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by Wislawa Szymborska ae#Qeow`
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They both thought O@>ZYA%
that a sudden feeling had united them &R))c|>OT&
This certainty is beautiful,
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. FfX*bqy
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They thought they didn't know each other, YO9ofT
nothing had ever happened between them. C"0vMUZ
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, K8JshFIe
they could have passed each other long ago I vX+yU
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I would like to ask them, uC! dy
if they can remember - `J$7X
perhaps in a revolving door M1q_gHA
face to face one day? #Y0ru9
A "sorry" in the crowd? 6u9?
"Wrong number" on the phone? Fr_6pEH]}
- but I know the answer. q`|rS6
No, they don't remember. 0iV~MQZ(
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How surprised they would be yf2P6b\
for such a long time already tH(g;flO)
fate has been playing with them. cl'wQ1<:
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Not quite yet ready ,B:r^(}0j
to change into destiny, 2BO&OX|X
which brings them nearer and yet further, vawS5b;
barriering their path _/J`v`}G
and suppressing a laugh, 3=("vR`!
leaped aside. 'A,)PZL9i
There were signs, indications, `n"PHur
but maybe just undecipherable. i~LY
Three years ago, perhaps $=5kn>[_Z%
or even last Tuesday, e0M'\'J
this leaf flying @Hl+]arUh
from one shoulder to another? G+t=+T2m
Something was dropped and then picked up.
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished FEi@MJJ\e
into childhood bushes? "vfpG7CG
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There were handles, door bells, '?$R YU,
where, on the trace of a hand, k+zskfo
another hand was placed; +*IRI/KUD
suitcases next to one another in the 6lL^/$]
left luggage. Js&.p9S2
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, `<6FCn4{X
suddenly erased after waking. VsDY,=Ww
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Every beginning h!7Lvh`o
is only a sequel, after all, hGcu(kAC,
and the book of fate 9TZ 6c
is always just half open. eVzZfB-=4}
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一见钟情 Wjli(sT#-
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他们都以为 x@@bC=iY$
是那瞬间的感觉 6 $K@s
将他们结合在一起 3:>hHQi
这种确定的感觉很美 M }$Td_g
但那种不确定的感觉 K,,'{j2#f
却更加妙不可言 qFI19`?8E
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 yG^pND>_df
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 `i!fg\qnK
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 V ONC<wC
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 V@nZ_.
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我想问问他们 Fw8b^ew
是否记得在某个回转门 ;u=%Vn"2a
那个面对面的瞬间? BDCyeC,Q3
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? p*U!94Pb
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? @}s EP&$
但我已经知道答案了 dsg-;*%
不,他们并不记得 /CUBs!
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他们一定会十分惊讶 a+j"8tHu$
原来 O"#/>hmv-
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 kJ?AAPC
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但这运气 +$F,!rV-s
却还没有成为命运 S~>R}=
它曾让他们如此接近 iz 0:
却又让他们擦肩而过 j^/=.cD|
阻断他们之间的联系 $EL:Jx2<
又忍着邪恶的笑意 X6BOB?
跳着跑开了 j_h0hm]
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 !;K zR&
但这暗示也许过于深奥 O
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可能在三年前 Yy;BJ_
或者就在上个星期二 S%e)br}
不是就有一片落叶 1B@7#ozWA?
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 5?0~7^de
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Pj_*,L`mZ
又被另一个人拣起来 {q^UWv?1
谁知道呢 4(,M&NC
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 xW7[ VTXc^
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某个门把手上 j<k-w
或者某个门铃上 [
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两个人的手 y#= j{
也许曾经放在同一个位置 FV{XPr%
两个人的包 "ji+~%`^[t
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 L#%)@
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 7GCxd#DJ
只是第二天早上起来 6
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却忘掉了 .@ZrmO
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每一次开始 Mcq!QaO}&
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都只是一种继续 {vT9I4d8
而两个人之间的故事 'dqecmB
却永远只写了一半 W0}FOfL9
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