蘋果的生活點滴

Love At First Sight／Writer：Wislawa Szymborska　Reference：unspecified

Both are convinced.　
That a sudden surge of emotion bound them together…
Beautiful is such a certainty
But uncertainty is more beautiful still.　
Because they didn’t know each other eariler,
They supposed that nothing was happening between them.　
What of the streets,stairways and corridors,　
Where they could have　
Passed each other long ago?　
I’d like to ask them whether they remember　
perhaps in a revolving door ever being face to face?
An ‘excuse me’ in a crowd
Or a voice ‘wrong number’ in the receiver.　
But I know their answer:
No,they don’t remember.
They’d be greatly astonished　
To learn that for a lomg time chance had been playing with them.
Not yet wholly readly　
To transform into face for them,　
It approached them,then backed off,　
Stood in their way　
And, suppressing a giggle, jumped to the side.

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、樓梯、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「對不起」　
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　
他們會得詫異　
原來緣份已經戲弄他們多年
時機尚未成熟　
變成他們的命運
緣份將他們推近、驅離
阻擋他們的去路
忍住笑聲，然後閃到一旁。