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by Wislawa Szymborska +d,Z_ 6F
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They both thought xsdi\
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that a sudden feeling had united them 0:4w@"Q
This certainty is beautiful, qFYM2
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ju?D=n@i
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They thought they didn't know each other, rnTjw
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nothing had ever happened between them. $y+Bril5W
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, o@tc
they could have passed each other long ago <;nhb
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I would like to ask them, YhNO{4D
if they can remember - /%w3(e
perhaps in a revolving door GbN|!,X1m
face to face one day? YB'BAX<lI
A "sorry" in the crowd? xnD"LK
"Wrong number" on the phone? 2uM\?*T@
- but I know the answer. 0Wc8\c
No, they don't remember. !qF t:{-h
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How surprised they would be V`XtGTx
for such a long time already % /Y;
fate has been playing with them. w [7vxQ!-
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Not quite yet ready /32x|Ow# 1
to change into destiny, s+OXT4>+
which brings them nearer and yet further, N.@@ebuE
barriering their path YPNG9^Y
and suppressing a laugh, \t^h|<`
leaped aside. +1=]93gP
There were signs, indications, 2Bg0
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but maybe just undecipherable. Y]6kA5
Three years ago, perhaps `PApmS~}
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or even last Tuesday, FA3YiX(-e
this leaf flying !omf>CW;ud
from one shoulder to another? 9S]]KEGn4
Something was dropped and then picked up. Cmj+>$')0
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Yb;$z'
into childhood bushes? XdxSi"+
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There were handles, door bells, ZF~@a+o
where, on the trace of a hand, lLi)?
another hand was placed; K)[DA*W
suitcases next to one another in the K#!c<Li#
left luggage. .bvEE
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, dcbE<W#ss
suddenly erased after waking. nBJ'ak
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Every beginning AD^Q`7K?uR
is only a sequel, after all, !$L~/<&0g
and the book of fate FH7h?!|t
is always just half open. ee\QK,QV
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一见钟情 !}PZCbDhL
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他们都以为 ;G|#i?JJ
是那瞬间的感觉 yeqHeZ
将他们结合在一起 !
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这种确定的感觉很美 xka&,`z
但那种不确定的感觉 H=v=)cUe[
却更加妙不可言 $1}Y4>3
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 VtnVl`/]
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 PJ3M,2H1b.
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 '4"c#kCKL
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 S-%itrB*
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我想问问他们 v1}9i3Or#
是否记得在某个回转门 ~6Pv5DKq
那个面对面的瞬间? 8$`$24Wx
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ~KP@wD~
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ve f9*u`
但我已经知道答案了 {u)>W@Lr
不,他们并不记得 SS*3Qx:[
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他们一定会十分惊讶 (j?ckah%V
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 JpE7"Z"~MS
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但这运气
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却还没有成为命运 y/>IF|aX
它曾让他们如此接近 uF<}zFS
却又让他们擦肩而过 x@#aOf4<U
阻断他们之间的联系 zw[ #B #
又忍着邪恶的笑意 xVN(It7g
跳着跑开了 fR>"d<;T
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 H[2W(q6
但这暗示也许过于深奥 %Hu?syo
可能在三年前 AjD?_DPc
或者就在上个星期二 ,s`4k?y
不是就有一片落叶 4@r76v}{
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? G3dA`3
一个人的东西曾经掉落 4t,f$zk
又被另一个人拣起来 _qa9wK/
谁知道呢 Z;~ 7L*|
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 S\L^ZH?[2
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某个门把手上 bJoP@s
或者某个门铃上 =z!/:M
两个人的手 xSrjN
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Q6;bORN
两个人的包 =$SvKzN
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 V 5D8z
甚至 QjOY1Xze
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 sB8v:
只是第二天早上起来 MO@XbPZB
却忘掉了 {Y|?~ha#
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每一次开始 3b[.s9Q
也许 K_F"j!0
都只是一种继续 GIhX2EvAS
而两个人之间的故事 5Nl?Km~
却永远只写了一半 <w3_EO
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