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by Wislawa Szymborska r 8N<<^
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They both thought Z'AjeZyyE
that a sudden feeling had united them ~Q- /O~
This certainty is beautiful, i&HU7mP/
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. =)#XZ[#F
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They thought they didn't know each other, a# 0*#&?7@
nothing had ever happened between them. $y)tcVc
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, %PVu>^
they could have passed each other long ago y] Q/(O
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I would like to ask them, J^kSp
if they can remember - @$b7
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perhaps in a revolving door BT:b&"AR[
face to face one day? _J>Ik2EF
A "sorry" in the crowd? 7x*L 1>[`'
"Wrong number" on the phone? 98}l`J=i
- but I know the answer. ~LH).\V
No, they don't remember. Y(JZP\Tf_N
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How surprised they would be T5[(vTp
for such a long time already Ornm3%p+e
fate has been playing with them. 0s4]eEXH
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Not quite yet ready nQw, /Lk
to change into destiny, ylmVmHmc
which brings them nearer and yet further, &WbHM)_n
barriering their path UuJ gB)
and suppressing a laugh, Dhft[mvo
leaped aside. ]VVx2ERs
There were signs, indications, iA2TvP#
but maybe just undecipherable. ]:6IW:
Three years ago, perhaps Kt#X'!9/<
or even last Tuesday, ,=6;dT
this leaf flying \a:-xwUu<
from one shoulder to another? u_=>r_J[b
Something was dropped and then picked up. t-FrF </0
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished \n0Gr\:
into childhood bushes? yX\~{%
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There were handles, door bells, q_6<}2m,U
where, on the trace of a hand, 0@!-+}i
another hand was placed; =rNI&K_<
suitcases next to one another in the S?H
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left luggage. c5Hm94,p
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, c"'JMq
suddenly erased after waking. $+
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Every beginning ds+0y;vc
is only a sequel, after all, {Cw>T-`
and the book of fate ]gb?3a}A
is always just half open. uQkFFWS
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他们都以为 yzCamm4~0
是那瞬间的感觉 cZ/VMQEr
将他们结合在一起 ;#2yF34gv
这种确定的感觉很美 ma2-66M~j
但那种不确定的感觉 p\|*ff0
却更加妙不可言 LwCf}4u"
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 _K>YB>W}7
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 cr{f*U6`
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 SR'u*u!
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 c(S66lp
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我想问问他们 P_c9v/
是否记得在某个回转门 .ktyA+r8v
那个面对面的瞬间? _E[)_yH'-
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? z`@|v~i0`
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? `oH6'+fT`;
但我已经知道答案了 >]8H@. \
不,他们并不记得 :'gX//b):
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ,dk!hm u
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 [lAZ)6E~=
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但这运气 v+`gQXJ"G
却还没有成为命运 =I9RM9O<
它曾让他们如此接近 7pz #%Hf
却又让他们擦肩而过 sZPA(N?
阻断他们之间的联系 FAd4p9[Y
又忍着邪恶的笑意 }7|UA%xz
跳着跑开了 $>PV6
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ^b`aO$
但这暗示也许过于深奥 w
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可能在三年前 vZt48g
或者就在上个星期二 >*goDtTjp
不是就有一片落叶 %:]ive]e
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ?,x3*'-(
一个人的东西曾经掉落 }EWPLJA
又被另一个人拣起来 L(qQ,1VY
谁知道呢 r5aOQ
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 *U^7MU0
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某个门把手上 r(cd?sL96R
或者某个门铃上 2_Otv2
两个人的手 <-m[0zgq
也许曾经放在同一个位置 .qk_m-o
两个人的包 qUtlh,4)
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 7^Q4?(A
甚至 c'~6 1HA<
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 p!3!&{
只是第二天早上起来 Vq<\ixRi
却忘掉了 ?Q%X,!~\:
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每一次开始 BO)Q$*G~JD
也许 ify}xv
都只是一种继续 $Q< >MB7
而两个人之间的故事 <C,lHt
却永远只写了一半 -}9a%
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