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by Wislawa Szymborska q9{ h@y
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They both thought Wf8@B#^{
that a sudden feeling had united them ,.2qh|Ol
This certainty is beautiful, mDp8JNJNE
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. g.!k>_g`
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They thought they didn't know each other, f,6V#,
nothing had ever happened between them. JBHPI@Qt%
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, @>$qb|j
they could have passed each other long ago O86p]Lr
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I would like to ask them, p ]jLs|tat
if they can remember - n05GM.|*s
perhaps in a revolving door qTbc?S46pt
face to face one day? _]ZlGq!L
A "sorry" in the crowd? JBq6Qg
"Wrong number" on the phone? 0S>L0qp
- but I know the answer. J,:;\Xhl
No, they don't remember. CF-tod
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How surprised they would be o/a2n<4
for such a long time already R#y"SxD()
fate has been playing with them. Dpu?JF]
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Not quite yet ready *'H\`@L
to change into destiny, m*B4a9f
which brings them nearer and yet further, >0iCQKq
barriering their path #b)`as?!1
and suppressing a laugh, M~`^deU1
leaped aside. IIGx+>
There were signs, indications, `S4*~Xx
but maybe just undecipherable. 3:#6/@wQ
Three years ago, perhaps }.8yKj^p
or even last Tuesday, \i-CTv6f
this leaf flying -CFy
from one shoulder to another? kzK9.
Something was dropped and then picked up. x%ccNP0
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished NLx TiyQy
into childhood bushes? NhTJB7
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There were handles, door bells, :|ahu
where, on the trace of a hand, 6XCFL-o-
another hand was placed; Ja&S_'P[
suitcases next to one another in the KlS#f
left luggage. GB}=
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, dP_bFU zg
suddenly erased after waking. sz/^Ie-~
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Every beginning (`#z@,1
is only a sequel, after all, :t "_I
and the book of fate 9(!AKKrr;
is always just half open. ^[bFG KE
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他们都以为 2v@B7r4}
是那瞬间的感觉 ] `q]n
将他们结合在一起 =w`uZ;l$Q
这种确定的感觉很美 w 2U302TZ
但那种不确定的感觉 n`w]? bL
却更加妙不可言 B6Ajcfy
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 q o^mp
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ~UeTV?)
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 a%kvC#B
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 h* 1T3U$
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我想问问他们 o-l-Z|)7
是否记得在某个回转门 FZ]+(Q"]:
那个面对面的瞬间? H =~7g3
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ,=G]tnsv^
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? dcq18~
但我已经知道答案了 Y}2Sr-@u
不,他们并不记得 gE^pOn
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ^LB]
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 8L_OH
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但这运气 :Ru8Nm
却还没有成为命运 %-K5sIz
它曾让他们如此接近 84e8z {
却又让他们擦肩而过 lEHXh2
阻断他们之间的联系 ;&}z
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又忍着邪恶的笑意 (jyufHm
跳着跑开了 :HY =^$\
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 (4ZO[Ae
但这暗示也许过于深奥 1(>2tEjYT
可能在三年前 ;;Z'd@
或者就在上个星期二 2&]LZ:(
不是就有一片落叶 Oi^cs=}
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ibwV#6
一个人的东西曾经掉落 |xg#Q`O
又被另一个人拣起来 {5c?_U
谁知道呢 !=*8*?@
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 C$C>RYE?.
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某个门把手上 7 j=KiiI
或者某个门铃上 _&s pMf
两个人的手 8qw{e`c
也许曾经放在同一个位置 =23@"ji@D
两个人的包 olxxs(
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ln8NcAEx
甚至 P*|=Z>%[0
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 , .;0xyc
只是第二天早上起来 emrA!<w!W
却忘掉了 p-EU"O
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每一次开始 k%O3\q
也许 -oUNK}>
都只是一种继续 9xzow,mi
而两个人之间的故事 ,1Z([R*
却永远只写了一半 ]W2#8:i
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