波兰女诗人辛波丝卡 Love at First Sight《一见钟情》
波兰女诗人辛波丝卡 (Wislawa Szymborska) 的经典之作 “Love at First Sight”（《一见钟情》）。
他们彼此都深信，
是瞬间迸发的热情让他们相遇。
这样的确定是美丽的，
但变幻无常更为美丽。
他们认为既然素不相识，
他们之间过去就不会有什么瓜葛。
也许在街道、楼梯和过道上，
他们可能早就曾擦身而过。
我真想问问他们，
是否记得——也许在旋转门里
他们曾碰在一起？
也许太挤了，说过“对不起”！
或者在电话筒里道声“打错了”。
不过我知道他们会回答：
不，不记得有过这样的事情！
他们非常惊异，
已经有相当长的一个时期，
他们遇到的尽是机遇。
他们还没有完全准备好把自己的命运相互交换。
他们时聚时散，
命运常出现在他们的路上，
忍住了对他们的窃笑，
然后又跳开到路旁。
确曾有过标志和记号，
尽管他们并不知晓。
也许是在三年以前，
或者是在上星期二，
有一片树叶从这个人肩上落到另一个人的肩上？
或者是一件丢失而又拾回的东西？
说不定它是灌木丛中童年是玩过的一只皮球？
也许是门把手和铃铛，
他们早先曾经触摸过它们。
也许他们的箱子曾在寄存处放在一起，
也许在同一个晚上，
他们曾做过同样的梦，
惊醒之后便无影无踪。
然而每一个开端都有它的继续
而那本记事本永远是半开半合
Love at First Sight
Wislawa Szymborska
Both are convincedthat a sudden surge of emotion bound them together.Beautiful is such a certainty,but uncertainty is more beautiful.Because they didn't know each other earlier, they suppose thatnothing was happening between them.What of the streets, stairways and corridorswhere they could have passed each other long ago?I'd like to ask themwhether they remember-- perhaps in a revolving doorever being face to face?an "excuse me" in a crowdor a voice "wrong number" in the receiver.But I know their answer:no, they don't remember.They'd be greatly astonishedto learn that for a long timechance had been playing with them.Not yet wholly readyto transform into fate for themit approached them, then backed off,stood in their wayand, suppressing a giggle,jumped to the side. There were signs, signals:but what of it if they were illegible.Perhaps three years ago,or last Tuesdaydid a certain leaflet flyfrom shoulder to shoulder?There was something lost and picked up.Who knows but what it was a ballin the bushes of childhood.There were doorknobs and bellson which earliertouch piled on touch.Bags beside each other in the luggage room.Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night,suddenly erased after waking.Every beginningis but a continuation,and the book of eventsis never more than half open.-translated by Walter Whipple
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