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by Wislawa Szymborska M
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They both thought Vs@H>97,G
that a sudden feeling had united them J0O wzO
This certainty is beautiful, acdF5ch@
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ="__*J#nze
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They thought they didn't know each other, BoHpfx1C
nothing had ever happened between them. E7>D:BQ\2
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, A4hbh$
they could have passed each other long ago ,7mB`0j>
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I would like to ask them, V"DilV$v
if they can remember - 0m
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perhaps in a revolving door R.$1aqA}
face to face one day? L@>$
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A "sorry" in the crowd? PiZU_~A
"Wrong number" on the phone? r`5svY
- but I know the answer. I*hzlE
No, they don't remember. r%UsUj
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for such a long time already ^M~Z_CQL2
fate has been playing with them. mq6TwM
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Not quite yet ready vj hh4$k
to change into destiny, <%GfF![v
which brings them nearer and yet further, >dYN@cB$}
barriering their path #[ ?E,
and suppressing a laugh, y';"tD Fb
leaped aside. $s"{C"4q
There were signs, indications, } za"rU
but maybe just undecipherable. Z|6,*XEc
Three years ago, perhaps =Cg1I\
or even last Tuesday, s{dgUX
this leaf flying K0C3s
from one shoulder to another? x_$`#m{hL5
Something was dropped and then picked up. 1Zt>andBF
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished \^]*T'>b
into childhood bushes? ?`T-A\A=
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There were handles, door bells, 35/K9l5
where, on the trace of a hand, "'v^X!"
another hand was placed; T3,}CK#O
suitcases next to one another in the W|4h;[w
left luggage. 28x:]5=jb
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, +
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suddenly erased after waking. fe8}2#<o
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Every beginning "xV0$%
is only a sequel, after all, Y4Y~ep
and the book of fate 7-A/2/G<
is always just half open. nR`)kORc
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他们都以为 "< })X.t
是那瞬间的感觉 8T?D#,/
将他们结合在一起 CWa~~h<r-
这种确定的感觉很美 o8h`9_
但那种不确定的感觉 7r o&Q%
却更加妙不可言 V[2}
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 4~i?xo=;v
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Ld?'X=eQ
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 yZQcxg%
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 o1Nfn'!3/>
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我想问问他们 Yan}H}Oq
是否记得在某个回转门 9Yd"Y-
那个面对面的瞬间? ;b_l/T(
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ?Sr7c|a2
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ,)M/mG?,
但我已经知道答案了 @UQ421Z`
不,他们并不记得 ]\m>N]P]
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他们一定会十分惊讶 Q)Q1a;o
原来 | Pi! UZB
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 qNi`OVh&
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但这运气 IxaF*4JG
却还没有成为命运 u~7fK
它曾让他们如此接近 E<sd\~~A:
却又让他们擦肩而过 JA~q}C7A7o
阻断他们之间的联系 Y49&EQ
又忍着邪恶的笑意 N;gY5;0m
跳着跑开了 aM+Am,n`@
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 )kD B*(?
但这暗示也许过于深奥 nrg$V>pD
可能在三年前 "p]!="\
或者就在上个星期二 7~Z(dTdSG
不是就有一片落叶 (0E<Fz
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? :!ablO~
一个人的东西曾经掉落 WG*),P?
又被另一个人拣起来 L%jIU<?Z7
谁知道呢 hBi/lHu'
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 Mj`g84
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某个门把手上 "x3x$JQZy
或者某个门铃上 Y_)xytJ$
两个人的手 q_cP<2`@V
也许曾经放在同一个位置 0f#xyS 3
两个人的包 ?Wc+
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 @FZbp
甚至 ^.9DfA0
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ?j&ZzK'#^
只是第二天早上起来 2Z>8ROv^X
却忘掉了 Eq|5PE^7
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每一次开始 (hEg&@
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都只是一种继续 \q\"=
而两个人之间的故事 f,x;t-o+R
却永远只写了一半 z*B?Hw),
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