Love at First Sight *~h@K Qm7
by Wislawa Szymborska 7aF'E1e'3
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They both thought .<m${yU{3
that a sudden feeling had united them GHs,,J;
This certainty is beautiful, {yo{@pdX>
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. =3h?!$#?
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They thought they didn't know each other, C VXz>oM
nothing had ever happened between them. d4ga6N3'
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 9"W 3t]
they could have passed each other long ago Yvi.l6JL
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I would like to ask them, ~U;M1>
if they can remember - Mb!b0
perhaps in a revolving door w3n6md
face to face one day? `49: !M$i
A "sorry" in the crowd? }WowgY
"Wrong number" on the phone? c-jE1y<
- but I know the answer. {PGiNY%q
No, they don't remember. u=6LPwiI
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How surprised they would be
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for such a long time already {"dvU"y)\
fate has been playing with them. B*OEG*t
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Not quite yet ready >z'T"R/
to change into destiny, [Qw BSq8)
which brings them nearer and yet further, gLDO|ADni
barriering their path ]>9[}'u
and suppressing a laugh, JT,[;
leaped aside. ngt?9i;N
There were signs, indications, '?Jz8iu-
but maybe just undecipherable. Z|#G+$"QV
Three years ago, perhaps htuYctu`
or even last Tuesday, :5'8MU
this leaf flying #Dz. 58A
from one shoulder to another? 4)Bk:K
Something was dropped and then picked up. .5^7Jwh
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished i5*BZv>e
into childhood bushes? B>;`$-
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There were handles, door bells, ykS-5E`
where, on the trace of a hand, .A Dik}o
another hand was placed; *^3&Y@
suitcases next to one another in the JBI> D1`"
left luggage. ^XgBkC~
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, gcA,u)z}R
suddenly erased after waking. kgb:<{pJ
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Every beginning @$7'{*
is only a sequel, after all, tqFE>ojlI
and the book of fate r}\m%(i
is always just half open. 3/{,}F$
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他们都以为 #rI4\K
是那瞬间的感觉 )p`zN=t
将他们结合在一起 <~bvfA=
这种确定的感觉很美 ;%Zu[G`C
但那种不确定的感觉 Z#t}yC%^d
却更加妙不可言 o.g)[$M8cF
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 a 7>^^?|
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 =c;.cW
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 8b[<:{[YB
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 grxlGS~Q
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我想问问他们 -NPX;e$<
是否记得在某个回转门 ="('
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那个面对面的瞬间? GK`U<.[c
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? Z [YSET
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Kgw,]E&7
但我已经知道答案了 vnx+1T
不,他们并不记得 M\A6;dz'
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他们一定会十分惊讶 szs.B|3X@*
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 fyF8RTm{
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但这运气 r'<!wp@
却还没有成为命运 ,UNnz&H+f
它曾让他们如此接近 !y&<IT(\4
却又让他们擦肩而过 ++!'6!l
阻断他们之间的联系 0i>>CvAl}
又忍着邪恶的笑意 <xlyk/
跳着跑开了 Tl
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 >aAsUL5W
但这暗示也许过于深奥 \'6%Ld5km
可能在三年前 9>6?tb"f*H
或者就在上个星期二 ?$6(@>`f&t
不是就有一片落叶 ] 1s6=
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? Xd@ d$
一个人的东西曾经掉落 v[4-?7-
又被另一个人拣起来 G.~Ffk
谁知道呢 SQ057V>'=
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 5
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某个门把手上 y-uSpW
或者某个门铃上 }E^k*S
两个人的手 T2_b5j3i
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Y?V.O
两个人的包 @6Z6@Pq(xQ
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 &3|l4R\
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 eWr2UXv$
只是第二天早上起来 98*C/=^TH{
却忘掉了 =@P]eK/
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每一次开始 i|xC#hV
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都只是一种继续 [JEf P/n|.
而两个人之间的故事 m>f8RBp]'
却永远只写了一半 t]hfq~Ft
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