Love at First Sight ou\M}C`E
by Wislawa Szymborska \?_M_5Nb
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They both thought ~W..P:wG5
that a sudden feeling had united them ks|c'XQb
This certainty is beautiful, JYw_Z*L=m
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. b4?]/Uy+/
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They thought they didn't know each other, I<+i87=
nothing had ever happened between them. EA``G8Vn>
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, +bDBc?HZ{$
they could have passed each other long ago 8\VP)<<
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I would like to ask them, Z#NEa.]
if they can remember - sS{!z@\Lf
perhaps in a revolving door M 8NWQ^Y
face to face one day? 4.e0k<]N`
A "sorry" in the crowd? %y|L'C,ge"
"Wrong number" on the phone? 1=L5=uz1d:
- but I know the answer. MUW&m2
No, they don't remember. r
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How surprised they would be ,_M
for such a long time already =9!|%j
fate has been playing with them. k -!Jww
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Not quite yet ready BqtUL_jm
to change into destiny, P
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which brings them nearer and yet further, <8iu :nR
barriering their path fNk0&M
and suppressing a laugh, ;k:17&:8ue
leaped aside. y2M]z:Y U
There were signs, indications, [[7=rn}@<
but maybe just undecipherable. 3C
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Three years ago, perhaps ty\F~]Oo
or even last Tuesday, OPuty/^!Gw
this leaf flying S;K5JBX0#
from one shoulder to another? ua!43Bp
Something was dropped and then picked up. $W;f9k@C!
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished jB"IJ$cD
into childhood bushes? JKTn
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There were handles, door bells, :|a$[g5
where, on the trace of a hand, cH:9@> '$a
another hand was placed; Qf($F,)K
suitcases next to one another in the gwyX%9
left luggage. @j<Q2z^
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, {\vcwMUzZ
suddenly erased after waking. L_sDbAT~<
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is only a sequel, after all, m*'hHt
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and the book of fate 'm^]X3y*
is always just half open. 7 -S?U~s
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他们都以为 |,Kk#`lW<f
是那瞬间的感觉 :MihVL F
将他们结合在一起 ~%L=<TBAc
这种确定的感觉很美 ?mHu eX
但那种不确定的感觉 7g>|e
却更加妙不可言 h?Lp9VF
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 / ?'FSWDU
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 BG8`B'i
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 &3$FkU^F6
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 a0&L,7mu<'
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我想问问他们 *]:J@KGf
是否记得在某个回转门 ;(@' +"
那个面对面的瞬间? az[# q
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? oU|_(p"e|
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? c'DNO~H
但我已经知道答案了 Vg(FF"
不,他们并不记得 9qkJ<
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他们一定会十分惊讶 M#k$[w}=
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 VG_xNM
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但这运气 []G@l. ]W
却还没有成为命运 Q7]bUPDO
它曾让他们如此接近 GuC 9h^[=M
却又让他们擦肩而过 M5:j)oW
阻断他们之间的联系 ~ycWcZi>
又忍着邪恶的笑意 f#McTC3C
跳着跑开了 wb>"'%
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 yqC158 P
但这暗示也许过于深奥 @JPz|
可能在三年前 sI6I5
或者就在上个星期二 7+;.Q
不是就有一片落叶 M8R/a[ -A
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? "R\D:Olb#
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ,3
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又被另一个人拣起来 t?H
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谁知道呢 mNlbiB
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 TBZhL
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某个门把手上 `CRF E5
或者某个门铃上 0oe2X1.%
两个人的手 j;I(w [@P
也许曾经放在同一个位置 fohZ&f|>
两个人的包 LYr9a(
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 t&i