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by Wislawa Szymborska Kr-G{b_Pp
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They both thought h@ )
that a sudden feeling had united them -LW[7s$
This certainty is beautiful, g[[;w*;z
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Ii&7rdoxe
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They thought they didn't know each other, @t*t+Vqw
nothing had ever happened between them. j Ux
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, +>\id~c(
they could have passed each other long ago MTOy8 Im
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I would like to ask them,
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if they can remember - bZ1 78>J]
perhaps in a revolving door yuhnYR\`m
face to face one day? ~*W!mlg
A "sorry" in the crowd? SF*n1V3hx
"Wrong number" on the phone? 3W_PE+:Kr
- but I know the answer. 2RM+W2!!
No, they don't remember. j+-P :xvP
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How surprised they would be 04U")-\O
for such a long time already N<(.%<!
fate has been playing with them. tjT>VwqH
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Not quite yet ready ;j8)KC
to change into destiny, 3?n>yS
which brings them nearer and yet further, w= P9FxB
barriering their path L+}n@B
and suppressing a laugh, Iw<i@=V
leaped aside. tptN6Isuh
There were signs, indications, E&$yuW^z
but maybe just undecipherable. Yz$3;
Three years ago, perhaps $%R$G`.KM
or even last Tuesday, &<RpWA k{
this leaf flying ~m^ #FJu
from one shoulder to another? 26vp1
Something was dropped and then picked up. {gbn/{
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished L;Z0`mdz
into childhood bushes? :Bu2,EL*O
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There were handles, door bells, svf|\p>]H
where, on the trace of a hand, jz58E}
another hand was placed; Y5ZZ3Ati
suitcases next to one another in the 6Htg5o|W
left luggage. F#
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 9d[5{"2j
suddenly erased after waking. D,qu-k[jMI
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Every beginning )B,|@ynu
is only a sequel, after all, 1K,1X(0rL8
and the book of fate \^7C0R-hX
is always just half open. OyV<u@[i
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他们都以为 ?;/^Ya1;Z
是那瞬间的感觉 $Iv2j">3)
将他们结合在一起 W"^wnGa@a
这种确定的感觉很美 a<}#HfC;'
但那种不确定的感觉 ]0hrRA`
却更加妙不可言 b306&ZVEk
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 >{\7&}gz
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 )XcOl7XLN
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 W@|6nPm
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 +)o}c"P!
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我想问问他们 EF3Cdu{]P
是否记得在某个回转门 $/!{OU.t`
那个面对面的瞬间? H"ZZ.^"5FV
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ;22oY>w
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? m3Il3ZY.
但我已经知道答案了 @2'Mt}R>
不,他们并不记得 2{|h8oz
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他们一定会十分惊讶 3bnS
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Xp0F
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但这运气 p-.n3AL
却还没有成为命运 !uQPc
它曾让他们如此接近 (Jz;W<E
却又让他们擦肩而过 pPd#N'\*
阻断他们之间的联系 9]q:[zm^
又忍着邪恶的笑意 &gzCteS
跳着跑开了 e[hcJz!D
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 [JF150zr
但这暗示也许过于深奥 g=I8@m
可能在三年前 )iFJz/n>
或者就在上个星期二 /cU<hApK
不是就有一片落叶 Um&(&?Xf
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? J9~g|5
一个人的东西曾经掉落 {e|[%reSkg
又被另一个人拣起来 Z+@2"%W
谁知道呢 E Cyyl
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 U8
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某个门把手上 O)vp~@|
或者某个门铃上 E*+{t~
两个人的手 XQw>EZdj_N
也许曾经放在同一个位置 L|p
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两个人的包 Ol!ntNhXm
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 _%QhOY5tv"
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 `r?7oxN
只是第二天早上起来 K4kMM*D
却忘掉了 I_RsYw
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每一次开始 o"*AtGR+"
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都只是一种继续 =ZqT3_
而两个人之间的故事 G;YrF)\
却永远只写了一半 r?/'!!4
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