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by Wislawa Szymborska ZQXv-"
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They both thought %tul(Z~<1
that a sudden feeling had united them [Oen{c9A
This certainty is beautiful, %KHO}gad1
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. o(w!x!["
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They thought they didn't know each other, .)
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nothing had ever happened between them. BZejqDr*
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, |z\5Ik!fF]
they could have passed each other long ago |x@)%QeC
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I would like to ask them, XK??5'&{
if they can remember - IROX]f}r (
perhaps in a revolving door ;Pf
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face to face one day? sd9$4k"
A "sorry" in the crowd? i!+D
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"Wrong number" on the phone? F1) B-wW
- but I know the answer. vQ/}E@?u
No, they don't remember. PLU8:H@X
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How surprised they would be
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for such a long time already A'r 3%mC
fate has been playing with them. E9z^# @s
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to change into destiny, rCfr&>nn
which brings them nearer and yet further, <6QG7i
barriering their path uMVM- (g%
and suppressing a laugh, s3qWTdM
leaped aside. nfpkWyI u{
There were signs, indications, `q|&;wP.
but maybe just undecipherable. mAMi-9
Three years ago, perhaps VeiJ1=hc
or even last Tuesday, JLUG=x(dA
this leaf flying Py7!_TX
from one shoulder to another? ?3X!
Something was dropped and then picked up. ddvSi6
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished pYZ6-s
into childhood bushes? QR4rQu
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There were handles, door bells, !`=ms1%U
where, on the trace of a hand, e9e%8hL
another hand was placed; KiW4>@tY
suitcases next to one another in the W%LTcm
left luggage. ?&;d#z*4
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, *z[G+JX
suddenly erased after waking. XndGe=O
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Every beginning S^q)DuF5!
is only a sequel, after all, +v4P9V|s
and the book of fate j_N><_Jc
is always just half open. rt">xVl
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一见钟情 3 i<,#FaL
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是那瞬间的感觉 (ii6w d<*
将他们结合在一起 -
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这种确定的感觉很美 OQzJRu)mF#
但那种不确定的感觉 F*V<L
却更加妙不可言 <!b~7sZkTc
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ' =MaO@ @
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 fxfzi{}uj
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 5`qt82Qm
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ,XT#V\qne
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我想问问他们 HQHFD0hv
是否记得在某个回转门 1d/-SxhZ
那个面对面的瞬间? U'^AJ2L8
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ~\= VSwJ
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? [A$5~/Q{U1
但我已经知道答案了 *9:oTN
不,他们并不记得 LhM{LUi
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他们一定会十分惊讶 KrOoxrDcp
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 &8'.Gwm}
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但这运气 lfjY45=
却还没有成为命运 XL[/)lX{
它曾让他们如此接近 (vte8uQe
却又让他们擦肩而过 l;i,V;@t
阻断他们之间的联系 !0ly1T 9
又忍着邪恶的笑意 q6A!xQs<
跳着跑开了 9pPb]v,6
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 {\-rZb==F2
但这暗示也许过于深奥 O%)@> 5#S
可能在三年前 RjS;Ck@;
或者就在上个星期二 )"?6Es SF
不是就有一片落叶 qz7:jq3N-{
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? [8*Ovd
一个人的东西曾经掉落 cBf9-k
又被另一个人拣起来 6BIP;, M=
谁知道呢 Xx{ho4qq
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 wX}N===
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某个门把手上 Enee\!@v
或者某个门铃上 gfQ&U@N
两个人的手 "zW3dKVc
也许曾经放在同一个位置 =4GJYhj
两个人的包 (]wi^dE
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 b?Wg|D
甚至 3L/qU^`
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 H5t 9Mg|
只是第二天早上起来 (H *-b4]/
却忘掉了 216+ tX5Z
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每一次开始 4 -)'a} O
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都只是一种继续 Ta #vD_QP
而两个人之间的故事 u#5/s 8
却永远只写了一半 EubR]ckB
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