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by Wislawa Szymborska %Ny1H/@Q1+
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They both thought }|[0FP]v
that a sudden feeling had united them 5A|dhw
This certainty is beautiful, #Hu##x|
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 0o6o<ggi
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They thought they didn't know each other, P0hr=/h4
nothing had ever happened between them. *kTp(*K/7`
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, BBV>QL
they could have passed each other long ago w,R6:*p5
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I would like to ask them, !T
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if they can remember - @.}Y'`9L
perhaps in a revolving door /%p
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face to face one day? _zzNF93Bn
A "sorry" in the crowd? !?+0O]`}
"Wrong number" on the phone? Xc"
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- but I know the answer. =OPX9oG
No, they don't remember. ! os@G
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How surprised they would be 'X6Y!VDd
for such a long time already
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fate has been playing with them. Df *<3G
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to change into destiny, >JY\h1+ H
which brings them nearer and yet further, ru`U/6n
barriering their path 3#]II j`\
and suppressing a laugh, cwtlOg
leaped aside. (0`w.n
There were signs, indications, W_ Hoa*~
but maybe just undecipherable. ~@X3qja
Three years ago, perhaps RF'nwzM3
or even last Tuesday, s] ;P<
this leaf flying D2gyn-]\
from one shoulder to another? um_J%v6ER
Something was dropped and then picked up. y3QS!3I
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished !io1~GpKS
into childhood bushes? ;C:|m7|
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There were handles, door bells,
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where, on the trace of a hand, }oSgx
another hand was placed; N$C+le
suitcases next to one another in the h# Z,ud_
left luggage. }m5()@Q}a
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Q{'4,J-w
suddenly erased after waking. *vIP\NL?H
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Every beginning PN<VqtW
is only a sequel, after all, EfpMzD7/(
and the book of fate Y}t)!}p$r
is always just half open. XIZN9/;
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是那瞬间的感觉 "%a<+D
将他们结合在一起 %,
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这种确定的感觉很美 5/h-Hr
但那种不确定的感觉 T{`VUS/
却更加妙不可言 j;z7T;!i
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 B)L0hi
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 'r\RN\PT
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 I^u~r.
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 -Eq[J k
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我想问问他们 l Ib
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是否记得在某个回转门 !]D`|HoW
那个面对面的瞬间? UQ7]hX9
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? In1n.oRFn^
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? )s,tBU+N
但我已经知道答案了 4e AMb
不,他们并不记得 >b=."i
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他们一定会十分惊讶 yqL" YD
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 /^\E:(RH
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但这运气 TBOg.y]
却还没有成为命运 r%iFsV_
它曾让他们如此接近 Kz/,V6H:
却又让他们擦肩而过 S^==$TT
阻断他们之间的联系 N!wuBRWR
又忍着邪恶的笑意 _`^AgRE
跳着跑开了 d6JW"
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 chKEGosbF
但这暗示也许过于深奥 =jS$piw.
可能在三年前 _O'!C!K6
或者就在上个星期二 { gs$pBu
不是就有一片落叶 f8N*[by
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? "M /Cl|z
一个人的东西曾经掉落 n=F
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又被另一个人拣起来 Mlo,F1'?>
谁知道呢 Xy!NBh7I
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 V.qH&FJ=l
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某个门把手上 v7KBYN
或者某个门铃上 {7]maOg>7J
两个人的手 pmWy:0 R
也许曾经放在同一个位置 /J/V1dC}]D
两个人的包 .|hsn6i/-
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 |W=-/~X
甚至 -vT{D$&1
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 \-[bU6\A\
只是第二天早上起来 }79jyS-e
却忘掉了 2\z|/
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每一次开始 "M[&4'OM
也许
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都只是一种继续 ]adgOlM
而两个人之间的故事 ry=8Oq&[~
却永远只写了一半 L*,h=#x(
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