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by Wislawa Szymborska X!ZUR^
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They both thought ~OD}`
that a sudden feeling had united them 5,cq-`
This certainty is beautiful, 9_)*b
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. JWoNP/v6
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They thought they didn't know each other, %ZF47P%6
nothing had ever happened between them. tGDsZ;3Yr
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Jz(wXp
they could have passed each other long ago s_S[iW`l=
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I would like to ask them, fQ33J>
if they can remember - \CNv,HUm3
perhaps in a revolving door LfOXgn\
face to face one day? #\3(rzQVO
A "sorry" in the crowd? L9ECF;)
"Wrong number" on the phone? >Vc;s!R
- but I know the answer. 5V5Nx(31i
No, they don't remember. 0`VA}c
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How surprised they would be ~iI4v#0
for such a long time already TR}ztf[e
fate has been playing with them. vncLB&@7
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Not quite yet ready {ZQ|Ydpk
to change into destiny, 9>?3FMKdY
which brings them nearer and yet further, LgFF+z
barriering their path tk=~b}8
and suppressing a laugh, }8tD|t[
leaped aside. Iow45R~]
There were signs, indications, d h5%
but maybe just undecipherable. Ot,eAiaX
Three years ago, perhaps j0P+< @y
or even last Tuesday, W
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this leaf flying )vWI{Q]r
from one shoulder to another? ]$7dkP
Something was dropped and then picked up. "A?&`}%
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished QE8;Jk-
into childhood bushes? bz$)@gLc
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There were handles, door bells, $7\Al$W\
where, on the trace of a hand, 5}-e9U
another hand was placed; j!m42
suitcases next to one another in the 2x3%*r$
left luggage. jiAKV0lX
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, =6Z$nc
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suddenly erased after waking. |Iq#Q3w
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Every beginning 2g'o5B\*
is only a sequel, after all, tUzef
and the book of fate f\cm84
is always just half open. ~#
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他们都以为 dJ/(u&N
是那瞬间的感觉 -`d9dJ dB
将他们结合在一起 $)(K7> P
这种确定的感觉很美 ;`CNe$y
但那种不确定的感觉 .LQvjK[N
却更加妙不可言 fG{ 9doUD
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 85fv] )\y
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 aNcuT,=(?8
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 HW,2x} [
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 (=de#wh2]
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我想问问他们 8r|5l~`8
是否记得在某个回转门 cbHb!Lbg
那个面对面的瞬间? e1d);m$
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? PNn-@=%
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? b0vbE8wa
但我已经知道答案了 "M`ehgCBr
不,他们并不记得 }3rWmo8V
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他们一定会十分惊讶 gJn_Z7Mg J
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 kJy
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但这运气 @qGg=)T
却还没有成为命运 HJV8P2f8`
它曾让他们如此接近 q^.\8zFf
却又让他们擦肩而过 bM%c*_$F7
阻断他们之间的联系 ^KK9T5H
又忍着邪恶的笑意 1zz.`.R2U
跳着跑开了 T -'B-g
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 'yq'J)
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ]0g%)f uMf
可能在三年前 OP-%t\sj>
或者就在上个星期二 $ZQ?E^> B
不是就有一片落叶 Rlq6I?S+
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 9gz"r
一个人的东西曾经掉落 aD5G0d?u
又被另一个人拣起来 uy,ySBY
谁知道呢 ^edg@fp
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 i N}BMd.U
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某个门把手上 /@*J\0h(-
或者某个门铃上 (\^)@Y
两个人的手 vGk}r
也许曾经放在同一个位置 F[
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两个人的包 x_&m$Fh
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 =&-hU|ur
甚至 LqHeLN
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 $LPu_FJ
只是第二天早上起来 R.g'&_zx
却忘掉了 7{vnhl(Z
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每一次开始 J)l]<##
也许 ;,z^!bD
都只是一种继续 y %k`
而两个人之间的故事 V zx%N.
却永远只写了一半 .2xp.i{
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