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by Wislawa Szymborska 9&=%shOc+x
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They both thought 9 c9$cnQ
that a sudden feeling had united them xj U0&
This certainty is beautiful, hz;SDaBA
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Od;k}u6;<
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They thought they didn't know each other, *(q{k%/M
nothing had ever happened between them. 5OGwOZAj52
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, hs;|,r
they could have passed each other long ago d7b`X<=@s
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I would like to ask them, !gLJBp
if they can remember - }0E@eL
perhaps in a revolving door D[@-`F
face to face one day? U&B(uk(2
A "sorry" in the crowd? P;25F
"Wrong number" on the phone? hl**G4z9q
- but I know the answer. GYIQ[#'d7
No, they don't remember. A@lM=
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How surprised they would be 7mi*#X}
for such a long time already ?^!J:D?
fate has been playing with them. U= n
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Not quite yet ready 8M!9gvcaO
to change into destiny, $<Gt^3e
which brings them nearer and yet further, EB+4]MsD
barriering their path XU}i<5
and suppressing a laugh,
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leaped aside. ~P,Z@|c4
There were signs, indications, n~`jUML2d
but maybe just undecipherable. oSMIWwg7G
Three years ago, perhaps F'{ T[MA
or even last Tuesday, #oEtLb@O
this leaf flying b4$.uLY
from one shoulder to another? !?i9fYu
Something was dropped and then picked up. 2xuU[
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Y(rQ032s
into childhood bushes? (0 t{
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There were handles, door bells, S?v;+3TG
where, on the trace of a hand, \J(~
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another hand was placed; nSo.,72
suitcases next to one another in the `ZC -lAY
left luggage. {yf,:5
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, <]S
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suddenly erased after waking. nrpbQ(zI*
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Every beginning A;C4>U Y
is only a sequel, after all, O[1Q#
and the book of fate ,bzgjw+R5
is always just half open. 0[g5[?Vy
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一见钟情 +BI%.A`2
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他们都以为 }F V_jJ
是那瞬间的感觉 ?5d[BV
将他们结合在一起 A#~CZQY^$
这种确定的感觉很美 PL\4\dXB
但那种不确定的感觉 !C' Y
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却更加妙不可言 Gqar5
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他们觉得彼此从未见面
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 y>UQm|o<W
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 /WAOpf5
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 `a7b,d
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我想问问他们 O'~^wu.
是否记得在某个回转门 <3k9 y^0
那个面对面的瞬间? \@6w;tyi
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? B$97"$#u
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? !qs~j=;y3
但我已经知道答案了
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不,他们并不记得 G\f:H%[5[
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他们一定会十分惊讶 y3'K+?4
原来 ^jo*e,y:
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 v'y<}U
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但这运气 4NFvX4
却还没有成为命运 ]ao%9:P;
它曾让他们如此接近 n)]u|qq
却又让他们擦肩而过 ug`Jn&x!
阻断他们之间的联系 x2]chN
又忍着邪恶的笑意 jA%R8hdr_
跳着跑开了 .YS48 c
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ^j_t{h)W(0
但这暗示也许过于深奥 PTA_erU
可能在三年前 vN)l3
或者就在上个星期二 Kzfy0LWM
不是就有一片落叶 gAGcbepX
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 3 _DJ
一个人的东西曾经掉落 kvt"7;(
又被另一个人拣起来 lS`VJA6l.
谁知道呢 ^MZ9Zu_
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 D
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某个门把手上 CM%;r5
或者某个门铃上 Z2\Xe~{
两个人的手 DVyxe}
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Y5Z<uD
两个人的包 y"0!7^
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 X9uYqvP\(
甚至 ATU] KL!{
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 `>}e 5
只是第二天早上起来 ..ht)Gex
却忘掉了 &f>1/"lnd\
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每一次开始 M$GZK'%
也许 #]o#~:S=
都只是一种继续 +D+Rf,D
而两个人之间的故事 }#f~"-O
却永远只写了一半 -jsk-,
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