Love at First Sight ?D6uviQg
by Wislawa Szymborska EW|$qLg
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They both thought q0NFz mG
that a sudden feeling had united them .Q%Hi7JMi
This certainty is beautiful, ,c4HicRJ#
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. X>8,C^~$1
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They thought they didn't know each other, F%h3?"s
nothing had ever happened between them. 8@;]@c)m
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, zMR)w77
they could have passed each other long ago Ea&|kO|
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I would like to ask them, xIGq+yd(
if they can remember - >G:Q/3jh
perhaps in a revolving door H].|K/-p
face to face one day? 1Ng+mT
A "sorry" in the crowd? rW)h?, b
"Wrong number" on the phone? =p8uP5H
- but I know the answer. pcy;]U?
No, they don't remember. <{isWEW9]3
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How surprised they would be kJJT`Ba&/
for such a long time already au{)5W4~
fate has been playing with them. $Z:O&sD{
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Not quite yet ready $D1ha CL
to change into destiny, itg_+%^R
which brings them nearer and yet further, j(=w4Sd_W
barriering their path 5tYo! f
and suppressing a laugh, +nE>)ZH
leaped aside. _#u\ar)
There were signs, indications, wb0$FZzh
but maybe just undecipherable. A`n>9|R
Three years ago, perhaps j6GIB_
or even last Tuesday, a_RY Yj
this leaf flying V`y^m@U!
from one shoulder to another? VHxBs
Something was dropped and then picked up. 4rU/2}.q
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ( zWBrCX
into childhood bushes? Nap[=[rv
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There were handles, door bells, ~[HzGm%
where, on the trace of a hand, CRK%^3g
another hand was placed; ;Z]Wj9iY
suitcases next to one another in the ij
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left luggage. r{;NGQYs
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, yp#!$+a}
suddenly erased after waking. {y9G
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Every beginning 8zp?WUb
is only a sequel, after all, 4j={ 9e<
and the book of fate V4[-:k
is always just half open. !Y ,7%
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他们都以为 ;P91'B~t
是那瞬间的感觉 PVI Oe}N
将他们结合在一起 /65YHXg,
这种确定的感觉很美 <T}^:2G|
但那种不确定的感觉 6:zPWJB
却更加妙不可言 [E1qv;
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 vGkemJ^/
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 .PB!1C.}@
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 o{PG&
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或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 rfqwxr45h
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我想问问他们 `D4Wg<,9
是否记得在某个回转门 /j~~S'sw
那个面对面的瞬间? AY /9Io-
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 2][9Wp
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? danPy2
但我已经知道答案了 rtj/&>
不,他们并不记得 )x6&Y
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他们一定会十分惊讶 > Vm}u`x
原来 "wgPPop
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 `?z('FV
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但这运气 B!wN%>U
却还没有成为命运 8,U~ p<Gz
它曾让他们如此接近 !D=!
却又让他们擦肩而过 b j&!$')
阻断他们之间的联系 2FMmANH0ev
又忍着邪恶的笑意 +F)EGB%LXs
跳着跑开了 GW AT0
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 2Re8rcQQU
但这暗示也许过于深奥 #Zdh<.
可能在三年前 o%_-u
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或者就在上个星期二 mkSu
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不是就有一片落叶 A(2 0+
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 90vWqL!
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ZFtx&vrP
又被另一个人拣起来 4|?(LHBD)
谁知道呢 1aAOT6h
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ),x0G*oebj
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某个门把手上 k8s)PN
或者某个门铃上 evyjHc Cx
两个人的手 RN`TUCQL
也许曾经放在同一个位置 :Qa*-)rs
两个人的包 \rr"EAk]
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上
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甚至 jwI2T$
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 BZ?w}%-MO
只是第二天早上起来 JN8Rh
却忘掉了 aT,WXW*
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每一次开始 7J);{ &x9h
也许 bW`nLiw}%
都只是一种继续 wq?"NQ?O<
而两个人之间的故事 iHv+I~/
却永远只写了一半 F@<cp ?dR
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