Love at First Sight IAt+S-q0
by Wislawa Szymborska rsq'60
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They both thought Q>+_W2~]
that a sudden feeling had united them hH|XtQ.n^
This certainty is beautiful, s]V{}bY`
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. $yxIE}
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They thought they didn't know each other, zL[U;
nothing had ever happened between them. c+\Gd}IJq
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, $7k04e@]
they could have passed each other long ago QVA!z##
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I would like to ask them, J[_?>YJ
if they can remember - 4=#QN
perhaps in a revolving door w-q=.RSTn=
face to face one day? [))2u:tbS\
A "sorry" in the crowd? `zvT5=*-#
"Wrong number" on the phone? u.xA}yVS
- but I know the answer. im^I9G
No, they don't remember. .jG.90
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How surprised they would be lfI7&d*
for such a long time already ]T28q/B;k
fate has been playing with them. b^|,9en
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Not quite yet ready 6`{)p&9
to change into destiny, 8)Bn?6.
which brings them nearer and yet further, s#8{:ko
barriering their path ROI$;B(
and suppressing a laugh, 4tN~UMw?
leaped aside. h^3Vd K,
There were signs, indications, E'6z7m.
but maybe just undecipherable. |Y,X=Ed
Three years ago, perhaps XQ?)
or even last Tuesday, W1M/Z[h6)5
this leaf flying 4QN6BZJ5
from one shoulder to another? v|hKf6
Something was dropped and then picked up. =*O9)$b
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished O'?lW~CD.>
into childhood bushes? j(2tbWg9-
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There were handles, door bells, hF?\K^tF
where, on the trace of a hand, Q0oDl8~
another hand was placed; ZBh@%A
suitcases next to one another in the DW;.R<8
left luggage. l>Oe ,`9O
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, PeR<FSF ,i
suddenly erased after waking. MJk:s[o
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Every beginning 8B(Q7Qj
is only a sequel, after all, m$e@<~To
and the book of fate [E&"9%K
is always just half open. 8C4@V[sm`
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他们都以为 #p^pvdvh3
是那瞬间的感觉 l'X?S(fiV
将他们结合在一起 :r[-7
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这种确定的感觉很美 '"NdT7* +
但那种不确定的感觉 eXtF[0f
却更加妙不可言 ~s^6Q#Z9|
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 (5\d[||9g
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 /-} p7AM
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 dXr
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或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 $[9V'K
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我想问问他们 NhaeAD
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是否记得在某个回转门 ]4pC\0c
那个面对面的瞬间? Y K 62#;
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? [;\<
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? r4qV}-E
但我已经知道答案了 ^*T{-U'
不,他们并不记得
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他们一定会十分惊讶 w+ )GM
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 {hp@j#
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但这运气 'Rf#1ls#
却还没有成为命运 T"jDq1C/,E
它曾让他们如此接近 qv >(
却又让他们擦肩而过 !!Gi.VL
阻断他们之间的联系 7UnO/K7oB.
又忍着邪恶的笑意 v?iH}7zb%Q
跳着跑开了 CX(yrP6;
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 2tTV5,(1
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ZtZV:re=
可能在三年前 a[OLS+zf!P
或者就在上个星期二 S| ?--vai_
不是就有一片落叶 uaMm iR
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? i_9/!D
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Kwmo)|7uPU
又被另一个人拣起来 ;bu;t#
谁知道呢 +(hwe
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 sjbC~Te--
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某个门把手上 #pxet
或者某个门铃上 #hiDZ>nr
两个人的手 ;C@^wI
也许曾经放在同一个位置 .ceU @^
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 E8V\J
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 $zH0$aOx
只是第二天早上起来 2G*#Czr"
却忘掉了 `e:RZ
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都只是一种继续 :BiR6>1:
而两个人之间的故事 ymJw{&^am
却永远只写了一半 B~?Q. <M
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