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by Wislawa Szymborska (uDd_@a9t
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They both thought A!x &,<
that a sudden feeling had united them a6e{bAuq
This certainty is beautiful, Q-gVg%'7
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Ihf :k_;
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They thought they didn't know each other, gC/ e]7FNr
nothing had ever happened between them. Uza '%R
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, :Z6j5V;s
they could have passed each other long ago TSsZzsdr2
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I would like to ask them, c:9n8skE7
if they can remember - 1H/I-
perhaps in a revolving door 'EAskA]*
face to face one day? Kmx^\vDs
A "sorry" in the crowd? U{hu7
"Wrong number" on the phone? 8SKrpwy
- but I know the answer. ~S\L(B(
No, they don't remember. Xzf,S;XV~
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How surprised they would be BU/A\4xQ,Y
for such a long time already `;;l {8
fate has been playing with them. %g.cE}^
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Not quite yet ready wAprksZL#
to change into destiny, &gY) x{
which brings them nearer and yet further, L8PX SJ
barriering their path tMiIlf!>p
and suppressing a laugh, Ls9NQy
leaped aside. cpltTJFg
There were signs, indications, NSB6 2
but maybe just undecipherable. Kh(`6 f
Three years ago, perhaps `/P/2{,~
or even last Tuesday, Wa<<"x$
this leaf flying i!?gga
from one shoulder to another? `9J9[!+!`
Something was dropped and then picked up. _2hLc\#
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished tZ9i/ =S
into childhood bushes? $Xu3s~:S
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There were handles, door bells, 1" cv5U
where, on the trace of a hand, chE!,gik
another hand was placed; ob{'Z]-V
suitcases next to one another in the '|^:,@8P9
left luggage. PWpt\g
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, p1Zb&:+
suddenly erased after waking. GYaP"3Lu
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Every beginning nG!<wlY14P
is only a sequel, after all, 2Kz+COP+
and the book of fate xZ9:9/Vg
is always just half open. n_e'n|T
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他们都以为 Lqj
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是那瞬间的感觉 U4pIRa)S
将他们结合在一起 pD732L@q
这种确定的感觉很美 9RaO[j`
但那种不确定的感觉 (G>[A}-
却更加妙不可言 ;[sW\Ou
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 J/?Nf2L4
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 // o.+?S
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 LSJ?;Zg(=z
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ;"wCBuXcu
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我想问问他们 _6ZjF>f
是否记得在某个回转门 LmF ,en5
那个面对面的瞬间? F3qK6Ah.
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? /9w>:i81
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? !LI<%P)
但我已经知道答案了 ~9dpB>+
不,他们并不记得 RwWg:4
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他们一定会十分惊讶 _8VP'S=
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 az(<<2=
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但这运气 \n)',4mY
却还没有成为命运 Zh<;r;2
它曾让他们如此接近 )|F|\6:ne
却又让他们擦肩而过 +T+@g8S
阻断他们之间的联系 h4?x_"V"
又忍着邪恶的笑意 kz"uTJK
跳着跑开了 9Yx(u2PQ
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Z'JS@dV
但这暗示也许过于深奥 TC\+>LXiZ
可能在三年前 x<NPp&GE
或者就在上个星期二 BX@Iq
不是就有一片落叶 Tu#< {'1$
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? g7*)|FOb
一个人的东西曾经掉落 yw3"jdcl
又被另一个人拣起来 W lMcEje
谁知道呢 |"3<\$[
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 I{`7 0
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某个门把手上 }{o!
或者某个门铃上 gb ga"WO
两个人的手 200yN+ ec
也许曾经放在同一个位置 ~U9K<_U
两个人的包 'ZfgCu)St
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 qLN^9PdEE
甚至 2@&r!Q|1vR
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 |\5^ub,m
只是第二天早上起来 0lfK}
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却忘掉了 >H2`4]4]
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每一次开始 Aw o)a8e
也许 (yOkf-e2y
都只是一种继续 1o_kY"D<
而两个人之间的故事 BM%wZ:
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却永远只写了一半 1uw#;3<L
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