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by Wislawa Szymborska LF{ qI?LG
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They both thought [NaU\;w\
that a sudden feeling had united them Gf]oRNP,N
This certainty is beautiful, <1_?.gSi
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. $3"0w
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They thought they didn't know each other, t_P1a0Zu
nothing had ever happened between them. 28Q`O$=v
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 4 #4kfGoT
they could have passed each other long ago OM2|c}]ZQ
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I would like to ask them, cS{ l2}E
if they can remember - iHQFieZ.E
perhaps in a revolving door I%{U~
face to face one day? KAEf4/
A "sorry" in the crowd? cF,u)+2b|6
"Wrong number" on the phone? D {>,2hC
- but I know the answer. 0Wv9K~F
No, they don't remember. Tz%l9aC
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How surprised they would be ZFrK'BvbR
for such a long time already /A##Yv!biR
fate has been playing with them. 8> O'_6Joj
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Not quite yet ready VwtGHF'
to change into destiny, c.jnPVf:
which brings them nearer and yet further, _FAwW<S4B
barriering their path T /[)U
and suppressing a laugh, B(b[Dbb
leaped aside. FKL}6W:
There were signs, indications, "D@m/l
but maybe just undecipherable. >o'D/'>ku
Three years ago, perhaps @0B<b7Jv
or even last Tuesday, Oi
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this leaf flying 1Kwl_jf
from one shoulder to another? ilFM+x@
Something was dropped and then picked up. u'?t'I
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished
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into childhood bushes? Q"Q|]f*
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There were handles, door bells, 7e}p:Vfp
where, on the trace of a hand, TpMfk7-
another hand was placed; ?e&CbVc4
suitcases next to one another in the '90B),c{
left luggage. d7KeJ$xy}p
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, y0A2{'w
suddenly erased after waking. Z AZQFr'*
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is only a sequel, after all, h1)p{5}H
and the book of fate 1F[;
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is always just half open.
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一见钟情 -pkeEuwv{
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他们都以为 KHF5Nt
是那瞬间的感觉 <<n8 P5pXt
将他们结合在一起 F!a YK2
这种确定的感觉很美 ~{+J~5!;<H
但那种不确定的感觉 t7)Y@gRy
却更加妙不可言 S :(1=@
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ^Ko0zz|R/
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 %}$6#5"';
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 |fRajuA;
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 )xTp7YnZ;
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我想问问他们 ed\,FWR
是否记得在某个回转门 '7_'s1
那个面对面的瞬间? _^&oNm1
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? y>wr $
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? D8Ni=.ALL
但我已经知道答案了 I`5MAvP
不,他们并不记得 5Vut4px
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他们一定会十分惊讶 I<[(hPQUf
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 B=n]N+
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但这运气 .l#Pmd!
却还没有成为命运 r2U2pAy#
它曾让他们如此接近 ?:H9xJ_^
却又让他们擦肩而过 qD`')=
阻断他们之间的联系 @6t3Us~/
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Zsf<)Vx
跳着跑开了 /B}]{bcp$
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 LM*9b
但这暗示也许过于深奥 CR,
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可能在三年前 z!RA=]3h
或者就在上个星期二 Z39^nGO
不是就有一片落叶 >1joCG~
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 3zh'5qQ
一个人的东西曾经掉落 kTFN.kQx@
又被另一个人拣起来 n,V`Y'v)
谁知道呢 ,pAMQ5
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 av`b8cGg
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某个门把手上 6] <?+#uQ
或者某个门铃上 :ye)%UU"|:
两个人的手 sav2 .w
也许曾经放在同一个位置 n.7 $*9)#
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 jhg!K.A
甚至 _@"Y3Lqi
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 0udE\/4!^
只是第二天早上起来 ngdVRJL
却忘掉了 qqkZbsN
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每一次开始 Gg-<3z
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都只是一种继续 uO":\<1#
而两个人之间的故事 o+aB[+
却永远只写了一半 A:p0p^*
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