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by Wislawa Szymborska @0F3$
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They both thought M#8uv-L
that a sudden feeling had united them ;S>])5<
This certainty is beautiful, (Kv#m
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. [xGf,;Z
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They thought they didn't know each other, Vb= Mg
nothing had ever happened between them. Wh.?j>vB
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, |b)Y#)C;
they could have passed each other long ago {$wjO7Glp
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I would like to ask them, 0`[wpZ
if they can remember - N9v1[~ bv_
perhaps in a revolving door c\Q7"!e
face to face one day? nuw70*ell
A "sorry" in the crowd? W#hj 1
"Wrong number" on the phone? =,UWX3`f
- but I know the answer. Ac<Phy-J
No, they don't remember. LL3#5AA"k|
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How surprised they would be vuoQz\
for such a long time already hBBUw0"
fate has been playing with them. 6,0_)O}\b
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Not quite yet ready L{8xlx`
to change into destiny, !y@6Mm
which brings them nearer and yet further, CW,Wx: Y
barriering their path DKBSFm{~Q
and suppressing a laugh, ::}{_ Z
leaped aside. s;6CExH
There were signs, indications, FgB&b
but maybe just undecipherable. l=v4Fa0^jF
Three years ago, perhaps }Nf%n@
or even last Tuesday, U15H@h
this leaf flying uLWh|
from one shoulder to another? Bq$rf < W
Something was dropped and then picked up. t({W
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished D?NbW @]
into childhood bushes? [rSR:V?"a
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There were handles, door bells, BS:+~| 3w
where, on the trace of a hand, yge,8i)c
another hand was placed; {o.FlX
suitcases next to one another in the "-+\R}q$
left luggage. 4#:W.]U8
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, '2[albxSc
suddenly erased after waking. O4og?h>
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Every beginning m>MB7,C;N
is only a sequel, after all, Ndi9FD3im
and the book of fate 34Kw!
is always just half open. a_'2V;
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他们都以为 Yq%9M=#k
是那瞬间的感觉 yrC7F`.
将他们结合在一起 O vk_\On
这种确定的感觉很美 GJoS #s
但那种不确定的感觉 Z2'Bk2 L
却更加妙不可言 1$p2}Bf{n
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 IVAmV!.z
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 .O0+H+
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 pQtJc*[!
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 wfq7ob4^
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我想问问他们 H\0~#(z?.
是否记得在某个回转门 f7X6fr<
那个面对面的瞬间? E: $P=%b
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ,#L=v]
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 6er-{.L=
但我已经知道答案了 [YUv7|\
不,他们并不记得 J
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他们一定会十分惊讶 e-"nB]n^/
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 UHTvCc
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但这运气 W8KDX_vGJ
却还没有成为命运 4<lRPsvgc
它曾让他们如此接近 'U\<IL#U
却又让他们擦肩而过 &QGdLXOn
阻断他们之间的联系 b"vv>Q~U
又忍着邪恶的笑意 !3*(N8_|#
跳着跑开了 [&#/]Ul'
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 P dhEQ}H
但这暗示也许过于深奥 n8" .XS
可能在三年前 >VN5`Zlw\C
或者就在上个星期二 BA%pY|"Q
不是就有一片落叶 '<ZlGFt'n
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 'gPzm|f|t@
一个人的东西曾经掉落 k6sI
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又被另一个人拣起来 }Du}c3
谁知道呢 'i4_`^:+
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ).sRv6/c
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某个门把手上 ZI 3Nq
或者某个门铃上 .`4{9?bR
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 + EGD.S{
两个人的包 w(/aiV
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 +KvU$9Ad>
只是第二天早上起来 RH O( ?8"_
却忘掉了 2E)wpgUc?e
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都只是一种继续 %Ntcvp)
而两个人之间的故事 N#DYJ-~*
却永远只写了一半 &'
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