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by Wislawa Szymborska s!BZrVM%I`
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They both thought O Bp/:]
that a sudden feeling had united them %O&C\{J
This certainty is beautiful, p$%g$K
but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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They thought they didn't know each other, d`Em)3v
nothing had ever happened between them. "LH* T
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Fqp~1>wi
they could have passed each other long ago \A3yM{G~+
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I would like to ask them, WN?meZ/N/
if they can remember - i(>v~T,(
perhaps in a revolving door Z$a4@W9o
face to face one day? z15QFVm
A "sorry" in the crowd? O0<GFL$)&
"Wrong number" on the phone? ZZl4|
- but I know the answer. EC|b7
No, they don't remember. Z})n%l8J]p
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How surprised they would be t]%!vXo
for such a long time already kOuQR$9s
fate has been playing with them. ^l/$ 13=
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Not quite yet ready UwxrYouv~@
to change into destiny, 6Bm2_B
which brings them nearer and yet further, ,o j\=2
barriering their path u~d&<_Z
and suppressing a laugh, DK;/eZe
leaped aside. 0CO6-&F9n
There were signs, indications, TS<uBX
but maybe just undecipherable. IyA8+N
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Three years ago, perhaps 9Fh(tzz
or even last Tuesday, *Cgd?*\7
this leaf flying *:A)j?(
from one shoulder to another? `Lu\zR%<
Something was dropped and then picked up. }UWRH.;v
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished eL!G, W
into childhood bushes? /C}fE]n{X
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There were handles, door bells, #8d$%F))
where, on the trace of a hand, &^YY>]1Py
another hand was placed; ,/>~J]:\;
suitcases next to one another in the b511qc"i>M
left luggage. 57b;{kl
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, VI`x
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suddenly erased after waking. xX.Ox
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Every beginning 8Lpy`He
is only a sequel, after all, Zb#
and the book of fate \:?H_^^d
is always just half open. G1'w50Yu
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他们都以为 6%_d m'
是那瞬间的感觉 Ja#idF[V
将他们结合在一起 f i!wrvO
这种确定的感觉很美 o&~z8/?LA
但那种不确定的感觉 wEMUr0Hq
却更加妙不可言 c(AjM9s
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 h OboM3_
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 qwaw\vOA
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 4p~:(U[q
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 (<.1o_Q-LU
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我想问问他们 WiviH#hF
是否记得在某个回转门 #PA"l`"
那个面对面的瞬间? }Gz"og*8
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? Phgn|
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ]@ [=FK^
但我已经知道答案了 }wkBa]
不,他们并不记得 5>w>J
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他们一定会十分惊讶 gi@+27;
原来 Z9aDE@A
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 >8tE`2[i*
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但这运气 D#m+w
却还没有成为命运 D0k7)\puQ
它曾让他们如此接近 Vq'&t<K#
却又让他们擦肩而过 y_QxJ~6t
阻断他们之间的联系 ccm <rZ7
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Ruk6+U
跳着跑开了 SqTm/ t
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 );|~4#
但这暗示也许过于深奥 [bT@Y:X@`
可能在三年前 <qRw!
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或者就在上个星期二 b8v$*{
不是就有一片落叶 I@L-%#@R1
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 6OTxtk
一个人的东西曾经掉落 #lLL5ji
又被另一个人拣起来 Da@ tpKU)p
谁知道呢 H_8@J
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 "a"[B'
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某个门把手上 _Wb-&6{
或者某个门铃上 v*BA\&
两个人的手 S5Px9&N8(
也许曾经放在同一个位置 tc,7yo\".
两个人的包 QX]tD4OH
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 (I~,&aBr
甚至 m#;:%.Rm
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 MA-$aN_(
只是第二天早上起来 ga~vQ7I_
却忘掉了 Zz3#Kt5t3
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每一次开始 #uXOyiE
也许 X7 ZaQ .
都只是一种继续 _RmE+ Xg2
而两个人之间的故事 gCm?nb)
却永远只写了一半 7e=a D~f
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