Love at First Sight ^ZBTd5t#
by Wislawa Szymborska jF#Dc[*
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They both thought ClPE_Cfw~
that a sudden feeling had united them .`&k`
This certainty is beautiful, '@^mesMG
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. <e@4;Z(h04
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They thought they didn't know each other, <?Z]h]C^o
nothing had ever happened between them. 4`+R
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, G//hZwf0
they could have passed each other long ago D'UIxc8
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I would like to ask them, 2f rwU~y
if they can remember - ,"?8
perhaps in a revolving door ' Yy+^iCus
face to face one day? hSj@<#b>F
A "sorry" in the crowd? M~.1:%khM
"Wrong number" on the phone? nM!_C-yX
- but I know the answer. <Iil*\SC
No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be (L W2S;-
for such a long time already [z'jL'\4
fate has been playing with them. 8/"C0I (G
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Not quite yet ready q0nIJ(
to change into destiny, kJCeQK:W
which brings them nearer and yet further, {=MRJg!U
barriering their path TALiH'w6|e
and suppressing a laugh, >h$Q%w{V
leaped aside. g6OPYUPg
There were signs, indications, 4(`U]dNcs
but maybe just undecipherable. %@HuAcNi
Three years ago, perhaps zS`KJVm
or even last Tuesday, S>s+ nqcP
this leaf flying M'pIAm1p
from one shoulder to another? j.\0p-,
Something was dropped and then picked up. {}H/N
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished >H,E3Z
into childhood bushes? H=mFc@fh
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There were handles, door bells, 4)p ID`
where, on the trace of a hand, -'^:+FU
another hand was placed; KppYe9?
suitcases next to one another in the 2g5jGe*0
left luggage. /^WOrMR
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, A~<cp)E
suddenly erased after waking. z0|-OCmL
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Every beginning _Ec"[xW
is only a sequel, after all, FyNm1QNy^
and the book of fate D&OskM60
is always just half open. ({cWb:+r
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他们都以为 u>*qDr*d
是那瞬间的感觉 "1UpoF'w
将他们结合在一起 NIp]n[=.q
这种确定的感觉很美 a>,Zp*V(
但那种不确定的感觉 6!([Hu#= *
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 @h/-P'Lc=7
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 .dwbJT
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 6d3YLb4M$i
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 i\x@s>@x}
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我想问问他们 Ydyz-
是否记得在某个回转门 7vc4 JO]
那个面对面的瞬间? ~JP3C5q
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? {Ia$!q)
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? {4)d
但我已经知道答案了 |+qsO;
不,他们并不记得 }[(v(1j='~
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他们一定会十分惊讶 /L./-92NH4
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 %\~U>3Q
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但这运气 _v++NyZXx
却还没有成为命运 L XTtV0F
它曾让他们如此接近 $lAdh
却又让他们擦肩而过 #+$PD`j
阻断他们之间的联系 46~nwi$,^
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Nv3u)?A3w
跳着跑开了 ~(:0&w%e
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ~g;)8X;;+
但这暗示也许过于深奥 1-Dw-./N
可能在三年前 r~2q`l'>
或者就在上个星期二 {Q@?CT
不是就有一片落叶 x{/-&`F
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? Vt:\llsin
一个人的东西曾经掉落 *w}r:04F
又被另一个人拣起来 $'yWg_(
谁知道呢 t3=K>Y@w
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 NLUiNfCR
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某个门把手上 j]aIJbi
或者某个门铃上 G3h"Eo?>g
两个人的手 PH'n`D#
也许曾经放在同一个位置 *e:2iM)8~
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 kYR^
甚至 b;NV vc(
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 fUPYCw6F
只是第二天早上起来 D}UgC\u
却忘掉了 1K'cT\aFm
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每一次开始 yw1Xxwc
也许 :)h4SD8Y
都只是一种继续 }g:'K
而两个人之间的故事 XXeDOrb
却永远只写了一半 v9(N}hoP
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