Love at First Sight
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by Wislawa Szymborska eoiz]L
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that a sudden feeling had united them 9]eG|LFD
This certainty is beautiful, #)'Iqaq7
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 505c(+
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They thought they didn't know each other, coXg]bUKo
nothing had ever happened between them. G_+/ e]P
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, A4zI1QF
they could have passed each other long ago aM~IRLmK
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I would like to ask them, DO~
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if they can remember - }H
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perhaps in a revolving door 8H7#[?F
face to face one day? p{,#H/+J
A "sorry" in the crowd? +jhzE%
"Wrong number" on the phone? {0,b[
- but I know the answer. f2e;N[D
No, they don't remember. 8KJUC&`
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How surprised they would be sU>IETo
for such a long time already [xiqlb,8
fate has been playing with them. A:m+v{*`4
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Not quite yet ready ps'_Y<@
to change into destiny,
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which brings them nearer and yet further, DQGrXMpV0
barriering their path ~u&gU1}
and suppressing a laugh, LK DfV
leaped aside. k9%o{Uzy
There were signs, indications, 9)wYSz'
but maybe just undecipherable. x+cL(R
Three years ago, perhaps X,G<D}
or even last Tuesday, Q/g!h}>(.
this leaf flying Qyw@ r
from one shoulder to another? ]EKg)E
Something was dropped and then picked up. 4'z)J1M
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished iyn9[>je
into childhood bushes? R=~%kt_n
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There were handles, door bells, @eJ8wf]
where, on the trace of a hand, _^W;J/He
another hand was placed; 1_t+lJI9j
suitcases next to one another in the Ry>y
left luggage. M z&/.A
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, nYSe0w
suddenly erased after waking. ~Ykn|$_"I
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is only a sequel, after all, <<!fA><W
and the book of fate JaUzu3*=
is always just half open. X7!q/1$J
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他们都以为 d@ K-ZMq
是那瞬间的感觉 |'z8>1
将他们结合在一起 }`gOfj)?i
这种确定的感觉很美 +51heuu[o
但那种不确定的感觉 >$'z4TC\T
却更加妙不可言 7
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 N`Q.u-'
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ['o ueOg
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Kkp dcc
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 vu0Ue
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我想问问他们 VaD+:b4
是否记得在某个回转门 I4"p]>Y"
那个面对面的瞬间? o=R(DK# U
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ^OiL&p;r
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? J-
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但我已经知道答案了 EQ273sdK
不,他们并不记得 %]Z4b;W[Y
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他们一定会十分惊讶 /-p!|T}w
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 jM\{*!7b
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但这运气 jn5xYKv
却还没有成为命运 1*=ev,Z
它曾让他们如此接近 tQ{/9bN?P
却又让他们擦肩而过 C=+9XfP 0
阻断他们之间的联系 tle`O)&uo
又忍着邪恶的笑意 E@ :9|5
跳着跑开了 8NHm#Z3Ol
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 :rL%,o"
但这暗示也许过于深奥 R `tJ7MB
可能在三年前 X6cn8ak3
或者就在上个星期二 JjS+'A$A5
不是就有一片落叶 p{L;)WTI
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? tkctwjD
一个人的东西曾经掉落 dQ8RrD=$&
又被另一个人拣起来 B!/kC)bF:
谁知道呢 _BP%@o
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 M )ET1ZM
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某个门把手上 ipn-HUrE@
或者某个门铃上 G^Gs/-
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两个人的手 2G~{x7/[@
也许曾经放在同一个位置 r)|~Rs!y,
两个人的包 W+i^tmj
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 |<c9ZS+
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Tg^8a,Lt
只是第二天早上起来 U)'YR$2<
却忘掉了 /HUT6B
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每一次开始 RK@K>)"f
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都只是一种继续 <,O|fY%
而两个人之间的故事 W
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却永远只写了一半 ?4%#myO3a
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