Love at First Sight /,;9hx
by Wislawa Szymborska 0zEn`rq&
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that a sudden feeling had united them ;~@2YPj
This certainty is beautiful, X-ml0
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. <oR Nd3d
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They thought they didn't know each other, H,uOshR
nothing had ever happened between them. O@ "6)/
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, jeJGxfi i
they could have passed each other long ago O<+C$J|
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I would like to ask them, o30PI
if they can remember - v5*SoUOF
perhaps in a revolving door a.gu
face to face one day? ;[6u79;I
A "sorry" in the crowd? Bg#NB
"Wrong number" on the phone? VE GUhI/d
- but I know the answer. OixQlAb{
No, they don't remember. Ck[Z(=b$$:
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How surprised they would be oACE:h9U
for such a long time already #<?j784
fate has been playing with them. 7{b|+0W
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Not quite yet ready pY:xxnE
to change into destiny, bG5c~
which brings them nearer and yet further, .t["kaA
barriering their path Gd'^vqo<
and suppressing a laugh, E2\)>YF{P
leaped aside. x^SE>dy ?z
There were signs, indications, !,1~:*:
but maybe just undecipherable. iBc(
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Three years ago, perhaps q_W NN/w
or even last Tuesday, 8..itty
this leaf flying |D^[]*cEH
from one shoulder to another? E(S}c*05O
Something was dropped and then picked up. ; id
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Ru
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into childhood bushes? ZLO_5#<
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There were handles, door bells, Y@pa+~[{h3
where, on the trace of a hand, 7#<|``]zNf
another hand was placed; vF*H5\ m<a
suitcases next to one another in the {)Gh~~57_W
left luggage. \(Hg_]>m
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, L=VuEF
suddenly erased after waking. K7y}R%QF
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Every beginning H{+U; 6b
is only a sequel, after all, @5kN
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and the book of fate aUJ&
is always just half open. .2u %;)S
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他们都以为 ]P 2M
是那瞬间的感觉 yhTe*I=Gk
将他们结合在一起 $YW z~^f
这种确定的感觉很美 &18} u~M
但那种不确定的感觉 PAqziq.
却更加妙不可言 B]kz3FF
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 rb9x||
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 txliZ|.O
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 TpnkJygIm
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 T$k) ^'
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我想问问他们 c !5OK4+Z
是否记得在某个回转门 z[7U>q[E
那个面对面的瞬间? 8_ju.h[
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? )+ S" `
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ^D6 JckW
但我已经知道答案了 *WOA",gZ
不,他们并不记得 !WrUr]0IP
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他们一定会十分惊讶 AU)Qk$c
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 O/Da8#S<
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但这运气 m-;u]X=a
却还没有成为命运 B-Fu/n
它曾让他们如此接近 ;;UvK
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却又让他们擦肩而过 lMlXK4-
阻断他们之间的联系 w\85D|u
又忍着邪恶的笑意 X, J.!:4`
跳着跑开了 [5:F
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 .*v8*8OJ&
但这暗示也许过于深奥 %(n4`@
可能在三年前 c?[A
或者就在上个星期二 A 8&%G8d
不是就有一片落叶 r$*k-c9Bf
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? F[Peil+|`
一个人的东西曾经掉落 fv)-o&Q#
又被另一个人拣起来 B<_T"n'#b
谁知道呢 4R^'+hy|?
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 kigc+R
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某个门把手上 Th@L68
或者某个门铃上 yzXwxi1#
两个人的手 l=kgRh
也许曾经放在同一个位置 jz/@Zg",
两个人的包 O^
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 `qX'9e3VP+
甚至 BEu9gu
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 '"=C^f
只是第二天早上起来 =TyN"0@
却忘掉了 *}yW8i}36
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每一次开始 %B#Ewt@[
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都只是一种继续 $(C71M|CT
而两个人之间的故事 :#b[gWl0Ru
却永远只写了一半 utRvE(IbmV
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