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by Wislawa Szymborska /+{1;}AT
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that a sudden feeling had united them ;&U! g&
This certainty is beautiful, 1`l10f qU
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. v@;!fBUt
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They thought they didn't know each other, $S{]` +
nothing had ever happened between them. sA[eKQjaD
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, -?PXj)<
they could have passed each other long ago -A;4""
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I would like to ask them, YRs32vVz
if they can remember -
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perhaps in a revolving door &Ez]pKjB
face to face one day? riY[p,
A "sorry" in the crowd? 8VLD yX2-
"Wrong number" on the phone? .80L>0
- but I know the answer. 7) e#b
No, they don't remember. rulw6vTB(
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How surprised they would be t9+ME|
for such a long time already V.12
fate has been playing with them. u<a =TPAU
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Not quite yet ready .qG*$W2f
to change into destiny, )1 =|\
which brings them nearer and yet further, #vBS7ba
barriering their path UJ1Ecob
and suppressing a laugh, _.G p}0a
leaped aside. 1)N{!w`
There were signs, indications, k{d)'\FM
but maybe just undecipherable. BuIly&qbm<
Three years ago, perhaps r4(Cb_
or even last Tuesday, ju%t'u\'
this leaf flying P},d`4Ty@
from one shoulder to another? {fAj*,pzl
Something was dropped and then picked up. 4KCJ(<p|
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Ceco^Mw
into childhood bushes? (b4;c=<[{
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There were handles, door bells, TWk1`1|
where, on the trace of a hand, kG70j{gf
another hand was placed; sPUn"7
suitcases next to one another in the )3RbD#?
left luggage. >Vvjs
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, L fx$M
suddenly erased after waking. |"XxM(Dm
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Every beginning 1X$hwkof
is only a sequel, after all, _;yi/)-2
and the book of fate cp\A
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is always just half open.
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他们都以为 c<J/I_!
是那瞬间的感觉 WG?;Z
将他们结合在一起 soi.`xE
这种确定的感觉很美 r7=r~3)
但那种不确定的感觉 g4fe(.?c,
却更加妙不可言 Z_Z; g]|!
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 aO]FQ#l2b
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 {Y#$
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 rS/}!|uAu
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 >:yU bo)
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我想问问他们 t,m},c(B:
是否记得在某个回转门 gNoQ[xFx32
那个面对面的瞬间? F"*.Qq
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? dDoKmuY>5
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? #Z.2g].
但我已经知道答案了 lqe71](sK8
不,他们并不记得 ddiBjp2.!
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他们一定会十分惊讶 aur4Ky> :
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 si|DxDx
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但这运气 b08s610fk
却还没有成为命运 x!@P|c1nKC
它曾让他们如此接近 Y']D_\y
却又让他们擦肩而过 =
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阻断他们之间的联系 6rD
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