Love at First Sight M97+YMY)
by Wislawa Szymborska sfG9R"
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that a sudden feeling had united them \Q`#E'?
This certainty is beautiful, LCRWC`%&
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. hBZh0xy
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They thought they didn't know each other, #@Tm5z
nothing had ever happened between them. MAqETjB
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 1jSmTI d
they could have passed each other long ago jz'%(6#'gW
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I would like to ask them, [PrJf"Z "
if they can remember - -[=@'NP
perhaps in a revolving door LUx'Dm"
face to face one day? T}p|_)&y
A "sorry" in the crowd? Rp
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"Wrong number" on the phone? 6EWCJ%_
- but I know the answer. 9[E/^
No, they don't remember. WFug-#;e
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How surprised they would be Q\~#cLJ/
for such a long time already ieEtC,U
fate has been playing with them. ENYc.$r
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Not quite yet ready f:t5`c.
to change into destiny, ,+Ya'4x
which brings them nearer and yet further, ;rh=63g
barriering their path i+-=I+L3
and suppressing a laugh, qk&BCkPT
leaped aside. 6jal5<H
There were signs, indications, yh4%
but maybe just undecipherable. B aCzN;)
Three years ago, perhaps 'wLW`GX.
or even last Tuesday, 4mGRk)hk:>
this leaf flying ,({%t
from one shoulder to another? IOrYm
Something was dropped and then picked up. |<YF.7r;
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Q>=/u-
into childhood bushes? 48GaZ@v
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There were handles, door bells, F>u/Lh!
where, on the trace of a hand, '~6l
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another hand was placed; SZgan
suitcases next to one another in the ^3&-!<*
left luggage. 0"@p|nAa
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, .}tpEvAw}
suddenly erased after waking. |Pse=_i
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Every beginning A.P*@}9
is only a sequel, after all, YBk* CW9
and the book of fate e $5s],,n
is always just half open. '(:R-u!pp
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他们都以为 xiQd[[(sM
是那瞬间的感觉 1$c[G}h
将他们结合在一起 kb*b|pWlO
这种确定的感觉很美 M
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但那种不确定的感觉 `? f sU
却更加妙不可言 TsRbIq[
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ,S3uY6,
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 f2$<4Hhmm
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 M<)Vtn
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 IC. R4-
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我想问问他们 6<Zk%[7t
是否记得在某个回转门 kL}*,8s{
那个面对面的瞬间? YP}r15P
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? )%?SWuS?N
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 52Q~` t7F
但我已经知道答案了 QTI^?@+N>
不,他们并不记得 Z5>}
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他们一定会十分惊讶 1b"3]?
原来 \o!B:Vb<
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 r%oXO]X
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但这运气 C'0=eel[
却还没有成为命运 oth=#hfU^
它曾让他们如此接近 !%yd'"6Dl
却又让他们擦肩而过 jowR!rqf
阻断他们之间的联系 /\uW[mt
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ;ZLfb n3\
跳着跑开了 WG*S:_?
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 4}=Z+tDu>
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Q\v^3u2;m`
可能在三年前 e/u(Re
或者就在上个星期二 *}`D2_uP
不是就有一片落叶 p[gq^5WuC
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ?9AtFT
一个人的东西曾经掉落 v/DWy(CC
又被另一个人拣起来 c`G~.paY|
谁知道呢 J"RmV@|
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 E?P:!V=_
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某个门把手上 qw%wyj7
或者某个门铃上 ;F'/[l{+
两个人的手 ns[Q %_
也许曾经放在同一个位置 #~88[i-6
两个人的包 j*)K>
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 8a4&}^|
甚至 <swYo<?J#
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 \?.Tq24
只是第二天早上起来 7Cj6Kw5k
却忘掉了 g{06d~Y
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每一次开始 LK[%}2me
也许 Syj7K*,%bZ
都只是一种继续 14v,z;HXj
而两个人之间的故事 i^'Uod0d.
却永远只写了一半 L>EC^2\
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