Love at First Sight `+r5I5
by Wislawa Szymborska v:j4#pEWD
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They both thought 7@VR:~n}k
that a sudden feeling had united them JeCEj=_Z
This certainty is beautiful, X_|} b[b
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. }fxH>79g
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They thought they didn't know each other, [
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nothing had ever happened between them. r?2C%GI`
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, &9g#Vq%
they could have passed each other long ago Vk~}^;`Y
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I would like to ask them, *JOv
if they can remember - }`^<ZNkb/
perhaps in a revolving door ` }Hnj*
face to face one day? MN)<Tr2f
A "sorry" in the crowd? mKq9mA"(E
"Wrong number" on the phone? veE8
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- but I know the answer. 7,LT4wYH
No, they don't remember. [K9q+
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How surprised they would be bm7$D Kp#
for such a long time already ZNA?`Z)f
fate has been playing with them. ?,),%JQ
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Not quite yet ready ,|c_l)
to change into destiny, ~d5{Q?T)
which brings them nearer and yet further, sQH.}W$C
barriering their path x[oYN9O
and suppressing a laugh, )I}G:bBa
leaped aside. If#7SF)n'
There were signs, indications, J<zg 'Jk^
but maybe just undecipherable. 4Y/!V[
Three years ago, perhaps bFx?HM.AGW
or even last Tuesday, V[#lFl).
this leaf flying Ul@'z|
from one shoulder to another? FRF}V@~
Something was dropped and then picked up. "Ii!)n,
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished `") I[h
into childhood bushes? <*5D0q#~"
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There were handles, door bells, U&a]gkr
where, on the trace of a hand, !c`1~a!
another hand was placed; ]V]o%onW
suitcases next to one another in the XF$C)id2p
left luggage. bU,&|K/
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, LtvyWc`
suddenly erased after waking. ) D`_V.,W
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Every beginning &boBu^,94
is only a sequel, after all, ?8nG F%p
and the book of fate / q!&I
is always just half open. MU^Z*r
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他们都以为 x[kdQj2[&
是那瞬间的感觉 zC^Ib&gm>,
将他们结合在一起 g/yXPzLU
这种确定的感觉很美 cK } Qu
但那种不确定的感觉 vNt2s)J$
却更加妙不可言 = @f;s<v/
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 8YJ({ Ou_
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 MG@19R2s
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Dx%fW`
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ;g*6NzdA
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我想问问他们 C!P6Z10+j
是否记得在某个回转门 5-QXvw(TH
那个面对面的瞬间? w$!n8Aqs
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? /L
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? KKzvoc?Bt
但我已经知道答案了 'huLv(Uu
不,他们并不记得 RPWYm
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他们一定会十分惊讶 x1et,&,
原来 >j?uI6Uw
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 G#C)]4[n
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但这运气 U|QDV16f
却还没有成为命运 |g{AD`
它曾让他们如此接近 57}q'84
却又让他们擦肩而过 Sq'z<}o
阻断他们之间的联系 /_|1,x-Kx
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ?~{xL"
跳着跑开了 ^b#E%Rd
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 2S4z$(x3
但这暗示也许过于深奥 V_QVLW
可能在三年前 |+bG~~~%j
或者就在上个星期二 .,,73"
不是就有一片落叶 .wSAysiQ|P
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? F*=RP$sj
一个人的东西曾经掉落 B+LNDnjO]
又被另一个人拣起来 V_kE"W)
谁知道呢 Y4O L 82Y
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 jj2UUQ|
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某个门把手上 U{Z>y?V/
或者某个门铃上 \v_C7R;&
两个人的手 ,d+mT^jN
也许曾经放在同一个位置 ]lY9[~
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 wGH@I_cy>
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 9vu8koL
只是第二天早上起来 '3Ie0QO]"%
却忘掉了 -Me\nu8(RF
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每一次开始 5PPpX =\
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都只是一种继续 wW4S@m
而两个人之间的故事 i]z
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却永远只写了一半 1^3#3duV
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