Love at First Sight [6a&9#[A
by Wislawa Szymborska e_CgZ
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They both thought v-mhqhb
that a sudden feeling had united them %-eags~sUC
This certainty is beautiful, ACcxQK}
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. *XZlnO
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They thought they didn't know each other, 7Z+4F=2ff
nothing had ever happened between them. 1FiFP5
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
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they could have passed each other long ago Cj x(Z]
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I would like to ask them, ]ozZW:
if they can remember - ~ g \GC
perhaps in a revolving door yBwgLn
face to face one day? xi2!__
A "sorry" in the crowd? nT.2HQ((Xg
"Wrong number" on the phone? 5g3D}F>OJ
- but I know the answer. pO.+hy
No, they don't remember. -W5ml
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for such a long time already "Y Z B@
fate has been playing with them. W9ZfD~(3-
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Not quite yet ready O]SjShp
to change into destiny, <TL!iM
which brings them nearer and yet further, qMrBTq[
barriering their path mBC?Pg
and suppressing a laugh, n9}3>~ll
leaped aside. 4]F:QS%
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There were signs, indications, Vnu*+
but maybe just undecipherable. [nO\Q3c|@$
Three years ago, perhaps 8%qHy1
or even last Tuesday, tw/~z2G
this leaf flying u!FX 0Ip
from one shoulder to another? $d ]3ek/
Something was dropped and then picked up. bcp+7b(IB
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished [/B$cH
into childhood bushes? dVh* a
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There were handles, door bells, ,U\F<$O
where, on the trace of a hand, 0:Ow$
another hand was placed; Q:6i
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suitcases next to one another in the 'rZYl Qm
left luggage. h/7m.p]
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 8Z{e/wnVF
suddenly erased after waking. 6 XZF8W
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Every beginning KiXRBFo
is only a sequel, after all, T)ZO+}
and the book of fate osS?SuQT E
is always just half open. IUt/V^
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他们都以为 A2fc_A/a
是那瞬间的感觉 {tq.c9+!d
将他们结合在一起 '&XL|_Iq
这种确定的感觉很美 C,2k W`[V
但那种不确定的感觉 WInfn f+'
却更加妙不可言 f,Z*o
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ; L<D-=
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 m&o6j>C
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 k[ {h$
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 _Hhf.DmUAH
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我想问问他们 cPFs K*w
是否记得在某个回转门 MLbmz\8a
那个面对面的瞬间? `x{*P.]N!<
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 3`%]3qd}
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? `7v"(
但我已经知道答案了 ;\[n{<
不,他们并不记得 re]e4lZ
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他们一定会十分惊讶 7gX#^YkE+k
原来 Rm^3K
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 | z1
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但这运气 AQx:}PO
却还没有成为命运 q9)]R
它曾让他们如此接近 /6K9? /
却又让他们擦肩而过 Nk#[~$Q-1
阻断他们之间的联系 DW@|H
又忍着邪恶的笑意 DJ zJ$Q
跳着跑开了
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 |^S{vub
但这暗示也许过于深奥 uWtj?Q+M|
可能在三年前 4l2/eh]Hc(
或者就在上个星期二 WQJnWe
不是就有一片落叶 _Se0,Uns
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? &U.U<
一个人的东西曾经掉落 5$58z
又被另一个人拣起来 n+'gVEBA
谁知道呢 e&R?9z-*
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 R[qfG!
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某个门把手上 ;2k!KW@
或者某个门铃上 l;~b:[r
两个人的手 )z".lw
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Wb1?>q
两个人的包 iImy"$yX{
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 c:d.mkF\
甚至 hw @)W
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 !l(O$T9T
只是第二天早上起来 z^FJ
却忘掉了 VUneCt%
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每一次开始 -4;$NiB?
也许 X21k7 Ls
都只是一种继续 6?BV J
而两个人之间的故事 Ue?mb$ykC.
却永远只写了一半 fe3a_gYPz
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