Please stay, it won’t last long

請留下來，這不會太久

Years after we are long gone

就算是多年之後

The meaning will stay strong

這首歌會更有意義

Silence is what this song’s about

這首歌是關於寂靜

Numb to the world all around

對周遭的世界無感

But I will sing of this place

但是我會為這個世界歌唱

Hoping it finds you some way

希望可以傳達給你

People needing to be saved

需要被拯救的人們

Scream out for help every day

每天都尖叫著求救

But we grow numb to the sounds

但是我們會漸漸地對那聲音無感

And feelings slowly start to drown

並漸漸地感覺到被淹沒

The first time, we can hear a voice

第一次，我們可以聽到那聲音

But soon it all becomes noise

但很快的那都會變成噪音

Fading to silence in the end

最後漸漸地變為靜寂

I know it doesn’t make sense…

我知道這沒有道理…

When sound all ceases to exist

當聲音全都消失終止了

People think that means happiness

人們會想那代表了幸福

And all the sounds that used to be

而那曾有過的聲音

Are all just noise to you and me

對你我來說就只是噪音

The cries of help disappear

求救的哭喊消失了

The silence numbs all of our ears

寂靜蒙蔽了我們的耳朵

And when we stop listening

當我們停止聆聽

Those screams stop meaning anything

那些尖叫便失去了任何意義

Don’t you let your heart grow numb to everyone

別讓你的心變得對所有人都無感

Oh child, listen to the “sound of silence”

Oh 孩子啊，傾聽那“靜寂的聲音”

Saving someone else means saving yourself

拯救別人也等於救了你自己

It’s true, and I’m sure you know it too

這是真的，而我知道你也明瞭

When you hear an “SOS”

當你聽到“SOS”

Answering it becomes a test

是否回應成了一個試驗

It can give the life you lead

可以讓你去思考

A meaning that you’d never seen

你從未想過的人生的意義

So don’t resist a call for help

所以請別拒絕求救的呼喊

Cause in the end it will tell you

因為到最後它會讓你知道

How to treasure yourself

如何珍惜自己

And not be alone

而且你並不孤單

It might seem a little strange

這樣說來也許有些不可思議

To share this song this way

以這樣的方式來唱這樣的歌

But I know what I must do

但是我知道這是我必須做到的

Is share the meaning with you

與你分享這份意義

All this I learned from someone

我從他們身上了解了

Who spent his life among

他們窮盡一生

People screaming out for help

去吶喊求救

Doing everything to reach out

用盡所有力氣逃脫

Don’t you let your heart grow numb to everyone

別讓你的心變得對所有人都無感

Oh child, listen to the “sound of silence”

Oh 孩子啊，傾聽那“靜寂的聲音”

Saving someone else means saving yourself

拯救別人也等於救了你自己

It’s true, and I’m sure you know it too

這是真的，而我知道你也明瞭

Don’t you let your heart grow numb to everyone

別讓你的心變得對所有人都無感

Oh child, listen to the “sound of silence”

Oh 孩子啊，傾聽那“靜寂的聲音”

Saving someone else means saving yourself

拯救別人也等於救了你自己

It’s true, and I’m sure you know it too

這是真的，而我知道你也明瞭

Now I’d like to thank you for staying by my side…

而現在，謝謝你在我身邊…