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by Wislawa Szymborska _Nacqa
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They both thought s((c@)M
that a sudden feeling had united them GUn$IPOM
This certainty is beautiful, B]u !BBjC
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ,{2= nb[
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They thought they didn't know each other,
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nothing had ever happened between them. l/-qVAd!q
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, wQX18aF/#d
they could have passed each other long ago ~CuJ$(9Y
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I would like to ask them, YHzP/&0
if they can remember - U%)-_
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perhaps in a revolving door =*{Ii]D
face to face one day? k&lfxb9pd
A "sorry" in the crowd? 3HqTVq`&
"Wrong number" on the phone? pv8vW'G\E
- but I know the answer. =z!/:M
No, they don't remember. unc8WXW
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How surprised they would be Q6;bORN
for such a long time already =$SvKzN
fate has been playing with them. GB4^ 4Ajx
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Not quite yet ready . ZP$,
to change into destiny, yT|44
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which brings them nearer and yet further, N qS]dH61
barriering their path r;_*.|AH
and suppressing a laugh, TeRH@oI
leaped aside. _$_,r H
There were signs, indications, aGNbCm
but maybe just undecipherable. *$Y_ %}
Three years ago, perhaps #'dNSez5
or even last Tuesday, '*D>/hn|:]
this leaf flying |j=Pj)5J
from one shoulder to another? S!66t?vHB
Something was dropped and then picked up. ?=G{2E.
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 'x6rU"e $J
into childhood bushes? GT,1t=|&V
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There were handles, door bells, Rxlz`&
where, on the trace of a hand, EY^?@D_<
another hand was placed; t:"%d9]
suitcases next to one another in the OlP1Zd/l
left luggage. q$PO.#
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, {F;"m&3Lt
suddenly erased after waking. ^hcK&
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Every beginning
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is only a sequel, after all, _Kbj?j
and the book of fate Ca-.&$f
is always just half open. 7(d#zu6n
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他们都以为 6)c-s|#
是那瞬间的感觉 {YG qa$+\
将他们结合在一起 p'A43
这种确定的感觉很美 '61>.u:2
但那种不确定的感觉 "U/yq
却更加妙不可言 Nw{Cu+AwG
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 tz5\O}
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 a7!{`fR5
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ]k8f1F
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 f@2F!
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我想问问他们 Xl:.`{5L
是否记得在某个回转门 A7 6HM@Q
那个面对面的瞬间? %aV~RB#
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ~C>clkZ
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? rv`GOta*
但我已经知道答案了 H@b4(6
不,他们并不记得 nok-![
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他们一定会十分惊讶 9h/Hy aN
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 v#EFklOP
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但这运气 k136n#KN1
却还没有成为命运 Ri\\Yb
它曾让他们如此接近 f!H/X%F
却又让他们擦肩而过 'uF75C
阻断他们之间的联系 B<ue}t
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Sp2DpGs~
跳着跑开了 B#?rW*yEe
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 +,cd$,18
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ra2{8 x
可能在三年前 zI\+]U'
或者就在上个星期二 U9K'O !i>
不是就有一片落叶 4)8e0L*[B?
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? HYL['B?Wid
一个人的东西曾经掉落 8/T,{J\
又被另一个人拣起来 SSq4KFO1
谁知道呢 T0~~0G)k
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 @1xIph<z
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