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by Wislawa Szymborska ~"!fP3"e
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They both thought L4W5EO$
that a sudden feeling had united them z$sT !QL~
This certainty is beautiful, 9 68Ez
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Pq$n5fZC!
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They thought they didn't know each other, !IR6
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nothing had ever happened between them. @VI@fN
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, "M0z(NkH
they could have passed each other long ago qgB_=Q#E
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I would like to ask them, -g<oS9
if they can remember - n+p }\msH
perhaps in a revolving door <ZW-QN4
face to face one day? 9M ]_nP Y
A "sorry" in the crowd? VN.Je:Ju
"Wrong number" on the phone? kGJC\{N5N
- but I know the answer. }B^tL$k
No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be `@%LzeGz
for such a long time already X-/]IHDN
fate has been playing with them. -RLOD\ZBh
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Not quite yet ready (At$3b6
to change into destiny, @+DX.9
which brings them nearer and yet further, DfB7*+x{
barriering their path
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and suppressing a laugh, F[MFx^sT{
leaped aside. MfkZ
There were signs, indications, T>>c2$ x
but maybe just undecipherable. Xc.`-J~Il
Three years ago, perhaps 0}9h]X'
or even last Tuesday, sq]F;=[5
this leaf flying <Z$J<]I
from one shoulder to another? 9u_Pj2%56.
Something was dropped and then picked up. 8EY:tzw
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ^sZ,2,^
into childhood bushes? vD4*&|8T#
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There were handles, door bells, 1x^GWtRp
where, on the trace of a hand, Hp?/a?\Xm
another hand was placed; #E]59_
suitcases next to one another in the <N@Gu!N8
left luggage. f
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, JS77M-Ac
suddenly erased after waking. 92{\B-
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Every beginning .C(tMF]D,
is only a sequel, after all, JI5Dy>u:
and the book of fate X?Au/
is always just half open. 'q.!|G2U
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他们都以为 jdBLsy@
是那瞬间的感觉 Pz^544\~ou
将他们结合在一起 4P0}+
这种确定的感觉很美 _B0L.eF
但那种不确定的感觉 ?Ob3tUz2
却更加妙不可言 Ss`LLq0LO
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 0IpmRH/
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 r*Xuj=
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ;rS{:
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 #;<Y[hR{P
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我想问问他们 F}zDfY\-
是否记得在某个回转门 9FX-1,Jx
那个面对面的瞬间? ~s{$WL&
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 4\i[m:e=@
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? r
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但我已经知道答案了 /O9EQ Pm(
不,他们并不记得 1&2>LE/P
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他们一定会十分惊讶 T;#FEzBz
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 3oqHGA:}
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但这运气 ##{taR8
却还没有成为命运 ~5g ~;f[4
它曾让他们如此接近 `{Ul!
却又让他们擦肩而过 1Z;iV<d
阻断他们之间的联系 qWw=8Bq
又忍着邪恶的笑意 o(HbGHIP
跳着跑开了 j<x_ &1
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 (#'>(t(4
但这暗示也许过于深奥 @@%ataUSBT
可能在三年前 ;PH~<T
或者就在上个星期二 #1[u(<AS
不是就有一片落叶 'Vbi VLWD
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ME dWLFf
一个人的东西曾经掉落 UI#h&j5pW
又被另一个人拣起来 ww/Uzv
谁知道呢 [!z,lY>
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 u4j5w
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某个门把手上 P%zK;#8V
或者某个门铃上 CWlw0X
两个人的手 M`>E|"<
也许曾经放在同一个位置 1"g<0
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两个人的包 >V~E]P%@
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 :-'qC8C
甚至 ]{iQ21`a-
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 #*}+J3/
只是第二天早上起来 "}!G!k:
却忘掉了 #`IN`m|
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每一次开始 Vc2`b3"Br
也许 Jb(H %NJ
都只是一种继续 `9 L>*
而两个人之间的故事 PM+[,H
却永远只写了一半 B3BN`mdn>
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