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by Wislawa Szymborska D>x'3WYR
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They both thought fm:{&(
that a sudden feeling had united them zUgkY`]:BJ
This certainty is beautiful, G-i_s6Wu
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. a5~C:EU0
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They thought they didn't know each other, -I-&<+7v
nothing had ever happened between them. .W+4sax:
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, i K[8At"Xo
they could have passed each other long ago D i1G
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I would like to ask them, [c!vsh]^
if they can remember -
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perhaps in a revolving door ~V-
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face to face one day? |v'5*n9
A "sorry" in the crowd? +p}Xmn
"Wrong number" on the phone? "u]Fl+c
- but I know the answer. 8}0y)aJ
No, they don't remember. wG[l9)lz
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How surprised they would be +4p;4/=
for such a long time already U)%u`C0
fate has been playing with them. Jsnmn$C
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Not quite yet ready ?#c@Ag%
to change into destiny, `V_/Cz_}D
which brings them nearer and yet further, :3*oAh8|
barriering their path %mvx}xV
and suppressing a laugh, NGQIoKC
leaped aside. ]{U*+K%,J
There were signs, indications, 6)<o O(
but maybe just undecipherable. -Izg&u &
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or even last Tuesday, hgr ,v"
this leaf flying
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from one shoulder to another? G}xBYc0b
Something was dropped and then picked up. N)y;owgo
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished l
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into childhood bushes? %|* y/m
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There were handles, door bells, '0M0F'R
where, on the trace of a hand, juYt =
another hand was placed; 61wG:
suitcases next to one another in the 128 rly
left luggage. m/B9)JzY
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ZS>/ 5
suddenly erased after waking. n?fC_dy
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Every beginning IX3yNTW"L
is only a sequel, after all, um;U;%?Q
and the book of fate 2m}]z.w#
is always just half open. !m5\w>
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是那瞬间的感觉 kZEy
将他们结合在一起 cJ{P,K
这种确定的感觉很美
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但那种不确定的感觉 9.}3RAB(cv
却更加妙不可言 <sG> [\i
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 H t$%)j9
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 au~gJW-
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 >(Ddw N9l
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 jXva?_
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我想问问他们 mM~Q!`Nf.
是否记得在某个回转门 n!orM5=:O
那个面对面的瞬间? Y(mwJud|
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? V:np cKpu
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? }z@hx@N/
但我已经知道答案了 sAj$U^Gp
不,他们并不记得 1x8]&
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他们一定会十分惊讶 O3^@" IY
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 D^4V"rq
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但这运气 p[IgnO
却还没有成为命运 7k3\_BHyb\
它曾让他们如此接近 %|||M=akk
却又让他们擦肩而过 R'_[RHFC
阻断他们之间的联系 w%"q=V
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Z.:A26
跳着跑开了 TR;-xst@
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 wjs7K|PK
但这暗示也许过于深奥 R2gax;
可能在三年前 6
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或者就在上个星期二 IrK )N
不是就有一片落叶 ng\S%nA&J
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上?
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一个人的东西曾经掉落 ^B>6!
又被另一个人拣起来 VzNH%
谁知道呢 WbF\=;$=7
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 =^{+h>#s@
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某个门把手上 vOU-bF%u
或者某个门铃上 :I8t}Wg
两个人的手 3H2'HO
也许曾经放在同一个位置 SJmri]4K
两个人的包 $1F9TfA
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 `W=JX2I
甚至 !cZIoz
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 `3Y+:!q
只是第二天早上起来 4i \n1RW
却忘掉了 K, Vl.-4?
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每一次开始 ?UzHQr
也许 9hQ{r 2
都只是一种继续 n$8A"'.M
而两个人之间的故事 g|Cnj
却永远只写了一半 NoT oLt\
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