Love at First Sight {SW104nb
by Wislawa Szymborska 0X -u'=Bs
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They both thought tOwwgf
that a sudden feeling had united them O%A:2Y79
This certainty is beautiful, Nc[>CgX"@
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ~o%|#-S
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They thought they didn't know each other, h/`OG>./
nothing had ever happened between them. Oe^3YOR#j{
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Vy{=Y(cpF2
they could have passed each other long ago `ItMn&P
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I would like to ask them, /9|1eSUa
if they can remember - )dG7$,g
perhaps in a revolving door X^?<, Y)1.
face to face one day? )m"NO/sJ2
A "sorry" in the crowd? ;or(:Yoc-
"Wrong number" on the phone? NyJU?^f&v
- but I know the answer. Q}W6?XDu
No, they don't remember. 09 eS&J<R
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How surprised they would be z}s0D]$+x
for such a long time already ?.IT!M}DR
fate has been playing with them. y)|Q~8r
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to change into destiny, `l1{BU
which brings them nearer and yet further, KB7CO:
barriering their path 9<WMM)
and suppressing a laugh, t'_Hp},
leaped aside. AGn:I??
There were signs, indications, LCRreIIgZ
but maybe just undecipherable. @W=#gRqQPy
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or even last Tuesday, RERum
this leaf flying zVZZdG~8
from one shoulder to another? Jj|HeZ1C f
Something was dropped and then picked up. Yp./3b VO
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished n%3rv?m7
into childhood bushes? 2JYyvJ>
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There were handles, door bells, f3|ttUX
where, on the trace of a hand, L"1UUOKy
another hand was placed; m7^aa@^m
suitcases next to one another in the z;GnQfYG
left luggage. $=4T# W=m
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, nu}$wLM
suddenly erased after waking. PNd]Xmv)
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Every beginning R?Ki~'k=
is only a sequel, after all, B+iVK(j'[v
and the book of fate 1SP)`Q
is always just half open. +e`f|OQ
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他们都以为 nyi}~sB
是那瞬间的感觉 Av^{$9yl
将他们结合在一起
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这种确定的感觉很美 h$DFp
但那种不确定的感觉 OlK3xdg7
却更加妙不可言 ~+A?!f;-J
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 gtyo~f
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 MmI4J$F
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 rBkLwJ]
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 \s<{V7tq
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我想问问他们 0_}OKn)J
是否记得在某个回转门 (\, <RC\
那个面对面的瞬间? ?5Wj y
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? yaMNt}y-q
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 6,G1:BV{K
但我已经知道答案了 Ha1E /b]K
不,他们并不记得 84DneSpHsp
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他们一定会十分惊讶 Y
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原来 P\tP0+at
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 dD?1te
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但这运气 lt|\$Iy(
却还没有成为命运 |o6
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它曾让他们如此接近 XpdDIKMmE
却又让他们擦肩而过 #25Z,UU
阻断他们之间的联系 6B)(kPW
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ~.u}v~
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跳着跑开了 T(MS,AyD]
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ,G!M?@Q
但这暗示也许过于深奥 P(_D%0xKm
可能在三年前 &dh%sFy
或者就在上个星期二 n`2d
不是就有一片落叶 81eDN6
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 3xxQL,FV
一个人的东西曾经掉落 8B JxD<
又被另一个人拣起来 8V >j-C
谁知道呢 .mn`/4
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 NKvBNf|D
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某个门把手上 +(x^5~QX
或者某个门铃上 O%H_._#N`
两个人的手 l)[\TD
也许曾经放在同一个位置 [4"1TyW
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ]>E*s3h
甚至 PUV)w\!&is
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 uMh[Ht^.
只是第二天早上起来 V%8?f,
却忘掉了 NZ djS9
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每一次开始 +>/ariRr
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都只是一种继续 onRxe\?D(
而两个人之间的故事 gELk u .
却永远只写了一半 N:GS fM@g
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