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by Wislawa Szymborska BULX*eOt
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They both thought A--Hg-N|
that a sudden feeling had united them Q! ]
This certainty is beautiful, v-X1if1%
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. (H<S&5[
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They thought they didn't know each other, G1vWHa7n;f
nothing had ever happened between them. 91r#lDR
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, R|ViLt y
they could have passed each other long ago Tv3Bej
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I would like to ask them, 93[c^sc9*a
if they can remember - v$w!hYsQ
perhaps in a revolving door h2!We#
face to face one day? \Zqgr/.w/
A "sorry" in the crowd? kp[+Iun?
"Wrong number" on the phone? I2qC,Nkk
- but I know the answer. I)]wi%
No, they don't remember. f$NudG!S
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How surprised they would be !9k)hP
for such a long time already
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fate has been playing with them. WL7R.!P
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Not quite yet ready E:f0NV3"1
to change into destiny, t*<.^+Vd
which brings them nearer and yet further, *n N;!*J
barriering their path oJUVW"X6
and suppressing a laugh, ,+KZn}>
leaped aside. s$:F^sxb
There were signs, indications, pRD8/7@(B{
but maybe just undecipherable. +L!-JrYHS4
Three years ago, perhaps \('8_tqI"
or even last Tuesday, ( N~[sf?&
this leaf flying
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from one shoulder to another?
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Something was dropped and then picked up. A/,7%bB1
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished #q%xJ[
into childhood bushes? c</d1x T
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There were handles, door bells, amK?LDf]
where, on the trace of a hand, Ajr]&H4
another hand was placed; :z56!qU
suitcases next to one another in the !%_Z>a
left luggage. xXE/pIXw
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, vX]\Jqy
suddenly erased after waking. SgHLs
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Every beginning >
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is only a sequel, after all, AiykIER/
and the book of fate ny|ni\6
is always just half open. d Ayof=
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他们都以为 =M>1;Qr<Z/
是那瞬间的感觉 D%N^iJC,9
将他们结合在一起 =2BGS\$#
这种确定的感觉很美 j~(rG^T
但那种不确定的感觉 I&U?8
却更加妙不可言 KtU I(*$`
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 p)N=
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 8xs[{?|:
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 AdesR-e$R
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 DmM<Kkg.J
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我想问问他们 iE, I\TY[
是否记得在某个回转门 r
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那个面对面的瞬间? .dt7b4.kd
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 7JD
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? [nJ),9$z_
但我已经知道答案了 _|bIl%W;\'
不,他们并不记得 (GJ)FWen0"
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他们一定会十分惊讶 AqZ{x9g!
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 w7$*J:{
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但这运气 qYBoo]}a
却还没有成为命运 lOt3^`
它曾让他们如此接近 %g{m12
却又让他们擦肩而过 )d!,,o
阻断他们之间的联系 6e(|t2^
又忍着邪恶的笑意 w?d~c*4+
跳着跑开了 aB;syl{
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 {1;j1|CI
但这暗示也许过于深奥 X(U
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可能在三年前 1@6dHFA`o
或者就在上个星期二
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不是就有一片落叶 TYGUB%A
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 qv y~b
又被另一个人拣起来 Ci0: -IS
谁知道呢 "jH=O(37
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 "G-}
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某个门把手上 L!Iu\_{q
或者某个门铃上 .p NWd
两个人的手 Fd*)1FQKT
也许曾经放在同一个位置 $73 7oV<
两个人的包 :^tw!U%y1
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 j-8v$0'
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 SCs@Q
只是第二天早上起来 T3,"g=
却忘掉了 8Eyi`~cAiH
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每一次开始 Xp@8vu
也许 /_5I}{
都只是一种继续 @,F8gv*
而两个人之间的故事 Fq>=0 )
却永远只写了一半 R5c
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