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by Wislawa Szymborska }oTac
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They both thought D&)gcO`\
that a sudden feeling had united them ^coJ"[D
This certainty is beautiful, iNs
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. fx4X!(w!B
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They thought they didn't know each other, 8eoDE. }
nothing had ever happened between them. #P6;-d@a
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, {=d\t<p*n
they could have passed each other long ago 58My6(5y
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I would like to ask them, /SD2e@x{U
if they can remember - :XZ
perhaps in a revolving door .~
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face to face one day? 5G=CvGu
A "sorry" in the crowd? QSy #k~
"Wrong number" on the phone? BO ^T
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- but I know the answer. UIv
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No, they don't remember. 71w$i
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How surprised they would be Z5{M_^
for such a long time already \*w*Q(&3
fate has been playing with them. CLD*\)QD\
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Not quite yet ready akQtre`5sd
to change into destiny, Hw/1~O$T
which brings them nearer and yet further, oZ~M`yOz.
barriering their path ^\\cGJ&8c
and suppressing a laugh, T3{qn$t8
leaped aside. jX{lo
There were signs, indications, 18!0Hl>
but maybe just undecipherable. lBTgI"n=eK
Three years ago, perhaps NLF{W|X
or even last Tuesday, |^@TA=_
this leaf flying o0Hh&:6!M
from one shoulder to another? L+QEFQ:r5
Something was dropped and then picked up. EY!aiH6P
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 8DLMxG
into childhood bushes? @,sg^KB
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There were handles, door bells, &e%y|{Y
where, on the trace of a hand, Wm.SLr,o0
another hand was placed; rq6(^I
suitcases next to one another in the s 4}}MV3X
left luggage. I)O-i_}L&K
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, YKUs>tQ!
suddenly erased after waking. ]0dp^%
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Every beginning ou-5iH?
is only a sequel, after all, D1lHq/
and the book of fate bd<zn*HZ*
is always just half open. x<=+RYz#^:
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他们都以为 M>_S%V4a
是那瞬间的感觉 t/S~CIA
将他们结合在一起 d|6*1hby
这种确定的感觉很美 $-
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但那种不确定的感觉 "$:nz}
却更加妙不可言 W?R$+~G
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 Ef$xum{
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 -acW[$t
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊
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或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 BbiBtU
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我想问问他们 ;Fuxj!gF
是否记得在某个回转门 9^s
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那个面对面的瞬间? ZwF_hm=/[
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? IEeh)aj[
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Q:kpaMA1P
但我已经知道答案了 %r~TMU2"
不,他们并不记得 G m<t2Csn
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他们一定会十分惊讶 0/(YH
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 {q8V
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但这运气 l=EIbh
却还没有成为命运 XX}RbE#4
它曾让他们如此接近 }
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却又让他们擦肩而过 94|BSxc
阻断他们之间的联系 KY"W{D9ib
又忍着邪恶的笑意 I%*o7"
跳着跑开了 +5);"71
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 &g@?{5FP
但这暗示也许过于深奥 UwdcU^xt9
可能在三年前 `t ZvIy*
或者就在上个星期二 :fpYraBM
不是就有一片落叶 bUz7!M$
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? |n~,$
一个人的东西曾经掉落 O2Rv^la
又被另一个人拣起来 p#J}@a
谁知道呢 0-4WLMx
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ]rHdG^0uss
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某个门把手上 "vjz $.
或者某个门铃上 }e9:2
两个人的手 )+mbR_@,O6
也许曾经放在同一个位置 KH2a 2
两个人的包 ^i#q{@g
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 cD2}EqZ 9
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 P7"g/j" "
只是第二天早上起来 b^5rV5d
却忘掉了 T6-e
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每一次开始 |' mgo
也许
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都只是一种继续 `;4zIBJ
而两个人之间的故事 jcOxtDTSW
却永远只写了一半 .#J'+LxFr
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