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by Wislawa Szymborska XAW$"^p
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They both thought z8_m<uewz
that a sudden feeling had united them ns[v.YDL
This certainty is beautiful, L6./b;
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. |iKk'Rta4
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They thought they didn't know each other, >A5R
nothing had ever happened between them. Oi AZA<
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, -$**/~0zU
they could have passed each other long ago @X4Ur+d
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I would like to ask them, \
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if they can remember - P?p>'avP
perhaps in a revolving door :K>v
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face to face one day? 9] fhH
A "sorry" in the crowd? +%Q:
"Wrong number" on the phone? R''nZ/R
- but I know the answer. T]-yTsto
No, they don't remember. }IO<Dq=[
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How surprised they would be "[2CV!_
for such a long time already 0<_|K>5dS|
fate has been playing with them. $3<,"&;Ecs
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Not quite yet ready +KgoL a
to change into destiny, v,y nz'>)
which brings them nearer and yet further, 2+zE|I.
barriering their path L9Sd4L_e
and suppressing a laugh, W2/FGJD
leaped aside. #N^TqOr
There were signs, indications, \95qH,w)T
but maybe just undecipherable. =F'p#N0_2
Three years ago, perhaps -1iKeyyA
or even last Tuesday, hTcy;zLLS
this leaf flying =+5z;3
from one shoulder to another?
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Something was dropped and then picked up. E9z^# @s
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished =y-L'z&r
into childhood bushes? M4
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There were handles, door bells, J!5BH2bg
where, on the trace of a hand, U/F<r3.`#
another hand was placed; _OV\W'RrA
suitcases next to one another in the w}No ^.I*4
left luggage.
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, =sy>_
suddenly erased after waking. q9cmtZrm
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Every beginning 6hDK;J J&
is only a sequel, after all, b?9c\-}
and the book of fate i{[=N9U5o
is always just half open. (uW/t1
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他们都以为 d\aKGq;8C
是那瞬间的感觉 u>c\J|K_V
将他们结合在一起 9rXbv4{
这种确定的感觉很美 w}+#w8hu
但那种不确定的感觉 x{4Rm,Dxn
却更加妙不可言 NbOeF7cq+
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 xw_VK1
也许从来没有发生过任何联系
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但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 vvA=:J4/i)
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 (t&]u7Atr
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我想问问他们 }
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是否记得在某个回转门 5v"r>q[
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那个面对面的瞬间? uD4=1g6[s
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 1=BDqSZ@9
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Td#D\d\R
但我已经知道答案了 V.zKjoky@
不,他们并不记得 @sQ^6FK0G
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ~3byAL
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 v{{Cj83S+
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但这运气 u8ofgcFYE
却还没有成为命运 ^0"^Xk*
它曾让他们如此接近 Ow7NOhw
却又让他们擦肩而过 RC7|@a
阻断他们之间的联系 *Q2;bmIc
又忍着邪恶的笑意 :g)0-gN
跳着跑开了 k.bzh.
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 v*Tliw`-U
但这暗示也许过于深奥 hsV+?#I
可能在三年前 )aoB-Lu
或者就在上个星期二 \zj _6Os
不是就有一片落叶 +mRFHZG
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? /H#- \r&r
一个人的东西曾经掉落 2|'v[
又被另一个人拣起来 a*LT <N
谁知道呢 rZRcy9$y>
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 eXJt9olI
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某个门把手上 xlPUum-o
或者某个门铃上 TDI8L\rr
两个人的手 wMy$T<:
也许曾经放在同一个位置 m"Y;GzqQl
两个人的包 .C^1.)
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 &`>[4D*
甚至 kPwgayz
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 z;1y7W!v
只是第二天早上起来 =Y`P}vI]w%
却忘掉了 Rz}?@zh_8
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每一次开始 .DSn
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也许 (IXiwu
都只是一种继续 ^l1tQnj)7
而两个人之间的故事 =H*}{'#
却永远只写了一半 shW$V93<
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