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by Wislawa Szymborska 'ejvH;V3i
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They both thought 4A9{=~nwT
that a sudden feeling had united them Xn~I=Ml d
This certainty is beautiful, $.Q$`/dF
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. _-5,zPR
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They thought they didn't know each other,
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nothing had ever happened between them. P ~PIMkt
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, T97]P-}
they could have passed each other long ago v\`9;QV5
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I would like to ask them, 8EVgoJ.
if they can remember - "_2Ng<2
perhaps in a revolving door a,78l@d(
face to face one day? TNQP"9[?
A "sorry" in the crowd? s}pIk.4ot!
"Wrong number" on the phone? D1nq2GwS
- but I know the answer. w,R[C\#J
No, they don't remember. P;pl,~
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How surprised they would be 3BpZX`l*p
for such a long time already D~o$GW%
fate has been playing with them. yjJ5P`j]
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Not quite yet ready D5~n/.B"
to change into destiny, /x{s5P3
which brings them nearer and yet further, KRjV}\}
barriering their path 4e;QiTj
and suppressing a laugh, .'a&33J
leaped aside. )]#aa uC+
There were signs, indications, 7bDHXn
but maybe just undecipherable. wu"&|dt
Three years ago, perhaps b=3H
or even last Tuesday, c*UvYzDZL
this leaf flying qH['09/F6
from one shoulder to another? X*,Kb(3
Something was dropped and then picked up. =!m}xdTP
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished -gQCn>"
into childhood bushes? $ cu00K
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There were handles, door bells, w>b-} t
where, on the trace of a hand, b~-%c_
another hand was placed; <9>vO,n
suitcases next to one another in the ]:34kE}e5
left luggage. t#!yrQ..'G
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ["}rk
suddenly erased after waking. T)\"Xj
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Every beginning ![f ![l
is only a sequel, after all, /t-fjB{=G
and the book of fate +{]xtQB=,{
is always just half open. H~ u[3LQz
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他们都以为 Xv@SxS-5l
是那瞬间的感觉 TY(bPq
将他们结合在一起 r]ShZBAbYp
这种确定的感觉很美 xJ2*LM-
但那种不确定的感觉 Ma|qHg
却更加妙不可言 e$Y[Z{T5
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 V(Yxh+KU
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 @Tfl>/%
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 {D g_?._d
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 -7!&@wuQ
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我想问问他们 {647|j;e
是否记得在某个回转门 y$<Vha
那个面对面的瞬间? t tXjn
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? L,;D@Xi
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? <W]g2>9o9
但我已经知道答案了 ];%0qb
不,他们并不记得 KsrjdJx, '
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他们一定会十分惊讶 n4lutnF
原来 exdx\@72
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 nADX0KI
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但这运气 TPhTaKCio
却还没有成为命运 _ pO `
它曾让他们如此接近 g/CxXSv@0
却又让他们擦肩而过 5'a3huRtV
阻断他们之间的联系 4d:{HLX,
又忍着邪恶的笑意 7w;O}axI
跳着跑开了 a?YCn!
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 m5G \}8|
但这暗示也许过于深奥 2&Nb
可能在三年前 Q%aU42?_1
或者就在上个星期二 !.1%}4@Q]
不是就有一片落叶 NA,CZ
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? c#N<"cy>
一个人的东西曾经掉落
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又被另一个人拣起来 HG'{J ^t
谁知道呢 y0~Ia:y
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 1}ZKc=Pfu
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某个门把手上 0b91y3R+
或者某个门铃上 w;v7_
两个人的手 d*pF> j
也许曾经放在同一个位置 wB>r(xQ'
两个人的包 L!_ZY
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ;v
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 y$81Zq
只是第二天早上起来
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却忘掉了 >!6i3E^
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每一次开始 4(l?uU$
也许 -yDs<
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都只是一种继续 .k4W_9
而两个人之间的故事 `bKA+c,f
却永远只写了一半 D\/xu-&
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