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by Wislawa Szymborska h lD0^8S
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They both thought $q);xs
that a sudden feeling had united them +K,]#$k
This certainty is beautiful, P#]%C
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. %b<cJ]F
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They thought they didn't know each other, V\r!H>
nothing had ever happened between them. WQv%57+
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, @U08v_,
they could have passed each other long ago 3Z;`n,g
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I would like to ask them, gF,9Kv~
if they can remember - Xn^gxOPM
perhaps in a revolving door ZG+8kt!w
face to face one day? }t#uSz^
A "sorry" in the crowd? FWcE\;%yVg
"Wrong number" on the phone? >/k[6r5
- but I know the answer. c,-3+b
No, they don't remember. o Mk6ZzZ,>
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How surprised they would be
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for such a long time already *J,VvO9
fate has been playing with them. T!u&r
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Not quite yet ready 9;KQ3.Fa}q
to change into destiny, wGD*25M7$
which brings them nearer and yet further, Li)rs<IX;m
barriering their path H`|8x4
and suppressing a laugh, kBg,U 8|S
leaped aside. pLi_)(#z_
There were signs, indications, #e:cB' f
but maybe just undecipherable. b:VCr ^vp
Three years ago, perhaps KfD=3h=
or even last Tuesday, 9bd $mp
this leaf flying 'r3yFoP}
from one shoulder to another? Y@N-q
Something was dropped and then picked up. sw
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished jz ;N&62|
into childhood bushes? 1{{z[w#
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There were handles, door bells, %>u(UmFO
where, on the trace of a hand, o|FjNL
another hand was placed; Hy}oSy26
suitcases next to one another in the Hz39v44
left luggage. AlF"1X02
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, r&6X|2@
suddenly erased after waking. C.`C T7
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Every beginning [xW;5j<87
is only a sequel, after all, yh~*Kt]9Ya
and the book of fate 3VNYDY`>
is always just half open. 4+Aht]$hC
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他们都以为 {}>s0B
是那瞬间的感觉 i [,9hp
将他们结合在一起 } o^VEJc`O
这种确定的感觉很美 _D<=Yo
但那种不确定的感觉 4h% G %>j
却更加妙不可言 TKJs'%Q7F6
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 zpi
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 n$]78\C
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 2Iv&XxSo
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 vKrOIBP
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我想问问他们 dQW=k^X 'U
是否记得在某个回转门 C]/]ot0%t
那个面对面的瞬间? vl1`s
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? t@=*k9
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Ed">$S
但我已经知道答案了 ob= ](
不,他们并不记得 FO[x
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他们一定会十分惊讶 I'W`XN
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 m/M=.\]
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但这运气 +r8:t5:/I
却还没有成为命运 xLX2F
它曾让他们如此接近 &|6 A
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却又让他们擦肩而过 'F-;uN
阻断他们之间的联系 v/ $~ifY"
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ,_+Gb
跳着跑开了 wg-qq4Q\
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 S(*u_
但这暗示也许过于深奥 YF)uAJ Ak
可能在三年前 barY13)$U
或者就在上个星期二 $qndG,([F
不是就有一片落叶 Vc2(R^
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ,hO*W-a%1
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ;iB9\p$K)
又被另一个人拣起来 4\?z^^
谁知道呢 d `eX_] Z
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 b({K6#?'[
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某个门把手上 8/i];/,v*M
或者某个门铃上 goa@e
两个人的手 w?;j5[j
也许曾经放在同一个位置 ]{.iv_I
两个人的包 kD}w5 U
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ZwzN=03T
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 *P:!lO\|
只是第二天早上起来 /w|!SZB
却忘掉了 V=
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每一次开始 #3~ #`&
也许
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都只是一种继续 ./7*<W:
而两个人之间的故事 m[>pv1o
却永远只写了一半 s:O8d L
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