Love at First Sight CMa6':~
by Wislawa Szymborska &X=7b@r
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They both thought A,}M ^$@
that a sudden feeling had united them o).deP
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This certainty is beautiful, J|`0GDSn
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. #b/qR^2qW
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They thought they didn't know each other, . %RM8
nothing had ever happened between them. b)LT[>f
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, )@PnpC%H
they could have passed each other long ago L, JQ\!c
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I would like to ask them, dftBD
if they can remember - s]arNaaA
perhaps in a revolving door x:Y9z_)O
face to face one day? ;G[V:.o-
A "sorry" in the crowd? 22gh!F%)
"Wrong number" on the phone? j[>cv;h
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- but I know the answer. {/'T:n#
No, they don't remember. y0zMK4b
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How surprised they would be wP!X)p\
for such a long time already :|S zD4Ag
fate has been playing with them. A#{63_H
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Not quite yet ready K\Ea\b[
to change into destiny, p_FM 2K7!
which brings them nearer and yet further, ]c.w+<
barriering their path wQ}r/2n|^
and suppressing a laugh, _P>YG<*"kQ
leaped aside. #[93$)Gd!
There were signs, indications, IGlR,tw_/
but maybe just undecipherable. i5,iJe0cA
Three years ago, perhaps ).T&fa"
or even last Tuesday, >=~\b
this leaf flying 2]>O ZhS
from one shoulder to another? }3pM,.
Something was dropped and then picked up. @<.@X*#I
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished S@qp_!
into childhood bushes? Q;h.}N8W
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There were handles, door bells, 6Rc=!_v^
where, on the trace of a hand, Knq9"k
another hand was placed; i?00!t
suitcases next to one another in the / f%mYL
left luggage. d2k-MZuT6
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, K/Q"Z*
suddenly erased after waking. _(W@FS
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Every beginning jLVJ+mu
is only a sequel, after all, P3M$&::D-
and the book of fate 6{Wo5O{!\
is always just half open. 04a
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他们都以为 c_lHj#A(l
是那瞬间的感觉 )>volP
将他们结合在一起 {SoI;o_>
这种确定的感觉很美 v4$/LUJZp
但那种不确定的感觉 UKS5{"=T[
却更加妙不可言 v2T2/y%
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 'B@`gA
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 m[hL
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但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 X>q`F;W
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 lu8G$EQI
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我想问问他们 z>x@o}#u\|
是否记得在某个回转门 7[m?\/K~
那个面对面的瞬间? ]9@:7d6
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? *S$vSDJCW
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? C2
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但我已经知道答案了 c9(3z0!F?
不,他们并不记得 a#oROb-*~
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ! 'zd(kv<
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 [ks_wvY:'
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但这运气 hor7~u+
却还没有成为命运 d}
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它曾让他们如此接近 bIQ,=EA1
却又让他们擦肩而过
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阻断他们之间的联系 .)Tj}Im2p
又忍着邪恶的笑意 rhv~H"qzW
跳着跑开了 3Ax'v|&Hg
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 }
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 c`6c)11K
可能在三年前 %X}ZX|{ O
或者就在上个星期二 X.]I4O&_
不是就有一片落叶 H]TdW;ZbZ
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? aSR-.r
一个人的东西曾经掉落 `~1!nfFD
又被另一个人拣起来 ,_z79tC{s
谁知道呢 {U4!sJSl1
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 [KDxB>R<{
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某个门把手上 Q>niJ'7WF
或者某个门铃上 i'tMpS3
两个人的手 !MbzFs~
也许曾经放在同一个位置 [%W'd9`>
两个人的包 Ufr@j` *
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 pR0[qsQM
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 QcegT/vO
只是第二天早上起来 0K!3Ny9(
却忘掉了 4GYi'
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每一次开始 %6K7uvTq
也许 $l.*;h *
都只是一种继续 qwTz7r
而两个人之间的故事 i~B?p[
却永远只写了一半 8}/DD^M
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