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by Wislawa Szymborska A9@coP5
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They both thought _u6NaB
that a sudden feeling had united them G$'UK
This certainty is beautiful, 9]ZfSn)
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. %hBwc#^
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They thought they didn't know each other, Tf!6N<dRXR
nothing had ever happened between them. VByA6^JR
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, :d35?[
they could have passed each other long ago TAOsg0
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I would like to ask them, <5j%!6zo
if they can remember - }jC^&%|
perhaps in a revolving door E A55!
face to face one day? !mqIq}h
A "sorry" in the crowd? X=f %!
"Wrong number" on the phone?
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- but I know the answer. vs+aUT C\
No, they don't remember. ^CQp5k p]
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How surprised they would be 2i#Ekon
for such a long time already 4zhh**]B
fate has been playing with them. 2 f%+1uU
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Not quite yet ready %wru)
to change into destiny, G?LC!9MB
which brings them nearer and yet further, NpM;vO
barriering their path <w*WL_P
and suppressing a laugh, Oh10X.)i
leaped aside. -&1P2m/46
There were signs, indications, wsQuJrG
but maybe just undecipherable. QX}JQ<8
Three years ago, perhaps (U$;0`
or even last Tuesday, 2{BS `f
this leaf flying )sK53O$
from one shoulder to another? L1G)/Vkw
Something was dropped and then picked up. ADOA&r[
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished A2L"&dl
into childhood bushes? ^+d]'$
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There were handles, door bells, lcEK&AtK
where, on the trace of a hand, Yc6.v8a
another hand was placed; bFL2NH5
suitcases next to one another in the S?JGg.)
left luggage. ^yl}/OD
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, /%jX=S.5h<
suddenly erased after waking. ;K>'Gl
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Every beginning U}Puq5[ ?
is only a sequel, after all, pZ*%zt]-a
and the book of fate nvwf!iU6
is always just half open. [FF}HWf
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一见钟情 FAc^[~E
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他们都以为 -'D~nd${
是那瞬间的感觉 T4}Wg=UKg
将他们结合在一起 `bV&n!Y_
这种确定的感觉很美 .)WEg|D0Ku
但那种不确定的感觉 @T L|\T
却更加妙不可言 Qa:[iF
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 %#&njP
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 t\YM Hq<Y
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 YuIF}mUr"
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 >)diXe}j
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我想问问他们 6;s[dw5T
是否记得在某个回转门 |w#~v%w
那个面对面的瞬间? QT!>izgcU
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? +C,/BuG
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? R:Ih#2R
但我已经知道答案了 F1-C8V2H
不,他们并不记得 {SXSQ '=
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ,G="wI
原来 [MbbL
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 +kE~OdZG
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但这运气 8*#$3e
却还没有成为命运 .$y'>O*$G
它曾让他们如此接近 BAvz @H
却又让他们擦肩而过 (@!K tW
阻断他们之间的联系 d@a<Eq
又忍着邪恶的笑意 0&CXR=U5
跳着跑开了 [kxOv7a
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 oqbz!dM(Z
但这暗示也许过于深奥 f2M*]{N
可能在三年前 0m> 8
或者就在上个星期二 ]i0=3H2
不是就有一片落叶 Uzrf,I[
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 6L\]Ee
一个人的东西曾经掉落 t18j2P>`
又被另一个人拣起来 EVaHb;
谁知道呢 6:; >id${
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 LCj3{>{/=
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某个门把手上 'PFjZGaKR
或者某个门铃上 /hVwrt(
两个人的手 ae@!M
也许曾经放在同一个位置 E 11C@%
两个人的包 +Q);t,
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 (5th
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Hsv)]
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只是第二天早上起来 ]63!
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却忘掉了 IDos4nM27]
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每一次开始 ?Y8hy|`
也许
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都只是一种继续 Jn|i!
而两个人之间的故事 .b<W*4{j0H
却永远只写了一半 :wg=H
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