Love at First Sight 4WZ"8
by Wislawa Szymborska g~Agy
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They both thought *HXx;:
that a sudden feeling had united them x*2I]4
This certainty is beautiful, k1Thjt
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. g|PRk9
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They thought they didn't know each other, oV Hh
nothing had ever happened between them. \?rBtD(
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, &WAJ;7f
they could have passed each other long ago %P tdFz$
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I would like to ask them, l!YjDm{E
if they can remember - T9=55tpG9
perhaps in a revolving door m*Q*{M_e
face to face one day? bf1EMai"
A "sorry" in the crowd? "fX9bh^
"Wrong number" on the phone? m03]SF(#3
- but I know the answer. 7z^\}&
No, they don't remember. t~@~XI5
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How surprised they would be 0)T`&u3!
for such a long time already Ed=]RR4R
fate has been playing with them. E{B=%ZNnm
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Not quite yet ready >,s.!vpK
to change into destiny, ;^Hg\a
which brings them nearer and yet further, &$+nuUA
barriering their path dE0p>4F
and suppressing a laugh, WyDL ah^/
leaped aside. n%1I}?$fO
There were signs, indications, i%eq!q
but maybe just undecipherable. `U[s d*C"
Three years ago, perhaps ?ta(`+"
or even last Tuesday, ej9|Y5D"S
this leaf flying X9oxni#
from one shoulder to another? {X'D07 q
Something was dropped and then picked up. 3ZEV*=+T5
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished I!OV+utF
into childhood bushes? B>"O~ gZ{#
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There were handles, door bells, 3iC$ "9!p
where, on the trace of a hand, $X%'je
another hand was placed; i`)h~V|G
suitcases next to one another in the ~i ImM|*0
left luggage. g8^YDrH
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, qS{E+) P
suddenly erased after waking. s#*T(pY
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Every beginning Gcz@z1a=n
is only a sequel, after all, 4OOH
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and the book of fate pk,]yi,ZF
is always just half open. ,]UCq?YW)T
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他们都以为 ]~H\X":[>
是那瞬间的感觉 l[D5JnWxt
将他们结合在一起 )lsR8Hi8
这种确定的感觉很美 2Yt+[T*
但那种不确定的感觉 #ovmX
却更加妙不可言 ExDv7St1(k
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 jR[3{ Reo
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 :s5wFumD
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 tUPdq 0%t[
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 $xl>YYEBMH
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我想问问他们 C%l+<wpXO
是否记得在某个回转门 S[zX@3eZV
那个面对面的瞬间? wmQT$`$b
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ~7}aW#
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? wxx3']:
但我已经知道答案了 _'"whZ)2
不,他们并不记得 zj9)vr`7
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他们一定会十分惊讶 WK<:(vu.
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 tin5.N)"z
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但这运气 7\?0d!
却还没有成为命运 IW<nfg
它曾让他们如此接近 BlrZ<\-/
却又让他们擦肩而过 (ndTEnpp
阻断他们之间的联系 L~u@n24
又忍着邪恶的笑意 L~PBD?l
跳着跑开了 s.p4+KJ
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 w#!^wN
但这暗示也许过于深奥 D;bHX
可能在三年前 (v'#~ )R_`
或者就在上个星期二 F^/1 u
不是就有一片落叶 25zmde~ w
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? P wY~L3,
一个人的东西曾经掉落 E9"P~ nz
又被另一个人拣起来 |pA
谁知道呢 ]?#E5(V@x
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 % >\v6ea
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某个门把手上 sG6ts,={
或者某个门铃上 t(RJc
两个人的手 \69h>h
也许曾经放在同一个位置 {Hu@|Q\~&
两个人的包 <V~B8C!)
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 oY K(=j
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 8NJxtT~0c~
只是第二天早上起来 *@zh
却忘掉了 +[R,wsG
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每一次开始 DN GXp5I
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都只是一种继续 #BZ2%\
而两个人之间的故事 ?E*;fDEC
却永远只写了一半 oieJ7\h]m
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