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by Wislawa Szymborska >Q=Ukn;k
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that a sudden feeling had united them k9mi5Oc
This certainty is beautiful, *_1[[~Aw
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. hL!QLiF:
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They thought they didn't know each other, tiYOMA
nothing had ever happened between them. A2NF<ZsD
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, -f?A h
they could have passed each other long ago UQI
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I would like to ask them, B76 v}O:
if they can remember - H-I{-Fm
perhaps in a revolving door 3?.1nGu
face to face one day? J
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A "sorry" in the crowd? R*9NR,C
"Wrong number" on the phone? (PRBS\*G
- but I know the answer. )DT|(^
No, they don't remember. m!O;>D
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How surprised they would be &:3Z.G
for such a long time already dlD ki.
fate has been playing with them. ufrqsv]=
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Not quite yet ready KKEN'-3
to change into destiny, c#lPc>0xb
which brings them nearer and yet further, +th%enRB
barriering their path v+=k-;-
and suppressing a laugh, <&<,l58[c
leaped aside. [ohBPQO
There were signs, indications, G[h(xp?,l
but maybe just undecipherable. aY)2eY
Three years ago, perhaps <7XT\?%F
or even last Tuesday, Bs8[+Ft5
this leaf flying T6M+|"92
from one shoulder to another? % /}WUP^H
Something was dropped and then picked up. s-*._;
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished p $ouh
into childhood bushes? --fFpM3EvS
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There were handles, door bells, ;%!B[+ut"
where, on the trace of a hand, zhblLBpeE\
another hand was placed; ;%Hf)F
suitcases next to one another in the mC[UXN/
left luggage. wRtZ`o
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, u~1o(Zn
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suddenly erased after waking. <>Y?vC
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is only a sequel, after all, zj|WZ=1*Wp
and the book of fate A],ooiq<
is always just half open. LF*&(NC
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一见钟情 ',I0ih#Ls
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他们都以为 {ZsdLF#
是那瞬间的感觉 :5fAPK2r<
将他们结合在一起 mQ~:Y
这种确定的感觉很美 58V[mlW)O0
但那种不确定的感觉 9QC.TG@
却更加妙不可言 51BlM%
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 !j:`7PT\
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ZD>a>]
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 w5=tlb
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ^|MjJsn
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我想问问他们 a->3`c
是否记得在某个回转门 tw=oH9c80
那个面对面的瞬间? R&f^+0%f
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 5ETip'<KT6
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? {a(&J6$VE
但我已经知道答案了 _aWl]I){5
不,他们并不记得 LE6.nmvS
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他们一定会十分惊讶
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 81LNkE,
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但这运气 /4\wn?f
却还没有成为命运 W,^W^:m-x
它曾让他们如此接近 <S75($
却又让他们擦肩而过 D]G)j
阻断他们之间的联系 DV)3
又忍着邪恶的笑意 $Xm6N@
跳着跑开了 ]i<[d,
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 j^tW
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 ^O(=Vry
可能在三年前 %UUH"
或者就在上个星期二 z!;1i[|x
不是就有一片落叶 ZK;z m
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? jHXwOJq
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一个人的东西曾经掉落 'y]\-T
又被另一个人拣起来 FTc.]laO
谁知道呢 [u}(57DS
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 2%RNq<{Z_
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某个门把手上 t\P<X^d%
或者某个门铃上 *Xo]-cKL0
两个人的手 (+uj1z^
也许曾经放在同一个位置 tGA :[SP
两个人的包 [r+ZE7$2b"
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 hpTDxh'?$C
甚至 :cu#V
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 $$b
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只是第二天早上起来 m5mu:
却忘掉了 6 DG@?O
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每一次开始 e:H26 SW
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都只是一种继续 ~/^5) g_
而两个人之间的故事 _Z5Mw+=19
却永远只写了一半 \`V;z~@iA
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