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by Wislawa Szymborska 'rz*mR8
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They both thought 3+(Fq5I
that a sudden feeling had united them _-&Au%QNJ`
This certainty is beautiful, RdvJA:;q
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Zcdt\;HKr
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They thought they didn't know each other, 0HF",:yl
nothing had ever happened between them. LQR9S/?Ld
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, p+yU!Qj
they could have passed each other long ago tn:9
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I would like to ask them, V!~uGf
if they can remember - W;,Jte<'Nm
perhaps in a revolving door KcY 2lTvx
face to face one day? jaNkWTm:
A "sorry" in the crowd? ))AjX
"Wrong number" on the phone? j!jZJD
- but I know the answer. xe%+Yb]
No, they don't remember. I`FH^=
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How surprised they would be N?R1;|Z]
for such a long time already R3.tkFZq]
fate has been playing with them. =Y
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Not quite yet ready nCYicB
to change into destiny, ssoe$Gr7>
which brings them nearer and yet further, ZW*"Kok
barriering their path W;u~}k<
and suppressing a laugh, +tl THK
leaped aside. m"jqHGFV
There were signs, indications, I~#'76L[
but maybe just undecipherable. ~6{;3"^<
Three years ago, perhaps : h-N
or even last Tuesday, :)%Vahu
this leaf flying 1Te:&d
from one shoulder to another? X0p=jBye~>
Something was dropped and then picked up. <.RgMPi
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished r;}kw(ukC
into childhood bushes? &OWiA;e?f
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There were handles, door bells, pbju;h)O!|
where, on the trace of a hand, ?JtFiw
another hand was placed; orEwP/L:
suitcases next to one another in the ?hsOhUs(5
left luggage. #*?5
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, HJoPk'p%
suddenly erased after waking. { \r{$<s
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Every beginning "(T@*"vX2
is only a sequel, after all, ;M\H#%G.
and the book of fate WG(tt.
is always just half open. U%j=)VD])
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他们都以为 Mg-Kh}U
是那瞬间的感觉 iK'bV<V&7
将他们结合在一起 h6la+l?x
这种确定的感觉很美 v8_HaA$5Y
但那种不确定的感觉 UiF ?Nx~
却更加妙不可言 1JJQ(b
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 VA.:'yQtJ
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 El]Rrku
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 j$Gb>Ex>
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 MS><7lk-
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我想问问他们 |cUlXg=
是否记得在某个回转门 I.1zD aP
那个面对面的瞬间? vlOMB
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? (&+
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? gmy_ZVU'
但我已经知道答案了 IP/
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不,他们并不记得 Rr(,i%fu
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他们一定会十分惊讶 3[aCy4O
原来 P+,\x&Vr
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ep>S$a*|
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但这运气 fMI4'.Od
却还没有成为命运 5;C+K~Y
它曾让他们如此接近 jsfyNl?6
却又让他们擦肩而过 w/E4wp
阻断他们之间的联系 J{\S+O2,*
又忍着邪恶的笑意 DRj\i6-v
跳着跑开了 (/tbe@<
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 IWsB$T
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Cddw\|'3
可能在三年前 >mi%L3Pk
或者就在上个星期二 wp$CJ09f*
不是就有一片落叶 nlw(U3@7
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? #&5m=q$EI
一个人的东西曾经掉落 _~| j~QE]
又被另一个人拣起来 q2Ax-#
谁知道呢 a~DR$^m
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 N-4LdC
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某个门把手上 N1zB;-0t
或者某个门铃上 srO{Ci0
两个人的手 HG5|h[4Gt
也许曾经放在同一个位置 0:Yz'k5
两个人的包 3RZP 12x
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 s>76?Q:i
甚至 Qte=<Z)
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 %}x/fq
只是第二天早上起来 r,!7TuBl
却忘掉了 B&+V %~/
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每一次开始 G!L=W#{
也许 #/MUiV
都只是一种继续 8s6[?=nM
而两个人之间的故事 o_vK4%y(
却永远只写了一半 wVP{R3
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