Love at First Sight ;,WI_iP(w
by Wislawa Szymborska ~-J!WC==U
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They both thought #aHJ|[[(n
that a sudden feeling had united them -!bfxbP
This certainty is beautiful, 4`X]$.
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. b7uxCH]Z
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They thought they didn't know each other, ":I@>t{H*
nothing had ever happened between them. P*
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, JKjVrx>
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they could have passed each other long ago *#y9 Pve
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I would like to ask them, r$Tu``z \
if they can remember - ByU&fx2Z
perhaps in a revolving door Kb$6a'u7
face to face one day? L>3- z>u,
A "sorry" in the crowd? #qnK nxD
"Wrong number" on the phone? !_P-?u
- but I know the answer. #{8t
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No, they don't remember. +|K/*VVn`
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How surprised they would be U,g)N[|
for such a long time already |a|##/
fate has been playing with them. .wpp)M.w;H
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Not quite yet ready a#pM9n~a
to change into destiny, =".sCV9"N
which brings them nearer and yet further, Dug{)h_2
barriering their path AqZ()p*z
and suppressing a laugh, 4 (>8tP\Y
leaped aside. hy}n&h
There were signs, indications, n/ CP2A
but maybe just undecipherable. V\m51H1mqo
Three years ago, perhaps [QZ8M@Gty#
or even last Tuesday, /EvnwYQy
this leaf flying l0&U7gr
from one shoulder to another? p|`[8uY?
Something was dropped and then picked up. K%@#a}kRb
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Ib}~Q@?2
into childhood bushes? IM(=j
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There were handles, door bells, By;{Y[@rS
where, on the trace of a hand, .
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another hand was placed; zI&).
suitcases next to one another in the k:yrh:JhB
left luggage. C"cBlru8B
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, QUb#84
suddenly erased after waking. 3E$h
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Every beginning ;\],R.!
is only a sequel, after all, (L
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and the book of fate gk^`-`P
is always just half open. 3d;w\#?L;
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一见钟情 08W^
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他们都以为 k%K\~U8"
是那瞬间的感觉 UNhM:!A
将他们结合在一起
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这种确定的感觉很美 bBp('oEJu
但那种不确定的感觉 m^%Xl@V:c-
却更加妙不可言 z#Cgd-^7.#
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 (U_dPf
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 =|O><O|
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 "tUc
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 "o>` Y
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我想问问他们 ,0^9VWZV
是否记得在某个回转门 5cZKk/"Ad}
那个面对面的瞬间? <=gf|(
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? |n~Vpy
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 3IYbgUG
但我已经知道答案了 rrc>O*>{i
不,他们并不记得 *<l9d
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他们一定会十分惊讶 F m$;p6&j
原来 tK LAA+Z
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 be(p13&od
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但这运气 x-Fl|kwX.5
却还没有成为命运 an`
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它曾让他们如此接近 |7:{vA5
却又让他们擦肩而过 _Z3_I_lW
阻断他们之间的联系 ?{KC@c*c
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Jo9!:2?
跳着跑开了 jKhj 7dR
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 eSA%:Is.
但这暗示也许过于深奥 /GU%{nT
可能在三年前 #M=d)}[
或者就在上个星期二 &4V"FHy2
不是就有一片落叶 V~ [I /Vi
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? r57rH^Hc
一个人的东西曾经掉落 _^Lg}@t
又被另一个人拣起来 2@+MT z
谁知道呢 %q5iy0~P
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 5%%A2FrB.S
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某个门把手上 8+U':xR
或者某个门铃上 90]{4 ]y;
两个人的手 Nk/Ms:57y
也许曾经放在同一个位置 c69M
两个人的包 VsR`y]"g
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 K$Yc!4M
甚至 *EzAo
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 u9^R
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只是第二天早上起来 }hX"A!0
却忘掉了 G8ksm2 }
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每一次开始 a FrVP
也许 i4*!t.eI
都只是一种继续 o]@g%_3X
而两个人之间的故事 m8ydX6~max
却永远只写了一半 lITZ|u
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