Love at First Sight 7*eIs2aY
by Wislawa Szymborska L-`?=- 9`
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They both thought |Hv8GT
that a sudden feeling had united them ;"2(e7ir
This certainty is beautiful, )1/J5DI @8
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. _};T:GOT
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They thought they didn't know each other, Dco3`4pl
nothing had ever happened between them. CqLAtS X7
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 8Xa{.y"
they could have passed each other long ago \7WZFh%:
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I would like to ask them, LIRL`xU7
if they can remember - , }B{)
perhaps in a revolving door YeI|&FMX
face to face one day? .2
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A "sorry" in the crowd? ?
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"Wrong number" on the phone? ]Wn=Oc{F
- but I know the answer. 5Z_aN|Xn
No, they don't remember. _N"c,P0
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How surprised they would be b\vL^\bX8
for such a long time already mW)C=X%
fate has been playing with them. MZt&HbD-
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to change into destiny, &4m;9<8\
which brings them nearer and yet further, MtG~O;?8
barriering their path rT'<6]`
and suppressing a laugh, Ubv_a
leaped aside. Zr|\T7w 3
There were signs, indications, K7},X01^
but maybe just undecipherable. ub-vtRpm
Three years ago, perhaps *#Iqz9X.Y3
or even last Tuesday, =c#;c+a
this leaf flying ^,#MfF6
from one shoulder to another? vPsf{[Kr
Something was dropped and then picked up. -:Jn|=
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ]m\:XhI*<
into childhood bushes? b`^mpB*6R
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There were handles, door bells, $yZ(ws
where, on the trace of a hand, Q oWjC
another hand was placed;
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suitcases next to one another in the d[&Ah~,
left luggage. kOV6O?h
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ;'oi7b
suddenly erased after waking. $ItPUYi";
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Every beginning y*j8OA.S
is only a sequel, after all, M(.]?+
and the book of fate ;f[@zo><r
is always just half open. H8$";T(I
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一见钟情 -hKtd3WbT
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他们都以为 e:(~=9}Li
是那瞬间的感觉 &\Yd)#B/
将他们结合在一起 8Og)(BC
这种确定的感觉很美 7WN$ rl5/
但那种不确定的感觉 EK}QjY[i
却更加妙不可言 D,SL_*r{
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 pjNH0mZ
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 fqZ+CzH
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 y0
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或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 (^= Hq'D
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我想问问他们 aR0v qRF
是否记得在某个回转门 )}SiM{g
那个面对面的瞬间? 3L%g2`
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? \\,z[C
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? n4G53+y'
但我已经知道答案了 fc9gi4y9
不,他们并不记得 LJBDB6
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他们一定会十分惊讶 @-BgPDi.Z
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ,E8~^\HV
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但这运气 Wg5i#6y8w
却还没有成为命运 o/p'eY:)
它曾让他们如此接近 uT{.\qHo
却又让他们擦肩而过 -u%'u~s
阻断他们之间的联系 P8;f^3V(+/
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ;AE%f.Y
跳着跑开了 fa;GM7<e)
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ^<nN~@j
但这暗示也许过于深奥 B1A5b=6G<
可能在三年前 -W+67@(\8H
或者就在上个星期二 2;`"B|-T
不是就有一片落叶 ]-aeoa#
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 9{bzxM
一个人的东西曾经掉落 :[N[D#/z
又被另一个人拣起来 [y T4n.f
谁知道呢 Wwf#PcC]
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 %?EOD=e=
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某个门把手上 e+F5FAMR68
或者某个门铃上 #={L!"3?e
两个人的手 D4r5wc%
也许曾经放在同一个位置 FBcF
两个人的包 yX(6C]D
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 %d9UW Q
甚至 <nj[=C4v
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 v=|BqG`
只是第二天早上起来 OI.2C F
却忘掉了 3HA$k[%7P
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每一次开始 s%z'1KPS
也许 _rqOzE)
都只是一种继续 )8yee~+TN
而两个人之间的故事 OR^Wd
却永远只写了一半 -j[n^y'v
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