Love at First Sight a{ke%W$*P
by Wislawa Szymborska !'!\>x$
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They both thought |L89yjhWBs
that a sudden feeling had united them @r<2]RXlc
This certainty is beautiful, gc I<bY
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ?*UWg[
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They thought they didn't know each other, Lo}T%0"G
nothing had ever happened between them. 1Z?uT[kR
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 5GPrZY"
they could have passed each other long ago 'w1ll9O
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I would like to ask them, ^r<l#D,
if they can remember - 'A3*[e|OS
perhaps in a revolving door pm9sI4S
face to face one day? fg,vTpBk
A "sorry" in the crowd? OZz/ip-!lc
"Wrong number" on the phone? :3s^, g
- but I know the answer. >`[+24e
No, they don't remember. ~("bpS#ZgD
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How surprised they would be toU<InN
for such a long time already Wcm'E3c,
fate has been playing with them. h'GOO(
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Not quite yet ready X%og}Cfi
to change into destiny, zgGJ<=G.
which brings them nearer and yet further, I\-M`^@
barriering their path a6A~,68/V
and suppressing a laugh, * >:<
leaped aside. A!^r9 ?<
There were signs, indications, V@y&n1?6
but maybe just undecipherable. 6~>h;wC
Three years ago, perhaps ![4_K':=
or even last Tuesday, tCRsaDK>
this leaf flying e NH9`Aa
from one shoulder to another? #}Xsi&:XU
Something was dropped and then picked up.
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished x&JD~,Y
into childhood bushes? q-@&n6PEOZ
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There were handles, door bells, 9GT}_
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where, on the trace of a hand, Gr}NgyT<!D
another hand was placed; B+jh|@-
suitcases next to one another in the 8$ RiFD,
left luggage. 0"GLgj:9
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, $Fi1Bv)
suddenly erased after waking. b?!S$S xz
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Every beginning <gFisc/#r
is only a sequel, after all, &Cm]*$?
and the book of fate "&`>+Yw
is always just half open. m;1/+qs0
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一见钟情 N9*QQ0
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他们都以为 2qV oe}F
是那瞬间的感觉 0DnOO0Nc
将他们结合在一起 f<oU"WM
这种确定的感觉很美 [wJ\.9<Oa
但那种不确定的感觉 PRBlf
却更加妙不可言 =w:)AWZ
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 OTAe#]#
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 O:~J_Wwl!
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 MXDCOe~07
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 !I&,!$
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我想问问他们 3xdJ<Lrq
是否记得在某个回转门 Q Wc^}#!!
那个面对面的瞬间? $-jj%kS
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? DvLwX1(l
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? +7AH|v8
但我已经知道答案了 CY*GCkH
不,他们并不记得 i{:iRUC#
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他们一定会十分惊讶 YdIZikF#
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 +%WW8OX
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但这运气 p&4n"hC
却还没有成为命运 <5#2^ (
它曾让他们如此接近 nz#eJ
却又让他们擦肩而过 T-+ uQ3
阻断他们之间的联系 'n\P S,[1R
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Hr7pcz/#l
跳着跑开了 mb%U~Na
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Aeo=m}C;
但这暗示也许过于深奥 9x8Vsd
可能在三年前 %BT]h3dcSS
或者就在上个星期二 a({N}ZDo
不是就有一片落叶 g>gf-2%Uo
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? O(e!Vx{t!
一个人的东西曾经掉落 M)Z!W3
又被另一个人拣起来 x;/dSfv_
谁知道呢 >Y+m54EE
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 gNDMJ^`
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某个门把手上 =8rNOi
或者某个门铃上 yOAC<<Tzus
两个人的手 JBZ1DZAWC
也许曾经放在同一个位置 f/\S:x-B
两个人的包 7[K3kUm[
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 BJ'pe[Xa5
甚至 N 6\Ey{
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 oS<GjI:
只是第二天早上起来 D,lY_6=
却忘掉了 0V^I.S/q
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每一次开始 2|WM?V&
也许 fU$_5v4
都只是一种继续 G+k wG)K
而两个人之间的故事 vfXNN F
却永远只写了一半 c6h+8QS
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