Love at First Sight ||{T5E-.F
by Wislawa Szymborska mHK@(D7X
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They both thought Xk{!' 0
that a sudden feeling had united them Z-^uM`],G
This certainty is beautiful, ]+}ZfHp
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ]~j_N^oZ1X
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They thought they didn't know each other, h.4qlx|
nothing had ever happened between them. ysSjc
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 38V $ <w
they could have passed each other long ago ^3Z7dIUww
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I would like to ask them, UC8vR>e\
if they can remember - Whv]88w{
perhaps in a revolving door HpB!a,R6B
face to face one day? I!|y;mh:it
A "sorry" in the crowd? :Az8K )
"Wrong number" on the phone? 8Zcol$XS'
- but I know the answer. =&di4'`
No, they don't remember. b34zhZ
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How surprised they would be Ez06:]Jd
for such a long time already |_l<JQvf`E
fate has been playing with them. 0OleO9Ua
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Not quite yet ready P1(8U%
to change into destiny, 6V'wQqJ
which brings them nearer and yet further, QRsqPh&-
barriering their path ;Ri 3#*a=
and suppressing a laugh, :`:xP
leaped aside. RpHpMtvNo/
There were signs, indications, !7A"vTs
but maybe just undecipherable. :.C+?$iuX
Three years ago, perhaps :wQC_;
or even last Tuesday, %iK%$
this leaf flying Pk$}%;@v
from one shoulder to another? W0VA'W
Something was dropped and then picked up. D3<IuWeM
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished >}ro[x`K
into childhood bushes? kmZ.U>#
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There were handles, door bells, *e(:["v
where, on the trace of a hand, T&o,I
another hand was placed; m(2G*}
suitcases next to one another in the j`>?"1e@x
left luggage. fUb1/-}
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ,]0S4h67
suddenly erased after waking. JaH*
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Every beginning Oamv9RyDvC
is only a sequel, after all, Kg4QT/0VA
and the book of fate zt7_r`#z
is always just half open. hNH.G(l0
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一见钟情 XxmJP5
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他们都以为 /)sDnJ1r
是那瞬间的感觉 *
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将他们结合在一起 Gh2#-~|cB
这种确定的感觉很美 t[%x}0FP-F
但那种不确定的感觉 ^Ku\l #B
却更加妙不可言 ~RcNZ\2y
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 q!ee g
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 MzG5u<D
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 1v;'d1Hg;
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Q}WL/X5
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我想问问他们 9Tqo LX
是否记得在某个回转门 +#0~:&!9
那个面对面的瞬间? ^Y$QR]
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? pI
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 2K3MAd{
但我已经知道答案了 J
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不,他们并不记得 7rH'1U
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他们一定会十分惊讶 - oU@D
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 I%SuT7"Do
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但这运气 =.DTR5(_h
却还没有成为命运 VK9Q?nu
它曾让他们如此接近 JRD8Lz]Q3
却又让他们擦肩而过 UMT\Q6p
阻断他们之间的联系 ])eOa%
又忍着邪恶的笑意 U9x4j_.q
跳着跑开了 pfR"s:#
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 5f8"j$Az
但这暗示也许过于深奥 pQqbZ3]
可能在三年前 xtOx|FkYcl
或者就在上个星期二 n;%y
不是就有一片落叶 6*sw,sU[y
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 3QIdN
一个人的东西曾经掉落 -RGPtD@
又被另一个人拣起来 Y=9qJ`q
谁知道呢 F@<O;b#Ip
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 i[PvDv"n
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某个门把手上 5bXHz5i
或者某个门铃上 r)Or\HL
两个人的手 WPtMds4
也许曾经放在同一个位置 DTPay1]6
两个人的包 8}bZ[
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Hc M~
甚至 J6DnPaw-G
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 X R4 )z
只是第二天早上起来 I|Z/`9T
却忘掉了 Np$z%ewK.
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每一次开始 #^Ys{
也许 ^/k,
都只是一种继续 AfN&n= d K
而两个人之间的故事 ,6DD=w 0r
却永远只写了一半 }~rcrm.
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