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by Wislawa Szymborska }#J}8.
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They both thought 2"O Y]d
that a sudden feeling had united them zMKL: Um"
This certainty is beautiful, (a?Ip)`I
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. oB9m\o7$
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They thought they didn't know each other, r.^&%D
nothing had ever happened between them. A3_9MO
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, e?>suIB
they could have passed each other long ago R 6Em^A/>
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I would like to ask them, RHbwq]
if they can remember - w.f[)
perhaps in a revolving door t3G'x1
face to face one day? \4k*Zk
A "sorry" in the crowd? wNZ7(W.U
"Wrong number" on the phone? In&vh9Lw
- but I know the answer. fsd>4t:"\
No, they don't remember. 9:o3JGHSc
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How surprised they would be H[
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for such a long time already ;^]A@WN6_
fate has been playing with them. @ni~ij
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Not quite yet ready
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to change into destiny, /3]|B%W9
which brings them nearer and yet further, 3)Y:c2
barriering their path Hw{Y.@)4R
and suppressing a laugh, 1tW:(~=a;
leaped aside. Fev3CV$
There were signs, indications, sLIP|i
but maybe just undecipherable. x3|'jmg
Three years ago, perhaps b`zf&Mn
or even last Tuesday, ]6 wi
this leaf flying ?M^t4nj
from one shoulder to another? @k<~`S~|
Something was dropped and then picked up. 3G^Ed)JvE
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished @XC97kGWp
into childhood bushes? |T *qAJ8c
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There were handles, door bells, R:?vY!
where, on the trace of a hand, `x)bw
another hand was placed; sdQv:nd'R
suitcases next to one another in the lvi:I+VgA
left luggage. JB@VP{
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, W?-BT >#s
suddenly erased after waking. ->=++
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Every beginning >N-%
is only a sequel, after all, 4sjr\9IDC
and the book of fate
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is always just half open. 1o>R\g3
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一见钟情 6a?p?I K^
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他们都以为 *(B[J
是那瞬间的感觉 <t% A)L%
将他们结合在一起 nX%'o`f
这种确定的感觉很美 0!`7kZrN
但那种不确定的感觉 ~e9INZe-j
却更加妙不可言 ]bb}[#AY
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 <z2mNq
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ^1=|(Z/
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 GK?R76d
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 pIiED9
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我想问问他们 /
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是否记得在某个回转门 -oBas4J
那个面对面的瞬间? yMl'1W
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? -i5g 8t'
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? **w~
但我已经知道答案了 Ag0_^
不,他们并不记得 4!vUksM
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他们一定会十分惊讶 2EwWV0BS
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Cf[F`pFM
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但这运气 9Pk3}f)a
却还没有成为命运 i03}f%JnuO
它曾让他们如此接近 ^jjJM| a
却又让他们擦肩而过 pm@Z[g
阻断他们之间的联系 x*8f3^ wE
又忍着邪恶的笑意 e uHu}
跳着跑开了 O>M*mTM
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 % W',c u
但这暗示也许过于深奥 R+VLoz*J6
可能在三年前 %yM'
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或者就在上个星期二 N 3p 7 0
不是就有一片落叶 Ja=70ZI^6
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? xWz;5=7a]
一个人的东西曾经掉落 _ZM9
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又被另一个人拣起来 XqS*;Zj0
谁知道呢 p[F=L P
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ^.kAZSgO
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某个门把手上 tW"ptU^9)
或者某个门铃上 k5QD5/Ej
两个人的手 m:fouMS
也许曾经放在同一个位置 124L3AG
两个人的包 ec4%Wk2
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ]!G>8Rc
甚至 bSR+yr'?
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 _JJKbi
只是第二天早上起来 emY5xZ@N
却忘掉了 WfT)CIKs
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每一次开始 &xuwke:[
也许 xT?} wF
都只是一种继续 3p
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而两个人之间的故事 6+nMH
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却永远只写了一半 8<wuH#2<y
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