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by Wislawa Szymborska H-%
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They both thought Tkj
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that a sudden feeling had united them 02[*b
This certainty is beautiful, 8qUNh#
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. x45F-w{
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They thought they didn't know each other, 5z.Y}
nothing had ever happened between them. :c:}_t{%
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, yx<-M
they could have passed each other long ago E]pDp
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I would like to ask them, y+',jM
if they can remember - WuQ;Da0+_F
perhaps in a revolving door F_iZ|B
face to face one day? {P ==6/<2o
A "sorry" in the crowd? T|--ZRYn
"Wrong number" on the phone? =s:Z-*vy!
- but I know the answer. cU "uKR
No, they don't remember. ^_=bssaOd
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How surprised they would be CSzu$Hnq
for such a long time already N8*QAekN
fate has been playing with them. \5#eBJ
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Not quite yet ready k4JTc2b
to change into destiny, LO,:k+&A+
which brings them nearer and yet further, 4@jX{{^6%
barriering their path 0>3Sn\gZ(
and suppressing a laugh, Go7 oj'"
leaped aside. G4EuW *~
There were signs, indications, b}ODc]3
but maybe just undecipherable. gS!zaD7Nr
Three years ago, perhaps !!)NER-dv
or even last Tuesday, rDLgQ{Sea
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from one shoulder to another? <SSkCw
Something was dropped and then picked up. 2GRv%:rZ
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 1+Q@RiW
into childhood bushes?
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There were handles, door bells, 6&"GTK
where, on the trace of a hand, To,*H OP
another hand was placed; Lr*\LP6jx3
suitcases next to one another in the +6(\7?
left luggage. "|/Q5*L
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Wfsd$kN6{
suddenly erased after waking. T:*l+<?
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Every beginning RVh{wg
is only a sequel, after all, 2I_~]X53[
and the book of fate Bm+Ca:p%
is always just half open.
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他们都以为 aqv'c
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是那瞬间的感觉 #@P0i^pFTB
将他们结合在一起 c'wU$xt.w
这种确定的感觉很美 nNh5f]]
但那种不确定的感觉 8Y/1+-
却更加妙不可言 mTL JajE/
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 YRU95K[
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 W@D./Th
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 V+t's*9o3
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 KY\=D 2m
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我想问问他们 Qw<&N$
是否记得在某个回转门 x7/";L>
那个面对面的瞬间? l_Zx'm
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 9^@)R
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? KCnm_4
但我已经知道答案了 ]AX3ov6z9;
不,他们并不记得 Zr[B*1,ZV
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他们一定会十分惊讶 0B:
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Z{ 1B:aW
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但这运气 gj
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却还没有成为命运 =Q*3\)7
它曾让他们如此接近 gyuBmY
却又让他们擦肩而过 LL==2KNUo
阻断他们之间的联系 &0xM 2J
又忍着邪恶的笑意 4eJR=h1
跳着跑开了
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 (%mV,2|:20
但这暗示也许过于深奥 x_r*<?OZ
可能在三年前 %`YR+J/V
或者就在上个星期二 !s:e
不是就有一片落叶 -gUp/#l1
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? lc3Gu78 A/
一个人的东西曾经掉落 _n_()at)
又被另一个人拣起来 +}PN+:yV
谁知道呢 Ej1<T,w_
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 GP^.h kVs
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某个门把手上 :Qhrh(i
或者某个门铃上 Nd&UWk^
两个人的手 -:E~Z_J`
也许曾经放在同一个位置 v*%52_
两个人的包 n2EPx(~
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 T5z]=Pd"^
甚至 `.J17mQe"
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 A\#z<h[>
只是第二天早上起来 i1!1'T8
却忘掉了 I2Imb9k~B
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每一次开始 ;lvcg)}l
也许 6)7cw8^
都只是一种继续 cqSXX++CS,
而两个人之间的故事 *@H\J e`
却永远只写了一半 gu+zfvkcY
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