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by Wislawa Szymborska +4p2KYO
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They both thought Rqv+N]
that a sudden feeling had united them DVeF(Y3&
This certainty is beautiful, @Reh?]# v
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. P^o"PKA
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They thought they didn't know each other, =qVAvo'
nothing had ever happened between them. 8k*k
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ]c~ rPi
they could have passed each other long ago n^I|}u\
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I would like to ask them, sIQMUC[!
if they can remember - 0Zp<=\!;
perhaps in a revolving door
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face to face one day? 42H#n]Y
A "sorry" in the crowd? -qr:c9\px
"Wrong number" on the phone? 'p{Y{
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- but I know the answer. E!oJ0*@
No, they don't remember. C$EFh4
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How surprised they would be 8?]%Qi
for such a long time already =-#iXP@
fate has been playing with them. _cnrGi}T
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Not quite yet ready %'p|JS
to change into destiny, ,m_&eF
which brings them nearer and yet further, &Funao>
barriering their path ,YzC)(-
and suppressing a laugh, :5qqu{GL
leaped aside.
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There were signs, indications, ^AC+nko*
but maybe just undecipherable. lj% ;d'
Three years ago, perhaps [s&
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or even last Tuesday, \ &|w;
this leaf flying vb4G_X0S
from one shoulder to another? q@=#`74 6e
Something was dropped and then picked up. 22H=!.DJ
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished S7\jR%pb
into childhood bushes? M4$4D?
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There were handles, door bells, +k"8e?/e.
where, on the trace of a hand, {Rh+]=7
another hand was placed; [~rk`
suitcases next to one another in the 1OJD\wc
left luggage. okW)s*7
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 6CzvRvA*P
suddenly erased after waking. ,J4a~fPf
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Every beginning 7dL=E"WL
is only a sequel, after all, p>hCh5
and the book of fate :X'U`jE
is always just half open. )SO1P6
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他们都以为 %nK15(
是那瞬间的感觉 S7~l%G>]b
将他们结合在一起 nD{;4$xP`
这种确定的感觉很美 )SZ,J-H08w
但那种不确定的感觉 5=;I|l,
却更加妙不可言 `J;/=tf09
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 wBaFC\CW
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 d3q/mg 5a
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 4pHPf<6
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 k?*DBXJv
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我想问问他们 ,)\5O0 D6
是否记得在某个回转门 1x5CsmS
那个面对面的瞬间? L.~]qs|G/K
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 7D1`^,?
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? X0J]6|du.
但我已经知道答案了 mJ#B<I'
不,他们并不记得 j~<iTLM
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他们一定会十分惊讶 _-2n3py
原来 _|V+["IS
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Yka yT0!
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但这运气 4% .2=
却还没有成为命运 yeh adm\
它曾让他们如此接近 k*+ZLrT
却又让他们擦肩而过 oXOO 10
阻断他们之间的联系 4OgGZ
又忍着邪恶的笑意 in|7ucSlg
跳着跑开了 W}i$f -K
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 761"S@tf$}
但这暗示也许过于深奥 )ejqE6'[
可能在三年前 r}M4()9L
或者就在上个星期二 9'r3L)[
不是就有一片落叶 ;DWp>jgy
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? z Clm'X/
一个人的东西曾经掉落 S:T>oFUot
又被另一个人拣起来 * =N6_
谁知道呢 Y:Tt$EQ
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 :jp$X|
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某个门把手上 +mF 2yh
或者某个门铃上 aD`e]K ^L
两个人的手 zU=[Kc=$
也许曾经放在同一个位置 +4vX+;: br
两个人的包 p%qL0
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 B=xZkc
甚至 &K*_/Q
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ATkqzE`;
只是第二天早上起来 #6Ph"\G/
却忘掉了 8*){*'bf
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每一次开始 DY27' `n6
也许 .VV!$;
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都只是一种继续 g5HqU2
而两个人之间的故事 43]&SXprH
却永远只写了一半 oU6g5
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