Love at First Sight `NWgETf^#
by Wislawa Szymborska
uC*:#[
~muIi#4
[attach]212234[/attach] g6/N\[b%
vWi.[]
Z0 IxYEp
They both thought 8xpYQ<cax
that a sudden feeling had united them NRuG?^/}d
This certainty is beautiful, #[0\=B-
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. BOiz ~h6
)C01fZhD
They thought they didn't know each other, L8w76|
nothing had ever happened between them. E,D:D3O
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, U>_\
they could have passed each other long ago ,dj*p,J
CVSsB:H6e
I would like to ask them, s@)"IdSA(
if they can remember - EfBVu
perhaps in a revolving door Ril21o! j
face to face one day? &Wz`>qYL*
A "sorry" in the crowd? BUA6(
"Wrong number" on the phone? n:^"[Le
- but I know the answer. 5ih"Nds[H
No, they don't remember. !ga(L3vf
:OQ:@Yk
How surprised they would be $,QpSK`9i
for such a long time already E4v_2Q
-w
fate has been playing with them. #u<oEDQ
51ajE2+X&
Not quite yet ready ,F`KQ
)\"
to change into destiny, |`Oa/\U
which brings them nearer and yet further, Y9@dZw%2
barriering their path Ij6Wz.*
and suppressing a laugh, _]D#)-uv}C
leaped aside. D"x$^6`c}
There were signs, indications, S-LZ(o{ZL
but maybe just undecipherable. SC
$`
Three years ago, perhaps >SxZ9T|%
or even last Tuesday, m]=oaj@9
this leaf flying iy.%kHC
from one shoulder to another? @
Zgl>
Something was dropped and then picked up. 3gI[]4lRH
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished DNW2;i<hsz
into childhood bushes? e:GgA
^`jZKh8)h
;&W;
There were handles, door bells, lR@i`)'?U
where, on the trace of a hand, $nfBvf
another hand was placed; ^L8Wn6s'
suitcases next to one another in the <h@z=ijN
left luggage. l\=-+'Y
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, NHFEr
suddenly erased after waking. Bd[L6J)
a:-)+sgHw
Every beginning aZawBU.:
is only a sequel, after all, yA?ENAM
and the book of fate NO+
55n
is always just half open. {n'qKurxY
n(Q\',C
一见钟情 sR>`QIi(a
uFm+Y]h
[attach]212234[/attach] orB8Q\p'
KCJN<
他们都以为 ?9(o*lp
是那瞬间的感觉 ;X$q#qzN#
将他们结合在一起 }l}yn@hYC
这种确定的感觉很美 pVV}1RDa
但那种不确定的感觉 vhYMWfbY
却更加妙不可言 `dgM|.w5=
!O F?xW
他们觉得彼此从未见面 :PFx&
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 %l8*t$8
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 4#@W;'
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 UKKSc>D1
SvX=isu!.
我想问问他们 UBhciZ
是否记得在某个回转门 Y3P.|
那个面对面的瞬间? ];pf
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? p- "Z'$A`
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Vedyy\TU
但我已经知道答案了 zmB31' _
不,他们并不记得 FI1THzW4J
>&<<8Ln
他们一定会十分惊讶 p| \%:#
原来 j!lAxlOX
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 y^mWG1"O
V\@jC\-5Vt
但这运气 N;Z`%&
却还没有成为命运 *?^Z)C>
它曾让他们如此接近 Sg. +`xww3
却又让他们擦肩而过 }xkLD!
阻断他们之间的联系 ?~aZ#%*i8
又忍着邪恶的笑意 $Wr\[P:
跳着跑开了 |RR%bQ^{
`%t$s,TiP
运气也曾经给过他们暗示 A$%Q4jC}
但这暗示也许过于深奥 >Lw}KO`
可能在三年前 UTDcX
或者就在上个星期二 5!'R'x5e
不是就有一片落叶 HDF!`
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? jFuC=6aF
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ]g;^w?9h
又被另一个人拣起来 J+)'-OFt0
谁知道呢 MvFM,
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 J$#h(D%
&jV9*
某个门把手上 a>wfhmr
或者某个门铃上 ]UX`=+{
两个人的手 5q|+p?C
也许曾经放在同一个位置 5:Yck<
两个人的包 c Ndw9?Z
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 .7
(DxN
甚至 V&Xi> X8
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 y4xT:G/M
只是第二天早上起来 E /fw?7eQ
却忘掉了 4GG1E. z}
SXRdNPXFO
每一次开始 K<@[_W+
也许 zVM4BT(
都只是一种继续 le7
`uz!%
而两个人之间的故事 ?xtt7*'D
却永远只写了一半 kAZC"qM%i
R*s* +I
V#ndyUM;
===================================================== t6'61*)|0