Love at First Sight {aY) Qv}
by Wislawa Szymborska 0K%okq|n
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that a sudden feeling had united them $oBs%.Jp
This certainty is beautiful, >Ku4Il+36
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. :?6HG_9X
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They thought they didn't know each other, &n6{wtBP
nothing had ever happened between them. wk|+[Rl;L
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, GY%9V5GB
they could have passed each other long ago 7g\v (P
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I would like to ask them, <=M5)#
if they can remember - 3 7BSJ
perhaps in a revolving door P0l
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face to face one day? 4&mY-N7A
A "sorry" in the crowd? JbPkC*.
"Wrong number" on the phone? LZV- E=`
- but I know the answer. r1L@p[>
No, they don't remember. gNB+e5[; 2
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How surprised they would be /ox7$|Jyr
for such a long time already }dkXRce*
fate has been playing with them. *D?=Ts
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Not quite yet ready >v+1v
to change into destiny, s2O()u-
which brings them nearer and yet further, ip-X r|Bq
barriering their path d%7?913
and suppressing a laugh, COh#/-`\1
leaped aside. >+M[!;m}
There were signs, indications, 8^UF0>`'
but maybe just undecipherable. jY=y<R_oK
Three years ago, perhaps J&A1]T4d
or even last Tuesday, L7rgkxI7k*
this leaf flying ZmsYRk~@-
from one shoulder to another? &=[!L0{
Something was dropped and then picked up. @z1QoZ^w
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished duG!QS:
into childhood bushes? <P h50s4
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There were handles, door bells, Cqr{Nssu
where, on the trace of a hand, pP| @Z{7d`
another hand was placed;
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suitcases next to one another in the z!g$#hmL>
left luggage. mw"FQ?bJ
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, pJHdY)Cz
suddenly erased after waking. UIAazDyC
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Every beginning |T<aWZb^=
is only a sequel, after all, :h(HKMSk1
and the book of fate ?X|)0o
is always just half open. )\1>)BJq
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他们都以为 ;Nn(
是那瞬间的感觉 4S26TgY
将他们结合在一起 )L b` 4B
这种确定的感觉很美 F$t]JM
但那种不确定的感觉 k4q":}M
却更加妙不可言 Lf9hOMHx
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 =8]`-(
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 x=DxD&I!J
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 #}^waYAk)
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 :
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我想问问他们 v`|]57?A
是否记得在某个回转门 h@
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那个面对面的瞬间? |m's)
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? OJe!K:
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ]9YA~n\
但我已经知道答案了 </25J((
不,他们并不记得 :E")Zw&sW3
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他们一定会十分惊讶 E)*ht;u
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 yQhO-jT
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但这运气 m,HE4`g
却还没有成为命运 dj0%?g>
它曾让他们如此接近 9`f@"%h
却又让他们擦肩而过 %+'Ex]B
阻断他们之间的联系 { "]!zL
又忍着邪恶的笑意 2^'Ec:|f
跳着跑开了 irlFB#..
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 XM\\Imw
但这暗示也许过于深奥 >w.;A%|N
可能在三年前 Vlx.C~WYn
或者就在上个星期二 }TTghE!
不是就有一片落叶 "l&SRX?g
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? `rn/H;r!Z
一个人的东西曾经掉落 T~3{$
又被另一个人拣起来 Q/|.=:~FO
谁知道呢 m1W) PUy
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 %,[,mW4l
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某个门把手上 B{/og*xd*1
或者某个门铃上 UBL{3s^"
两个人的手 Z1fY' f
也许曾经放在同一个位置 F~Dof({:
两个人的包 GQ1/pys
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 e=&~6bs1U
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ~v8X>XDL?T
只是第二天早上起来 xL15uWk-
却忘掉了 ,>B11Z}PH
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每一次开始 Ck/44Wfej
也许 7^i7U-A<A
都只是一种继续 {F<0e^*
而两个人之间的故事 6k hBT'n
却永远只写了一半 N}#Rw2Vl
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