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by Wislawa Szymborska O>^0}
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They both thought DCfV
that a sudden feeling had united them ,*fvA?
This certainty is beautiful, ]p(jL7
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. <tZPS`c'_
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They thought they didn't know each other, Hh=D:kE
nothing had ever happened between them. QE7
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, >= Hcw
they could have passed each other long ago p1 tfN$-
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I would like to ask them, 4a;8XAl
if they can remember - rJJI<{$
perhaps in a revolving door dB7E&"f
face to face one day? D/_=rAl1
A "sorry" in the crowd? sa8Sy& X"
"Wrong number" on the phone? ]p~QdUR(
- but I know the answer. t@-:e^ v
No, they don't remember. v~:$]a8
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How surprised they would be O$B]#]L+
for such a long time already { U a19~'>
fate has been playing with them. MjMPbGUX{
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Not quite yet ready mqGp]'{
to change into destiny, x\j6=|
which brings them nearer and yet further, |2!/<%Yr`
barriering their path /U[Y w)
and suppressing a laugh, ,,r%Y&:`6
leaped aside. -b-Pvw4
There were signs, indications, 4
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but maybe just undecipherable. zO`54^
Three years ago, perhaps u]P0:)tS.
or even last Tuesday, STp}?Cb
this leaf flying VIL #q
from one shoulder to another? Ml8 '=KN_
Something was dropped and then picked up. \HFh?3-g
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished m?hC!n>
into childhood bushes? =)C}u6
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There were handles, door bells, 95giqQ(N
where, on the trace of a hand, -\@&^e
another hand was placed; t#mW`rGE_
suitcases next to one another in the k3se<NL[
left luggage. Zs!)w9y&V
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, WF<0QH
suddenly erased after waking. ;pdW7
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Every beginning OL*EY:]
is only a sequel, after all, fRJSo%
and the book of fate s% `o
is always just half open. KLlo^1.<
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他们都以为 u79.`,Ad&
是那瞬间的感觉 }9e4?7
将他们结合在一起 /EhojODMF
这种确定的感觉很美 <'QHe4
但那种不确定的感觉 Dq+rEt
却更加妙不可言 67 >*AL
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 C^RO@kM
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 $(_Xt- 6
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 u D_|/ (
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 <1]#E@
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我想问问他们 '.oEyZA;o
是否记得在某个回转门 "2(4?P
那个面对面的瞬间? Y+ P\5G
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? iUqL /
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? >:5/V0;,
但我已经知道答案了 !<}<HR^)
不,他们并不记得 S|Wv1H>
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他们一定会十分惊讶 %VsuGA
原来 <pRb#G"
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 J\XYUs
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但这运气 M~;Ww-./
却还没有成为命运 LOi5 ^Um|
它曾让他们如此接近 pm O }m>
却又让他们擦肩而过 eu~WFI
阻断他们之间的联系 \(jSkrrD
又忍着邪恶的笑意 IZeWswz
跳着跑开了 GEy^*, d
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 g+p?J.+
但这暗示也许过于深奥 SZH,I&8
可能在三年前 dNG>:p
或者就在上个星期二 axnkuP(
不是就有一片落叶 UceZWtYa
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? XX~~SvSM
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Lm"l*j4
又被另一个人拣起来 %1a\"F![
谁知道呢 hf>JW[>Xo
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 U$6N-q
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某个门把手上 mZJ"e,AY
或者某个门铃上 hT9fqH
两个人的手 s$J0^8Q~i
也许曾经放在同一个位置 JC}y{R8
两个人的包 HS]|s':
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 "zR+}
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 (F~i
只是第二天早上起来 +mE y7qM
却忘掉了 OT{wqNI
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每一次开始 HE.
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也许 zS 18Kl
都只是一种继续 _kl.zw%
而两个人之间的故事 #rqLuqw
却永远只写了一半 E"&fT!yi
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