Love at First Sight \e9rXh%
by Wislawa Szymborska *; :dJXR
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that a sudden feeling had united them 4l'`q+^-
This certainty is beautiful, kp3%"i&hD
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 6~^ M<E
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They thought they didn't know each other, ?egZkg=U
nothing had ever happened between them. bbs'>D3
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, a.2Xl}2o5
they could have passed each other long ago 8(>2+#exw
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I would like to ask them, /m|U2rrqb
if they can remember - ./35_Vy/O
perhaps in a revolving door s("\]K
face to face one day? B}+li1k
A "sorry" in the crowd? "A]#KTP
"Wrong number" on the phone? Hu$y8_Udw
- but I know the answer. B!1h"K5.($
No, they don't remember. tID=I0D
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How surprised they would be Mp?L9
for such a long time already C`=YGyj=TL
fate has been playing with them. iAo/Dnp2J
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Not quite yet ready NwyNl
to change into destiny, k~*%Z!V}C
which brings them nearer and yet further, qLV3Y?S!L
barriering their path 8d7 NESYl
and suppressing a laugh, G%ZP`
leaped aside. &%`WXe-`R
There were signs, indications,
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but maybe just undecipherable. '
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Three years ago, perhaps Ka y\;fXT
or even last Tuesday, a}Z+"D
this leaf flying e2yCWolmTS
from one shoulder to another? r+k g$+%b
Something was dropped and then picked up. rK\9#[?x
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished NfWL3"&X
into childhood bushes? [2PPa9F
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There were handles, door bells, DTlId~Dyq
where, on the trace of a hand, p\R&vof*
another hand was placed; J7Mbv2D
suitcases next to one another in the ;!A=YXB
left luggage. ]$=#:uf
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, <eZ*LK?
suddenly erased after waking. {1gT{2/~@
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Every beginning U C_$5~8p
is only a sequel, after all, U;j\FE^+>
and the book of fate @nAl*#M*D
is always just half open. _F5*\tQ
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一见钟情 M@o^V(j
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他们都以为 VeSQq
是那瞬间的感觉 a`R_}nus*
将他们结合在一起 v-BQ>-& s
这种确定的感觉很美 bObsj]
但那种不确定的感觉 dI|D c
却更加妙不可言 D^gS.X ^
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 %DA&txX}w
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ,OERDWW|6
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 jtUqrJFlQ
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 4,>9N9.?9
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我想问问他们 U(LLIyZv
是否记得在某个回转门 =t`cHs29
那个面对面的瞬间? \VA*3U^@
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? lu8*+.V
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? `2hg?(ul
但我已经知道答案了 Cv}^]_`Q
不,他们并不记得 G{I),Y~IF
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他们一定会十分惊讶 j8nkNE]&
原来 LM+d3|gSV
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 tt#dO@G#Fe
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但这运气 Kk*8
却还没有成为命运 TkJ[N4'0
它曾让他们如此接近 gq"d$Xh$x7
却又让他们擦肩而过 tbWfm5$
阻断他们之间的联系 YM};85 K
又忍着邪恶的笑意 4"_`Mu_%
跳着跑开了 hf^<lJh~=
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 tU5uL.( O
但这暗示也许过于深奥 6i2%EC9
可能在三年前 U2l3E*O
或者就在上个星期二 *yaS^k\
不是就有一片落叶 1`YU9?
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? JXM]tV
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ,2^4"gIl
又被另一个人拣起来 xDGS`o_w_
谁知道呢 yu)^s!UY;
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ~MBPN4r
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某个门把手上 Xl$,f`f~
或者某个门铃上 tAF?.\x"g
两个人的手 nYFrp)DLK
也许曾经放在同一个位置 5nUJ9sqA
两个人的包 z9*e%$+S
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 s2#Ia>5!
甚至 P RWb6
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 w4vV#C4X
只是第二天早上起来 Ps74SoD-
却忘掉了 *<\K-NSL
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每一次开始 Vv45w#w;
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都只是一种继续 G$>QH-p
而两个人之间的故事 C+llA
却永远只写了一半 1[^YK6a/
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