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by Wislawa Szymborska HN>eS Y+
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They both thought 8 g'9( )&
that a sudden feeling had united them /b@0HL?
This certainty is beautiful, A`u04Lm7
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. AF
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They thought they didn't know each other, >>krH'79
nothing had ever happened between them. MnFem $ @
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ,G1|]
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they could have passed each other long ago `< y[V
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I would like to ask them, ]>E9v&X0
if they can remember - hXS'*vO"
perhaps in a revolving door sAk~`(:4!
face to face one day? G/(oQA
A "sorry" in the crowd? BieII$\P%P
"Wrong number" on the phone? YkPz ~;
- but I know the answer. do*`-SDy
No, they don't remember. ` 2|~Z
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How surprised they would be /0SG
for such a long time already 4q@o4C<0
fate has been playing with them. &.kg8|s{
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Not quite yet ready s5|LD'o!
to change into destiny, m|~,# d@
which brings them nearer and yet further, cv:nlq)
barriering their path fFXs:(
and suppressing a laugh, 9b]*R.x:$&
leaped aside. /Re1QS
There were signs, indications, S,AZrgh,"X
but maybe just undecipherable. i40r}?-
Three years ago, perhaps KtEMH
or even last Tuesday, i[3$Wi$
this leaf flying WbH/K]/1)h
from one shoulder to another? ygpC1nN
Something was dropped and then picked up. spO?5#
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished XP2=x_"y
into childhood bushes? 1:YDN.*
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There were handles, door bells, 2l5@gDk5
where, on the trace of a hand, .[cT3l/t
another hand was placed; Zy*}C,Z
suitcases next to one another in the }WI24|`zM
left luggage. WS(@KN
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, R~RY:[5?w
suddenly erased after waking. 'Iyk`=R
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is only a sequel, after all, 4vqu(w8
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and the book of fate t1C{
is always just half open. "6KOql3
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他们都以为 +#B%Y K|LR
是那瞬间的感觉 (/*-M]>
将他们结合在一起 e:7aVOm
这种确定的感觉很美 |um)vlN;9
但那种不确定的感觉 qA30z%#z_
却更加妙不可言 r1?LKoJOn
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 wkm
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Y(A?ib~K
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 T3?kabbF
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 IBF>4qm"
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我想问问他们 `HJw wKd
是否记得在某个回转门 W}=2?vHV=
那个面对面的瞬间? wy-!1wd
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? uPo>?hpq+
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 3QR-8
但我已经知道答案了 0?`#ko7~d
不,他们并不记得 15s?QSKj
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他们一定会十分惊讶 5j}@Of1pd
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 x)Th2es\
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但这运气 \Fe5<G'v
却还没有成为命运 jyT(LDsS
它曾让他们如此接近 R1m18GHQ
却又让他们擦肩而过 eb8_guZ
阻断他们之间的联系 tllg$CQ5
又忍着邪恶的笑意 qzmZ/z96
跳着跑开了 #tfJ?w`
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 8'quQCx*=
但这暗示也许过于深奥 7SM/bJ-M#
可能在三年前 6/n;u{|
或者就在上个星期二 mcR!P~"i
不是就有一片落叶 Ebk@x=E
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? pucHB<R@bL
一个人的东西曾经掉落 V\xQM;
又被另一个人拣起来 ?nn,RBS-
谁知道呢 Pb`sn5;
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 #,9|Hr%
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某个门把手上 =1JRu[&]8
或者某个门铃上 o._^
两个人的手 So 5{E4[
也许曾经放在同一个位置 tw(2V$J
两个人的包 %B?5l^W@
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 z>&D~0
甚至 z&:[.B
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 l00D|W_9
只是第二天早上起来 lGz0K5P{
却忘掉了 s1FBz)yCY=
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每一次开始 PDsLJ|:yL
也许 ";xEuX
都只是一种继续
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而两个人之间的故事 IpP0|:}
却永远只写了一半 0VZj;Jg}q
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