Love at First Sight ".*a)
by Wislawa Szymborska JWUv H
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that a sudden feeling had united them )|59FOWg
This certainty is beautiful, dcrJ,>i}
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. C[J`x>-K
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They thought they didn't know each other, ~,M;+T}[r
nothing had ever happened between them. Kc-A-P &Ry
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, M Z|c7f&`
they could have passed each other long ago jiw`i
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I would like to ask them, ~,`\D7Z3
if they can remember - YDZ1@N}^B
perhaps in a revolving door L&3Ar'
face to face one day? CwH)6uA
A "sorry" in the crowd? O) =73e\
"Wrong number" on the phone? fd,}YAiX
- but I know the answer. 6f5sIg
No, they don't remember. =5s~$C
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How surprised they would be Js^r]=\F'
for such a long time already W:;`
fate has been playing with them. 2\iD;Z#gM
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Not quite yet ready ^c[CyZ:a
to change into destiny, nfd?@34"A2
which brings them nearer and yet further, ;|2;kvf"w
barriering their path ,pGCgOG#}c
and suppressing a laugh, u1pYlu9IW
leaped aside. s6eq?1l3
There were signs, indications, nHhD<a!
but maybe just undecipherable. RL]lt0O{
Three years ago, perhaps Fm[?@Z&wP
or even last Tuesday, Vqv2F @.
this leaf flying E%J7jA4
from one shoulder to another? {ZBb.$}RC
Something was dropped and then picked up. u=ds]XP@
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished +~pc%3*
into childhood bushes? +=29y@c
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There were handles, door bells, g^<q L|
where, on the trace of a hand, ke;*uS
another hand was placed; *{D:1S
suitcases next to one another in the !tFU9Zt
left luggage. V"Y
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, \PtC
suddenly erased after waking. XR=c
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Every beginning C}DG'z9
is only a sequel, after all, v,x%^gv 0
and the book of fate e&a[k
is always just half open. >a anLLO
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他们都以为 (j"~]T!)1
是那瞬间的感觉 o4I!VK(C#s
将他们结合在一起 fb=$<0Ocj
这种确定的感觉很美 PB3!;
但那种不确定的感觉 XKPt[$ab
却更加妙不可言 A](}"Pi!n
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 c402pj
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 G~$M"@Q7N
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 li'1RKr
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 0.+Z;j
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我想问问他们 ?PxYS%D_L
是否记得在某个回转门 GzZ|T7fm
那个面对面的瞬间? (Ss77~W7
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? [XU{)l
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? u>i+R"hi"
但我已经知道答案了 H|Fqc=qp
不,他们并不记得 u4*]jt;H
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他们一定会十分惊讶 qu~"C,
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Er+3S@sfq,
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但这运气 O
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却还没有成为命运 m&jt[
它曾让他们如此接近 #/sE{jm
却又让他们擦肩而过 (LvOsr~
阻断他们之间的联系 *p5T
又忍着邪恶的笑意 h'q0eqYeu)
跳着跑开了 _R<V8g1f
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 \S@=zII_
但这暗示也许过于深奥 )+{omQ7v
可能在三年前 ujp,D#xHP
或者就在上个星期二 eq 1 4
不是就有一片落叶 t:j07 ,1~
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 6%hEs6-R
一个人的东西曾经掉落 [,?A$Z*Z|
又被另一个人拣起来 f+88R=-u6S
谁知道呢 .$s|T
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 nF
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某个门把手上 %<*pM@
或者某个门铃上 A5H8+gATK
两个人的手 k49n9EX
也许曾经放在同一个位置 xA1pDrfC/
两个人的包 q}24U3ow
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 -bb7Y
甚至 ^A$XXH'
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 AeQ&V d|
只是第二天早上起来 ,xM*hN3A
却忘掉了 3'@jRK
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每一次开始 g:6}zHK
也许 ]X;*\-
都只是一种继续 *z:lq2"G
而两个人之间的故事 MKYE]D;
却永远只写了一半 (IQ L`3f%
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