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by Wislawa Szymborska 3eP0v
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They both thought fO!O"D5
that a sudden feeling had united them <dPxy`_
This certainty is beautiful, $!C+i"q$
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. cY'To<v
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They thought they didn't know each other, lILtxVBO2o
nothing had ever happened between them. F>(#Af9
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, BG0Mj2
they could have passed each other long ago v/.h%6n?
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I would like to ask them, U*"cf>dB(
if they can remember - i/~QJ1C
perhaps in a revolving door h^ $}1[
face to face one day? %kFELtx
A "sorry" in the crowd? 1y-lZ}s_
"Wrong number" on the phone? aW-o=l@;
- but I know the answer. EFt`<qwj
No, they don't remember. <`UG#6z8
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How surprised they would be H-KwkH`L4
for such a long time already ,Ysl$^\
fate has been playing with them. ,T*_mDVY
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Not quite yet ready $_zkq@
to change into destiny, m&0BbyE.z
which brings them nearer and yet further, fB,1s}3Hn
barriering their path W)msaq,
and suppressing a laugh, ~.9o{?pbG
leaped aside. G,|]a#w&v.
There were signs, indications, B~g05`s
but maybe just undecipherable. |$?Ux,(6
Three years ago, perhaps pQ^,. [[
or even last Tuesday, vcJb\LW
this leaf flying R:BBNzY}f
from one shoulder to another? tDHHQ
Something was dropped and then picked up. 39aCwhh7v
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished giPo;z\c
into childhood bushes? /uXRZ
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There were handles, door bells, ])j|<W/
where, on the trace of a hand, \M"^Oe{Dy?
another hand was placed; X>Xp&o
suitcases next to one another in the A~GtK\=;
left luggage.
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 2*q:
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suddenly erased after waking. 3 [)s;e
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Every beginning jw(>@SXz
is only a sequel, after all, Xm=^\K3
and the book of fate ngY+Ym
is always just half open. &*]{"^
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一见钟情 m{$tO;c/Q
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他们都以为 eMl]td rI
是那瞬间的感觉 ^c0$pqZ}r
将他们结合在一起 L+~YCat|$U
这种确定的感觉很美 cv*Q]F1%
但那种不确定的感觉 jFNs=D&(
却更加妙不可言 Q^MXiEO+
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 &e]]F#
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Ce5w0&VlS
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ]O7.ss/2
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Ns!3- Y
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我想问问他们 V)1:LLRW
是否记得在某个回转门 zdjM%l);
那个面对面的瞬间? {~p7*j^0
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? "?eH=!
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? :m++ iR
但我已经知道答案了 B=gsd0^]
不,他们并不记得 x*R8^BA]pR
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他们一定会十分惊讶 !&a;P,_Fb
原来 Z]aK'
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 U%^eIXV|
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但这运气 6_%]\37_Z
却还没有成为命运 2l)9Lz=;L
它曾让他们如此接近
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却又让他们擦肩而过 Od!F: <
阻断他们之间的联系 eN]>l
又忍着邪恶的笑意 )zW%\s*'
跳着跑开了 5rfH;`
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Jny)uo8
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Q$fRi[/L
可能在三年前 P!FEh'.
或者就在上个星期二 kByrhK5U
不是就有一片落叶 Q$3\ /mz
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? oEQ{m5O9
一个人的东西曾经掉落 y^d[( c
又被另一个人拣起来 KM/U?`6>:
谁知道呢 .L^pMU+!^
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 bCA2ik
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某个门把手上 rQcRjh+E
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或者某个门铃上 UR1JbyT
两个人的手 5e#&"sJ.1
也许曾经放在同一个位置 8R\>FNk;
两个人的包 ]{,Gf2v;;d
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 *^@#X-NG
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