Love at First Sight ))f%3_H
by Wislawa Szymborska ):HjpJvF
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They both thought 1FCqkwq[
that a sudden feeling had united them mOji\qia
This certainty is beautiful, 6vp\~J
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 'F>eieO
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They thought they didn't know each other, ParOWs~W/
nothing had ever happened between them. 6)63Yp(
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Ojqbj0E9
they could have passed each other long ago *y
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I would like to ask them, P__JN\{9
if they can remember - 8q9HQ4dsL
perhaps in a revolving door iq'hel
face to face one day? ArWMbT>Zqw
A "sorry" in the crowd? 6UK{0\0
"Wrong number" on the phone? mYLqT$t.+
- but I know the answer. l_bvwo
No, they don't remember. h8@8Qw
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How surprised they would be e~]3/ 0
for such a long time already n,D~ whZx
fate has been playing with them. y'\BpP
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Not quite yet ready +-tvNX%IJ
to change into destiny, .^6;_s>FN
which brings them nearer and yet further, a+A^njk
barriering their path +oa\'.~?
and suppressing a laugh, K=,nX7Z5
leaped aside. u[nx?!
There were signs, indications, &)`xlIw}
but maybe just undecipherable. i#Tm] ++
Three years ago, perhaps On
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or even last Tuesday, zAT7^q^
this leaf flying '&/ 35d9|*
from one shoulder to another? qxS=8#-`(
Something was dropped and then picked up. (A!+$}UR
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Ip#BR!$n
into childhood bushes? xs+pCK |
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There were handles, door bells, AX6z4G
where, on the trace of a hand, HKu? J
another hand was placed; {No*Z'X
suitcases next to one another in the x'IVP[xh`A
left luggage. ~aKM+KmtPH
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, GJ YXCi
suddenly erased after waking. hx|Cam"
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Every beginning %04N"^mT'~
is only a sequel, after all, :`('lrq
and the book of fate Qtj.@CGB
is always just half open. eeKErpj8A
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他们都以为 4n6EkTa
是那瞬间的感觉 /ZC/yGdIS_
将他们结合在一起 UcaLi&
这种确定的感觉很美 >6fc`3*!
但那种不确定的感觉 }:JE*D|
却更加妙不可言 "^sh:{
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 B~S"1EE[
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 _X
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但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Td!@i[6%H
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 wHneVqI/U
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我想问问他们 "},0Cs
是否记得在某个回转门 mOiA}BGw
那个面对面的瞬间? dnRS$$9#
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 2R}9wDP
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? -+1_ 1!
但我已经知道答案了 7G,{BBB
不,他们并不记得 0
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他们一定会十分惊讶 b*C\0D
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 %N((p[\H
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但这运气 LOm*=MVex
却还没有成为命运 -nBb -y
它曾让他们如此接近 ZR|)+W;
却又让他们擦肩而过 D@jG+k-Lm
阻断他们之间的联系 2hZ>bg
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ~Sq!P
跳着跑开了 :{#%_^}k
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 hN0Y8Ia/5%
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ?&qa3y)wX:
可能在三年前 2t9JiH
或者就在上个星期二 SVr3OyzI
不是就有一片落叶 P''5A6#5
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 7d9kr?3(U
一个人的东西曾经掉落 3Z,J&d`[
又被另一个人拣起来 m
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谁知道呢 Pv mmyF
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 @|e4.(9A
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某个门把手上 w$ zX.;s
或者某个门铃上 kNC.^8ryz[
两个人的手 4!%@{H`3
也许曾经放在同一个位置 M8 4{u!>[
两个人的包 =bn(9Gm!J
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 .9":Ljs(L
甚至 1_AB;^
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦
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只是第二天早上起来 [73 \jT
却忘掉了 zWN/>~}U\
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每一次开始 +
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也许 D'{NEk@
都只是一种继续 4CUoXs'
而两个人之间的故事 2(SU# /,
却永远只写了一半 MCPVql`+`q
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