Love at First Sight :n0vQ5a
by Wislawa Szymborska cxA ^:3
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They both thought Sz^
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that a sudden feeling had united them 4a'N>eDR
This certainty is beautiful, NWM8[dI
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. i\KQ!f>A
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They thought they didn't know each other,
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nothing had ever happened between them. in~D
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 2.% .Z_k)
they could have passed each other long ago pPc TrN'
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I would like to ask them, Tav*+
if they can remember - n^z]q;IN2.
perhaps in a revolving door I_<I&{N>
face to face one day? g=QDu7Ux
A "sorry" in the crowd? lrv3fPIW
"Wrong number" on the phone? D@Vt^_
- but I know the answer. |2abmuR0
No, they don't remember. W7 Cc
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How surprised they would be ,wIONDnLZ
for such a long time already /Y'Vh^9/T
fate has been playing with them. poToeagZ~Q
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Not quite yet ready BsEF'h'Owh
to change into destiny, p4'G$]#
which brings them nearer and yet further, XzIl`eH
barriering their path -?mfE+kt
and suppressing a laugh, w)Q0_2p.
leaped aside. %d?cP}V
There were signs, indications, r7b1-
but maybe just undecipherable. 3wC' r
Three years ago, perhaps |h;0H`
or even last Tuesday, <Dwar>}
this leaf flying K?BOvDW"`
from one shoulder to another? *T5!{
Something was dropped and then picked up. LN@F+CyDc
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 1(|'WyD
into childhood bushes? JwAYG5W
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There were handles, door bells, 0a}u;gt,4w
where, on the trace of a hand, %`&2+\`
another hand was placed; kzt(i Y_6
suitcases next to one another in the zmSUw}-4N
left luggage. Q$="_y2cTA
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, p$PKa.Y3
suddenly erased after waking. jO!y_Y]B
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Every beginning `/EGyN6X
is only a sequel, after all, ,u`B<heoLU
and the book of fate 4cl\^yD
is always just half open. 2T V X)q<\
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他们都以为 aVK3?y2
是那瞬间的感觉 }j*KcB_
将他们结合在一起 E )5E$
这种确定的感觉很美 Qj.l:9%
但那种不确定的感觉 CS==A57I
却更加妙不可言 c6X}2a'
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 fO0XA"=
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 .pN`;*7`
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 m0c P (
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 !+L/Khw/C
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我想问问他们 m6',SY9T
是否记得在某个回转门 uWM{JEOl
那个面对面的瞬间? -lhLA`6_R
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 34d3g
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? )0Me?BRp
但我已经知道答案了 +;#Y]xy:
不,他们并不记得 u"d~!j1
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他们一定会十分惊讶 $aN&nhoO<
原来 't6V:X
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 }jVSlCF@t
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但这运气 xv&Q+HD
却还没有成为命运 > 3&: 5
它曾让他们如此接近 Kwg4sr5"D
却又让他们擦肩而过 Zxbo^W[[
阻断他们之间的联系 3AsT
又忍着邪恶的笑意 @O[}QB?/fi
跳着跑开了 Up,vD)tG
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 S6AU[ASY.
但这暗示也许过于深奥 IiZ&Pr
可能在三年前 DBT&DS
或者就在上个星期二 qt;y2gf=
不是就有一片落叶 Sp^9&^
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 86\S?=J-b
一个人的东西曾经掉落 =Q[b'*o7
又被另一个人拣起来 e}.^Tiwd]
谁知道呢 tWoh''@#
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 sRrzp=D
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某个门把手上 ;\\@q"n%<
或者某个门铃上 k}0^&Quc4
两个人的手 Ldl5zc
也许曾经放在同一个位置 W@Lu;g.Yc
两个人的包 %o:2^5\W
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 'I /aboDB
甚至 M>>qn_yq4
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 =@8H"&y`
只是第二天早上起来 ^>N]H>0'S
却忘掉了 ^-[ ?#]
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每一次开始 !ZI7&r`u;
也许 0#YX=vjX7
都只是一种继续 !Wy[).ZAf
而两个人之间的故事 I~9hx*!%%
却永远只写了一半 rJ!{/3e
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