Love at First Sight ZxU3)`O
by Wislawa Szymborska D+('1E?
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They both thought Z<W`5sop^
that a sudden feeling had united them o*Kl`3=]
This certainty is beautiful, .XPPd?R
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. c(r8
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They thought they didn't know each other, Xot2L{EIUE
nothing had ever happened between them. ^gdv:[m
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 7?a!x$-U(
they could have passed each other long ago E)]RQ~jY?
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I would like to ask them, B0$.oavC
if they can remember - k.Q4oyei
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face to face one day? a
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A "sorry" in the crowd? _&}z+(Ug
"Wrong number" on the phone? <nbc
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- but I know the answer. Dx>~^ ^<
No, they don't remember. [E6ZmMB&
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How surprised they would be uG{/yJeU
for such a long time already HrH!
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fate has been playing with them. #xfPobQ>il
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Not quite yet ready dA=T+u
to change into destiny, t:yJ~En]=
which brings them nearer and yet further, tq&CJvJ4
barriering their path A_}6J,*u
and suppressing a laugh, 0S$6j-"
leaped aside. {<L|Z=&k`
There were signs, indications, '/
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but maybe just undecipherable. -,^Z5N#\|
Three years ago, perhaps $@@@</VbP
or even last Tuesday, -cL wjI
this leaf flying L2{b~`UvP
from one shoulder to another? <g'0q*qE
Something was dropped and then picked up. x{I,
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ZZJ<JdD
into childhood bushes? .kZ<Q]Vk
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There were handles, door bells, tde&w=ec
where, on the trace of a hand, F%`O$uXA
another hand was placed; TDZ p1zpXb
suitcases next to one another in the DA9f\q
left luggage. 26[m7\O
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ;QqC c!b
suddenly erased after waking. akV-|v_
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Every beginning MVOWJaT(Aq
is only a sequel, after all, -i*]Sgese
and the book of fate /j;HM[
is always just half open. erdA?
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他们都以为 -Gd@baV
是那瞬间的感觉 ^+rI=c 0
将他们结合在一起 b3l~wp6>
这种确定的感觉很美 8;5@5Au
但那种不确定的感觉 `C>De4nT@
却更加妙不可言 ]y~"M
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 +!eh\.u|]
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ;kR+jC(
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 pz,iQUs_o
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ?C* }NM
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我想问问他们 VX]Ud\(
是否记得在某个回转门 )kvrQ6
那个面对面的瞬间? _<6B.{$\7m
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? `=19iAp.
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? zr^"zcfz&
但我已经知道答案了 <P0&!yN
不,他们并不记得 ?eOw8Rom
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他们一定会十分惊讶 uQO\vRh0
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 =H/ 5
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但这运气 UIK4]cYC'
却还没有成为命运 iPdR;O'
它曾让他们如此接近 "V{v*Aei0
却又让他们擦肩而过 cn2SMa[@S
阻断他们之间的联系 (R-(
又忍着邪恶的笑意 h4N&Ybfo
跳着跑开了 ~en' E
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 jYE
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 z4wG]]Kh*
可能在三年前 iE,/x^&,&
或者就在上个星期二 A1F!I4p5
不是就有一片落叶 k293wS
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? y_{fc$_&
一个人的东西曾经掉落 M=#g_*d
又被另一个人拣起来 SshjUNx
谁知道呢 LZz]4Mf
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ?v}S9z
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