Love at First Sight USnD7I/b
by Wislawa Szymborska *3w/`R<\
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They both thought vWnHC
that a sudden feeling had united them vOvxQS}dBp
This certainty is beautiful, tj"v0u?zW
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. u7WTSL%
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They thought they didn't know each other, k$UzBxR
nothing had ever happened between them. o+if%3
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 4e(9@OLP
they could have passed each other long ago $>S}acuC
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I would like to ask them, 9sfB+]}h
if they can remember - }\PE {
perhaps in a revolving door 'gk81@|
face to face one day? .236d^l
A "sorry" in the crowd? 4'}_qAT
"Wrong number" on the phone? v$.JmL0^J
- but I know the answer. =u:6b} =
No, they don't remember. 94qHY1rp
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How surprised they would be Ru
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for such a long time already ~n8*@9[
fate has been playing with them. O5G<O(,\
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Not quite yet ready RAD4q"}k
to change into destiny, X-G~/n-x
which brings them nearer and yet further, ])$."g
barriering their path s0`|G|.}
and suppressing a laugh, ={mPg+Ei'
leaped aside. (IoPU+1b
There were signs, indications, =E"kv!e
but maybe just undecipherable. |`q)/ 08b
Three years ago, perhaps Ul$X%
or even last Tuesday, =}%#$
this leaf flying .^)C:XiW
from one shoulder to another? LAK-!!0X
Something was dropped and then picked up. @??c<]9F
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ^?K?\
into childhood bushes? 2d>d(^
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There were handles, door bells, XW&8T"q7
where, on the trace of a hand, =7J|KoKK
another hand was placed; :C|>y4U&(s
suitcases next to one another in the Zs3]|bUR
left luggage. @T,H.#bL
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ! 6p)t[s
suddenly erased after waking. 7&RJDa:a7T
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Every beginning cmr6,3_
is only a sequel, after all, ok\/5oz
and the book of fate {>UMw>T[
is always just half open. &,Zz
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他们都以为 @E"+qPp.3
是那瞬间的感觉 ;@7#w
将他们结合在一起 @]ptY*
这种确定的感觉很美 %<ptkZK#
但那种不确定的感觉 ^7s6J{<
却更加妙不可言 %)6:eIS
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 3 R:7bex
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Qq FfR#
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 xV n]m9i
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Cs1%g
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我想问问他们 iM\ZJ6
是否记得在某个回转门 jB/q1vFO
那个面对面的瞬间? vRb(eg
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? o+)LcoPu
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? (;Q <@PZg
但我已经知道答案了 &6|^~(P?
不,他们并不记得 Ti@P4:q
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他们一定会十分惊讶 *F8uu.
原来 a9@l8{)RX
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ".Deu|>
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但这运气 dn)tP6qc/
却还没有成为命运 J\dhi{0
它曾让他们如此接近 k+Ma_H`
却又让他们擦肩而过 G$x["
阻断他们之间的联系 4}_w4@(
又忍着邪恶的笑意 rD(ep~^M
跳着跑开了 y/sWy1P7
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ;cm{4%=Iqe
但这暗示也许过于深奥 p3A-WK|NX
可能在三年前 ?j4,^K3
或者就在上个星期二 )oxP.K8q)U
不是就有一片落叶 sei!9+bZr
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? /=U v
一个人的东西曾经掉落 "$:y03V
又被另一个人拣起来 /?dQUu^z
谁知道呢 ^%*{:0'
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 73sAZa|
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某个门把手上 J*lYH]s
或者某个门铃上 MTITIecw=
两个人的手 LWb}) #E
也许曾经放在同一个位置 CQuvbAo
两个人的包 milK3+N
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 |z7Crz
甚至 TaHi+
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ;,B@84'
只是第二天早上起来 +zdq+<9X
却忘掉了 piiQ
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每一次开始 A_q3p\b
也许 _]r)6RT
都只是一种继续 wgR@M[]o;
而两个人之间的故事 l-h7ksRs
却永远只写了一半 "RJk7]p`*
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