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by Wislawa Szymborska t{/hkXq]
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They both thought j2RRSz&9
that a sudden feeling had united them [leW/2i
This certainty is beautiful, cvZni#o2)
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ?j1_
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They thought they didn't know each other, I\}|Y+C$d/
nothing had ever happened between them. G 6Wx3~
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ( MB`hk-d
they could have passed each other long ago `d75@0:
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I would like to ask them, q:vz?G
if they can remember - F0@Qgk]\
perhaps in a revolving door \n[
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face to face one day? ?k
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A "sorry" in the crowd? .CVUEK@Z4
"Wrong number" on the phone? CD^CUbGk
- but I know the answer. c]6V"Bo}A
No, they don't remember. %4j&H!y-w;
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How surprised they would be :ar?0
for such a long time already xKY$L*
fate has been playing with them. cvKV95bn
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to change into destiny, o:_^gJ+|
which brings them nearer and yet further, }0$mn)*k
barriering their path vT?Q^PTO
and suppressing a laugh, .
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leaped aside.
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There were signs, indications, Yx6hA#7I
but maybe just undecipherable.
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Three years ago, perhaps W@l+ciZ_
or even last Tuesday, 3@&bxYXm
this leaf flying o>2e!7
from one shoulder to another? |</"N-#S
Something was dropped and then picked up. 6G'<[gL
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 'g]hmE
into childhood bushes? IQT cYl
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There were handles, door bells, 2-~a
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where, on the trace of a hand, wDDx j
another hand was placed; \3r3{X
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suitcases next to one another in the lY.B
left luggage. B]1HS`*7
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, x"vwWJNQ
suddenly erased after waking. z+jh;!i
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Every beginning Mec{_jiH&D
is only a sequel, after all, 8 4z6zFv?Q
and the book of fate h}avX*Lx_
is always just half open. qtHfz"p
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他们都以为 T j`y J!0
是那瞬间的感觉 ^\:yf.k
将他们结合在一起 a'uU,Eb}#w
这种确定的感觉很美
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但那种不确定的感觉 ?yp0$r/
却更加妙不可言 _ENuwBYW-
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 s;J\Kc?"|
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ]c}=5m/
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 vh
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或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Ivsb<qzG
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我想问问他们 J^fm~P>.
是否记得在某个回转门 >Dne? 8r
那个面对面的瞬间? 3%^z ?_
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ^/*KNnAWp
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? I_?He'=0oU
但我已经知道答案了 0qv$:w)g+v
不,他们并不记得 pW{8R^vKm
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他们一定会十分惊讶 "x&3Z@q7
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 %,|ztH/ Q
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但这运气 YdI0E
却还没有成为命运 vBNZ<L\|a
它曾让他们如此接近 OC_M4{9/
却又让他们擦肩而过 J3G7zu8
阻断他们之间的联系 _UkmYZ/
又忍着邪恶的笑意 =OYQM<q
跳着跑开了 W/r^ugDV
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 cOkgoL" 4
但这暗示也许过于深奥 H?uukmZl
可能在三年前 !%xP}{(7
或者就在上个星期二 ' "'Btxz
不是就有一片落叶 H] k'?;
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? jJ~Y]dQi
一个人的东西曾经掉落
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又被另一个人拣起来 $}R$t-
谁知道呢 YsP/p-
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 !8*McOI
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某个门把手上 gDCOLDM
或者某个门铃上 "}b'E#
两个人的手 m_*R.a
也许曾经放在同一个位置 .#fPw_i
两个人的包 :[sOKV i
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 =XT)J6z^"
甚至 kX[fy7rVt
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 We}lx{E
只是第二天早上起来 Z^zbWFO]5
却忘掉了 m&IsDAn
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每一次开始 =Ikg.jYq&F
也许 kq-6HDR
都只是一种继续 e"Rm_t
而两个人之间的故事 DA"}A`HfI
却永远只写了一半 @T&t.|`
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