脑中的幻境依然隐现,在这寂静的声中.

不安的睡梦里,我独自游荡在小街上,在路灯的光照下,寒冷和湿气让我竖起衣领,不停闪烁的霓虹灯刺痛了眼睛,穿破黑夜搅碎这寂静之声.

在那空旷的街灯下,我看到人群千千万,人们无声地交谈,人们心心相印,人们谱写着无声的歌,没人愿打破这寂静之声.

"傻瓜!"我说,"你知道,寂静象黑暗在蔓延.","听我的话,我能告诉你,拉住我的手,我能帮助你",但我的话象雨点默默落下,回荡在寂静的深井.

人们低头在祈求,向着他们的霓虹神,都市之光闪出信号,向人们发出警示:"预言家的告诫,写在地铁站的墙壁上,写在房屋的大厅里",在寂静声中低语.

[肚子妹妹 编辑于 2005-12-02 10:47]

我是听不懂，什么“中心思想”涅？