给陌生人

[懒画眉]

Love at First Sight
*Wislawa Szymborska*

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 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.

( translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh)

《擦肩而过》
彼此坚信，
是那骤来的感情把他们系在一起。
清晰固然美好，
却逊于那种迷糊的憧憬美丽。

既然他们从未谋面，也没有任何牵连，
是否百年以前，
在楼梯，通道，或哪条街上，
他们擦肩而过？
多次想问：他们是否记得，
在旋转门他们曾经碰面？
在人群中一句'对不起'，电话里的一声道歉'错号'？
当然我早已知答案——不，他们不记得。

倘若他们知道，
这些年来
命运之神实在捉弄了他们
他们定会大吃一惊。

也许时候未到，
缘分把他们带到咫尺，
又残忍地把他们分开，
堵塞了他们要相遇的小径之后，
又带笑的跳至一旁。

到处都是信号与暗示，
也不在乎是多么的潦草或暗淡，
三年前？又或是上个星期二，
那一片轻佻的树叶，
从这肩飘到那肩。
什么东西失而复得？
是童年时消隐在灌木丛中的
那个皮球？

新手印与前人的指模，
都留给了那门铃和门栓。
打点妥的行李箱一一挨着。
某一夜，也许吧，同样的梦，
次晨又是同样的模糊。

今天的开始，看清了，
不过是昨天的延续。
为他们半开着的，
是因缘之书。
（网友不亦悦乎翻译）

[懒画眉]

作者: vivien_wj

是不是电影"向左走，向右走"里的那首？

是的，但那部电影诠释的很差劲，破坏了这首诗的意境。
最早的灵感是来自电影“红色情深”，这部才是这首诗的正解。