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by Wislawa Szymborska DRi/<
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They both thought _]=, U.a=/
that a sudden feeling had united them UX<0/"0h
This certainty is beautiful, 8m)E~6
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. OB~74}3;
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They thought they didn't know each other, ,Onu%
nothing had ever happened between them. {pB9T3ry]
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, v#+tu,)V;
they could have passed each other long ago 2VS#=i(B^
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I would like to ask them, v_@!u`
if they can remember - k\M">K0E
perhaps in a revolving door 4:v{\R
face to face one day? h'G8@j;
A "sorry" in the crowd? & |o V\L
"Wrong number" on the phone? -3:x(^|:K
- but I know the answer. YcBAW4B`
No, they don't remember. rx;zd ?
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How surprised they would be WR"p2=
for such a long time already x68s$H
fate has been playing with them. ~#
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Not quite yet ready ZpY"P6
to change into destiny, rk(0w|zR+
which brings them nearer and yet further, FKB)o7
barriering their path rW3fd.;kss
and suppressing a laugh,
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leaped aside. ^zaN?0%S33
There were signs, indications, "A9 c]
but maybe just undecipherable. cb~m==G
Three years ago, perhaps n7Ia8?8-l
or even last Tuesday, RpY#_\^hI
this leaf flying _u`W$EG
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from one shoulder to another? wD&b[i
Something was dropped and then picked up. J&6]3x
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished yf6&'Y{
into childhood bushes? T/C1x9=?
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There were handles, door bells, ouUU(jj02
where, on the trace of a hand, \6${Na'\
another hand was placed; {%b-~& F9
suitcases next to one another in the NASRr
left luggage. JEes'H}Y
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, z '%Vy
suddenly erased after waking. ];go?.*C
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Every beginning ?Yp: h
is only a sequel, after all, 1cdM^k
and the book of fate C,D~2G
is always just half open. etH%E aF[
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一见钟情 *l^%7Wrk
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他们都以为 up7]Yy;o=
是那瞬间的感觉 L1k_AC1.M
将他们结合在一起 <[7.+{qfW
这种确定的感觉很美 YvK8;<k@-?
但那种不确定的感觉 ?79ABm
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却更加妙不可言 )y:~T\g
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 uIvE~<
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 f z8eL:i:
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 cf0Dq~G
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 HIi5kv]}|
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我想问问他们 MLcc
是否记得在某个回转门 (v8jVbg
那个面对面的瞬间? m>6,{g)
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? j{9sn,<:
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? xAD: Z"
但我已经知道答案了 nV%1/e"5
不,他们并不记得 v7/qJ9l
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ~V"D|U;i +
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 D[)g-_3f6<
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但这运气 GRb"jF>ut
却还没有成为命运 *eytr#0B-
它曾让他们如此接近 T?c:z?j_9
却又让他们擦肩而过 >_]j{}~\k
阻断他们之间的联系 vd9><W
又忍着邪恶的笑意 /nRi19a%xU
跳着跑开了 eUA6X
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Nd*zSsVlq
但这暗示也许过于深奥 M: qeqn+
可能在三年前 ,xrXby|R"
或者就在上个星期二 ?y7x#_Exc
不是就有一片落叶 969*mcq'
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? _*+ 7*vAL
一个人的东西曾经掉落 %@5f+5{i!z
又被另一个人拣起来 Qe=!'u.nL
谁知道呢 `|;R}"R;
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 [=-?n6
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某个门把手上 _d&FB~=
或者某个门铃上 5TVDt
两个人的手 C-$S]6
也许曾经放在同一个位置 1
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两个人的包 n=n!Hn
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 tm(.a?p
甚至 #!KbqRt
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Bls\)$
只是第二天早上起来 %9xz[Ng
却忘掉了 41WnKz9c
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每一次开始 QdL
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也许 /PAxPZf_
都只是一种继续 xGJ{_M
而两个人之间的故事 o64&BpCK
却永远只写了一半 mV}
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