Love at First Sight @zs1>\J7
by Wislawa Szymborska AQn[*
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They both thought syMm`/*/G-
that a sudden feeling had united them z@`@I
This certainty is beautiful, *. dKR
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. C38XQLC
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They thought they didn't know each other, [D9 :A
nothing had ever happened between them. H
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 65"uD7;
they could have passed each other long ago &fHc"-U}
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I would like to ask them, )8]3kQffJ=
if they can remember - $O]^Xm3{@
perhaps in a revolving door <[5#c*A
face to face one day? yjv&4pIc1
A "sorry" in the crowd? a(!3Afi
"Wrong number" on the phone? LO}z)j~W
- but I know the answer. i0i`k^bA
No, they don't remember. C$ hQN
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How surprised they would be cP('@K=p
for such a long time already UhA_1A'B
fate has been playing with them. 500>
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Not quite yet ready H\f/n`@,G
to change into destiny, _M&{^d
which brings them nearer and yet further, :'ihE\j
barriering their path ywe5tU
and suppressing a laugh, 'W+i[Ep5Q
leaped aside. jRwa0Px(
There were signs, indications, Wa{%0inZ
but maybe just undecipherable. 'M
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Three years ago, perhaps
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or even last Tuesday, U>1b9G"_
this leaf flying (6o:4|xl0
from one shoulder to another? @oA0{&G{
Something was dropped and then picked up. lkN'uZ
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Q.>/*8R;
into childhood bushes? tUrNp~ve,
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There were handles, door bells, m/KjJ"s,
where, on the trace of a hand, _Z0\`kba+
another hand was placed; \E~Q1eAJT
suitcases next to one another in the M(NH9EE
left luggage. a6P!Wzb
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, AO^]>/7ed
suddenly erased after waking. IF^[^^v+H
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Every beginning {Bc#?n
is only a sequel, after all, :` ;(p{
and the book of fate Slo9#26
is always just half open. |C|:i@c
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他们都以为 ` -yhl3si
是那瞬间的感觉 /jvOXS\M
将他们结合在一起 y3Y2QC(
这种确定的感觉很美 F],TG&>5
但那种不确定的感觉 2S'AIuIew
却更加妙不可言 +fPNen4E
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 .$UTH@;7
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 /^~p~HKtx
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ZHb7+
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 >2nF"?"=
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我想问问他们 Rnz8 f}
是否记得在某个回转门 f8R+7Ykx
那个面对面的瞬间? |^>u<E5
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ;r%<2(
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 2NyUmJ42
但我已经知道答案了 ?-4OfGN
不,他们并不记得 B%) zGTp6
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ys/`{:w8p
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 #&}%70R)
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但这运气 f(^33k
却还没有成为命运 5s#R`o%Z
它曾让他们如此接近 /j$$0F>s7
却又让他们擦肩而过 3e#x)H/dr
阻断他们之间的联系 #j\*Lc"Ur:
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Z4=_k{*
跳着跑开了 +}&pVe\t
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 )~1.<((<
但这暗示也许过于深奥 sV]i/B
可能在三年前 fF\*v
或者就在上个星期二 G[ ,,L
不是就有一片落叶 =;kRk.qzy
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? P0a>+^:%
一个人的东西曾经掉落 " vv$%^
又被另一个人拣起来 @ysJt
谁知道呢 Ma% E&.ed
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 Ar\IZ_Q
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某个门把手上 I:r($m
或者某个门铃上 `'dX/d
两个人的手 ~3LhcU-
也许曾经放在同一个位置 s$K@X `
两个人的包 "(9=h@@Y"
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 _HSTiJVr
甚至 y.L|rRe@P
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 .;]YJy
只是第二天早上起来 ;4+qPWwq8W
却忘掉了 %Y#[%~|(
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每一次开始 B7NmET4
也许 [GcA.ABz
都只是一种继续 d,Im&j_Z
而两个人之间的故事 z:0-aDeM
却永远只写了一半 f'7d4
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