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by Wislawa Szymborska g"X!&$&
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that a sudden feeling had united them p 8lm1;
This certainty is beautiful, `&FfGftc
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. m~8=?R+m
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They thought they didn't know each other, mC!^`y)
nothing had ever happened between them. H:,Hr_;nC
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, FLaj|Z~#)
they could have passed each other long ago 7y=1\KW(
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I would like to ask them, :2AlvjvjZ
if they can remember - uB+:sX-L
perhaps in a revolving door \-{2E
face to face one day? NnO%D^P]
A "sorry" in the crowd? n<DZb`/uHZ
"Wrong number" on the phone? @6{F4
- but I know the answer. eZmwF@
No, they don't remember. ;^ YpQP
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How surprised they would be 88A,ll%
for such a long time already q$jwH]
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fate has been playing with them. Fz@U\\94z
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Not quite yet ready o:lMRP~
to change into destiny, v)LSH;<
which brings them nearer and yet further, hGU 3DKHT
barriering their path muIJeQ.C
and suppressing a laugh, Rh{`#dI~=
leaped aside. 5O:4-}hz
There were signs, indications, ]nm(V
but maybe just undecipherable. lrK?&a9AB
Three years ago, perhaps 7O'u5N
or even last Tuesday, 9K=K,6
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this leaf flying /Ca
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from one shoulder to another? 4'H)h'#C
Something was dropped and then picked up. C@9K`N[*
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished "Q;Vy t
into childhood bushes? ;H"OZRQ
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There were handles, door bells, M~g@y$
where, on the trace of a hand, 4\14HcTcK
another hand was placed; I\('b9"*
suitcases next to one another in the fs8C ^Ik>~
left luggage. "VA'W/yv!
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Q@cYHFi~+
suddenly erased after waking. ho}G]y
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Every beginning mN'sJ1L-
is only a sequel, after all, 8j8~?=$a6Q
and the book of fate )C$1))
is always just half open. MO
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他们都以为 nC#SnyUO
是那瞬间的感觉 {"\pMY'7
将他们结合在一起 Fhs/<w-
这种确定的感觉很美 _`xhP-,`S
但那种不确定的感觉 s~g]`/h$r
却更加妙不可言 ,~XAV ;+
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 0D}k ^W
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 .zvvk
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 g\@zQ^O?
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 *N%)+-
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我想问问他们 E=qfI>2U&
是否记得在某个回转门 /!W',9ua6
那个面对面的瞬间? {/!Yavx
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? )9kp[hY
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? cxnEcX\
但我已经知道答案了 &8hW~G>(m
不,他们并不记得 HUx-8<ws
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他们一定会十分惊讶 aa\?k\h'7X
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 6' 9zpe@`
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但这运气 }\vw>iHPX@
却还没有成为命运 Gvquv\
它曾让他们如此接近 %`]fZr A]#
却又让他们擦肩而过 8!7`F.BX
阻断他们之间的联系 >%85S >e
又忍着邪恶的笑意 U6~79Hnt
跳着跑开了 6#kK
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Sh 7ob2
但这暗示也许过于深奥 C59H|
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可能在三年前 /.:&9 c
或者就在上个星期二 k~qZ^9QB~
不是就有一片落叶 q(}#{OO
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? M[^EHa<i
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ? 1Uq ud
又被另一个人拣起来 ;i&t|5y~
谁知道呢 r\m2Oo)]
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 !GtCOr\'
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某个门把手上 =${ImMwj
或者某个门铃上 #
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两个人的手 6R!AIOD>
也许曾经放在同一个位置 MG74,D.f
两个人的包 T@Th?
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 BU=Ta$#BZ
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Q$~_'I7~Mz
只是第二天早上起来 ?wMS[Kj
却忘掉了 )7a
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每一次开始 [k7 ;^A5/
也许 xWKUti i
都只是一种继续 w/Wd^+IIn
而两个人之间的故事 +=(@=PJ6
却永远只写了一半 uar[D|DcD"
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