Love at First Sight 9 %i\)
by Wislawa Szymborska nAAv42j[
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They both thought RVLVY:h|F
that a sudden feeling had united them 4RYH^9;>K
This certainty is beautiful, N;6o=^ic
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. g|7o1{
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They thought they didn't know each other, cDE5/!
nothing had ever happened between them. !\9^|Ef?
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, P=\{
they could have passed each other long ago XoL DqN!
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I would like to ask them, Xc}XRKiy{
if they can remember - <c:H u{D
perhaps in a revolving door evYn}
face to face one day? J%M [8
A "sorry" in the crowd? jX(hBnGW
"Wrong number" on the phone? T?1V%!a;f
- but I know the answer. GQ>0E
No, they don't remember. zB~< @
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How surprised they would be T<?kH
for such a long time already ?+.C@_QZQ
fate has been playing with them. 2zW IB[
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Not quite yet ready aekke//y
to change into destiny, *kg->J
which brings them nearer and yet further, |iUC\F=-
barriering their path g$?^bu dxv
and suppressing a laugh, Q{L:pce-
leaped aside. l:uQ#Z)
There were signs, indications, c@3 5\!9
but maybe just undecipherable. WKlyOK=}
Three years ago, perhaps Ve&_NVPrd
or even last Tuesday, [H>u'fy:C
this leaf flying 3?I!
from one shoulder to another? 31a lQ\TH
Something was dropped and then picked up. r]Wt! oHm5
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ] \_tO
into childhood bushes? ~uty<fP
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There were handles, door bells, -bzlp7q*
where, on the trace of a hand, 5~@-LXqL
another hand was placed; aaT3-][
suitcases next to one another in the j2UQQFh
left luggage. e&d$kUJrq
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, \GxqE8
suddenly erased after waking. KGg
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Every beginning #?>)5C\Hqy
is only a sequel, after all, -ZZJk-::
and the book of fate ?{J1Uw<
is always just half open. 3zD#V3=
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是那瞬间的感觉 TZt;-t`
将他们结合在一起 A%Ka)UU+n
这种确定的感觉很美 Pg(Y}Tu
但那种不确定的感觉 oMj"l#a*
却更加妙不可言 ,#3Aaw
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ?4/pE@RIy
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 J'X}6Q
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 4J_HcatOB
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 `y.4FA4"8
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我想问问他们 K6p\ >J
是否记得在某个回转门 nsU7cLf"^V
那个面对面的瞬间? B?=R= p
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? F{E@snc
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 1bCE~,tD
但我已经知道答案了 !6=;dX
不,他们并不记得 &|GH@^)@
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他们一定会十分惊讶
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 %Tp
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但这运气 92<+ug =
却还没有成为命运 = +MF@ 4
它曾让他们如此接近 -^CW}IM{ I
却又让他们擦肩而过 w!6{{m
阻断他们之间的联系 E0+L?(;
又忍着邪恶的笑意 sT2`y$'
跳着跑开了 =f!A o:Uc
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 }'eef"DJ9
但这暗示也许过于深奥 a~0 ~Y y
可能在三年前 FXJ0
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或者就在上个星期二 %u66H2
不是就有一片落叶 uD=Kar
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? yC\UT
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一个人的东西曾经掉落 z.-yL,Rc`-
又被另一个人拣起来 Eb4NPWo
谁知道呢 ";rXCH.
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 )Su>8f[?e
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某个门把手上 IdAh)#)
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或者某个门铃上 yO%^[c?
两个人的手 ,FzkGB#
也许曾经放在同一个位置 JT0j2_*Rr
两个人的包 XYWyxx5`
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 %eDSo9Y
甚至 by
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 @iuX~QA[9
只是第二天早上起来 :k1?I'q%
却忘掉了 -#f.}H'
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每一次开始 hb3:,c(
也许 g@>llve{
都只是一种继续 '=E;^'Rl
而两个人之间的故事 3oLF^^^g
却永远只写了一半 .>R`#@+I
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