波蘭女詩人辛波絲卡《一見鍾情》

《一見鍾情》 波蘭女詩人辛波絲卡 他們彼此深信， 是瞬間迸發的熱情讓他們相遇。 這樣的確定是美麗的， 但變幻無常更為美麗。 他們素未謀面， 所以他們確定彼此並無任何瓜葛， 但是自街道、樓房、大堂傳來的話語， 他們也許擦肩而過一百萬次了吧。 我想問他們是否記得？ 在旋轉門面對面那一剎， 或是在人群中喃喃道出的"不好意思"， 或是在電話的另一端道出的"打錯了"； 但是，我早知道答案， 是的，他們並不記得。 他們會很訝異， 原來緣分已經戲弄他們多年。 時機尚未成熟， 變成他們的命運， 緣分將他們推近、 驅離 阻擋他們的去路， 忍住笑聲， 然後閃到一旁... 　 有一些跡象和信號存在， 即使他們尚無法解讀。 也許在三年前 或者就在上個星期二 有某片葉子飄舞於肩與肩之間？ 有東西掉了又撿了起來？ 天曉得，也許是那個消失於童年灌木叢中的球？ 還有事前已被觸摸 層層覆蓋的門把和門鈴。 檢查完畢後並排放置的手提箱。 有一晚，也許同樣的夢， 到了早晨變得模糊。 每個開始 畢竟都只是續篇， 而充滿情節的書本 總是從一半開始看起。

Love at First Sight Wislawa Szymborska - 1923-2012 They’re both convinced that a sudden passion joined them. Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Since they’d never met before, they’re sure that there’d been nothing between them. But what’s the word from the streets, staircases, hallways— perhaps they’ve passed by each other a million times? I want to ask them if they don’t remember— a moment face to face in some revolving door? perhaps a “sorry” muttered in a crowd? a curt “wrong number” caught in the receiver?— but I know the answer. No, they don’t remember. They’d be amazed to hear that Chance has been toying with them now for years. Not quite ready yet to become their Destiny, it pushed them close, drove them apart, it barred their path, stifling a laugh, and then leaped aside. There were signs and signals, even if they couldn’t read them yet. Perhaps three years ago or just last Tuesday a certain leaf fluttered from one shoulder to another? Something was dropped and then picked up. Who knows, maybe the ball that vanished into childhood’s thicket? There were doorknobs and doorbells where one touch had covered another beforehand. Suitcases checked and standing side by side. One night, perhaps, the same dream, grown hazy by morning. Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.

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