寂寞之声Sound of Silenc

寂寞之声是1964年二月，保罗·西蒙在肯尼迪暗杀之后写的一首歌。网上看到一个视频很可能是西蒙和加芬克两人六十年代演出的录影。网上还有两人前几年复出合作的演唱，满目沧桑，对比两人的亮丽青春，真有点不忍去看了。
The Sound Of Silence
P. Simon, 1964

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
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turn my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools," 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 raindrops 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 sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence
两人是六十年代的民俗歌手中最出色的一对，用一把吉他，和两人诗意的解释，把歌曲唱得无比动人。这一首歌，歌词忧郁伤感，表达了作者的彷徨。用那种青春真诚的感慨来看，非常的有对比的冲击。一方面是忧伤无处发泄的情感，和黑暗中的无奈，另一方面，又是一种年轻，不可以被压抑的活力和希望。细细品味，好像真的比我最欣赏的Bridge Over Troubled Water的爱情的真诚，要更多一层对人生和社会的体验，不是仅仅停留在卿卿我我的情调上面。

我还真没有看过《毕业生》。和许多成名的电影及文学名著一样，我在《毕业生》前望名止步，停留在知道而不肯去细细研究的地方，不知道自己是什么样一种体验。有时会突破了那种心态，真的机缘作合，看了很喜欢的，也有，但是，大多数时候，都是任由自己任性地不去看，也许会有一天，也许会，但是现在，没有诺言。没有诺言，也自然不会毁约，心里会平静很多。听听歌曲，感受到歌里诗意的忧郁，不是那么浓厚，但是绝对不是快乐的高昂的气氛，有时很让人享受，不肯轻易离去。

这首歌用在《毕业生》里的开头及结尾，但并不是为电影作词作曲的，单独来看来听，也不失韵味，不知道《毕业生》究竟是什么结果的我，还是悠悠地听下去吧？