Love at First Sight [osIQ!u;:
by Wislawa Szymborska e1Ne{zg~
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They both thought '<$!?="
that a sudden feeling had united them [Yi;k,F:
This certainty is beautiful, IasWm/
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Rhfx
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They thought they didn't know each other, )\`.Ru~,
nothing had ever happened between them. bjR:5@"
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Ba8 s
they could have passed each other long ago t9U-c5bR
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I would like to ask them, B.Szp_$
if they can remember - l?f%2:}m
perhaps in a revolving door XCN^>ToD
face to face one day? SV?^i `
A "sorry" in the crowd? 6d# 7
"Wrong number" on the phone? =ws iC'
- but I know the answer. ZyJ-}[z
No, they don't remember. _l ,_NV&T
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How surprised they would be Ifx
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for such a long time already t.s;dlx[@
fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready #;+ABV
to change into destiny, '5usPD
which brings them nearer and yet further, ]Yw/}GKB
barriering their path p;x3gc;0
and suppressing a laugh, ~zd+M/8
leaped aside. 4#MPD
There were signs, indications, ='[J.
but maybe just undecipherable. \nzaF4+$
Three years ago, perhaps C"gH>G
or even last Tuesday, gP13n!7
this leaf flying '(6
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from one shoulder to another? >V,i7v*?
Something was dropped and then picked up. SjmWlf,
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 2[V9`r8*
into childhood bushes? qQ{i2D%)?f
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There were handles, door bells, LQo>wl
where, on the trace of a hand, xQ]^wT.Q
another hand was placed; #~JR_oQE!
suitcases next to one another in the <@](uWu
left luggage. n>o0PtGxC
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, o4U[;.?c
suddenly erased after waking. Z'<I
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is only a sequel, after all, =qNZ7>Qw
and the book of fate bCSgdK
is always just half open. &F 3'tf?
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他们都以为 9*ek5vPB
是那瞬间的感觉 |PaVb4j
将他们结合在一起 {[[j .)
这种确定的感觉很美 !uxma~ZH-
但那种不确定的感觉 A.|98*U%
却更加妙不可言 z]V%&f
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 0kiV-yc
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Ij_h #f
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 V|q`KOF
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 0;X0<IV
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我想问问他们 5;:964Et
是否记得在某个回转门 G,-x+e"
那个面对面的瞬间? 66Tx>c"H
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? cg|C S?
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? $%Kyz\;7/
但我已经知道答案了 h+ggrwg'
不,他们并不记得 }~bx==SF6!
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他们一定会十分惊讶 RLE6=#4
原来 (RM;T @`
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 2+'4 m#@)
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但这运气 |WUm;o4E`U
却还没有成为命运 ln&9WF\I
它曾让他们如此接近 g+zfa.wQ
却又让他们擦肩而过 Z&MfE0F/B
阻断他们之间的联系 Z{p62|+Ck@
又忍着邪恶的笑意 {{+woL'C
跳着跑开了 ;p] f5R^
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 rE5q
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 6d#:v"^,
可能在三年前 '"4S3Fysm
或者就在上个星期二 G@+AB*Eu
不是就有一片落叶 Lk8NjK6
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? YYi:d=0<SO
一个人的东西曾经掉落 mcm8|@Y{
又被另一个人拣起来 us2RW<Oxv
谁知道呢 4/+P7.}ea-
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 v0uA]6:
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某个门把手上 .0ExHcr
或者某个门铃上 hL(zVkYI
两个人的手 IuOY.c2.u
也许曾经放在同一个位置 qs
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两个人的包 w`a(285s)i
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ZL^
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甚至 V.H<KyaJ
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 O<}KrmUC~
只是第二天早上起来 n| [RXpAp3
却忘掉了 jv5Os-
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每一次开始 kM o7mkV
也许 3B6"T;_
都只是一种继续 laX67Vjv
而两个人之间的故事 )m4O7'2G
却永远只写了一半 o?]g
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