How many times must a man look up, Before he can see the sky? How many ears must one man have, Before he can hear people cry? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the wind.
sexta-feira, dezembro 01, 2006
The Sound of Silence
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 turned 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 share
And no one dare
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 to you.'
But my words like silent as 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,
And the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, 'the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.'
Whispered in the sound of silence
Paul Simon
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2 comentários:
Há mais de trinta anos que este poema é estudado em poesia nas universidades americanas. Há pelo menos dez canções dos S&G (dois dos homens da minha vida) que ponho antes desta, mas é impossível negar-lhe a riqueza.
Destaco (entre vários outros) os versos Silence like a cancer grows e the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls / And tenement halls - são os meus favoritos.
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