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by Wislawa Szymborska BGOajYD
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They both thought JOUZ"^v
that a sudden feeling had united them mQka?_if)
This certainty is beautiful, z9qF<m
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. d"0=.sA
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They thought they didn't know each other, 1&.q#,EMn(
nothing had ever happened between them. $c0<I59&|
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, N7 ox#=g
they could have passed each other long ago hC
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I would like to ask them, $2J[lt?%
if they can remember - h%UM<TZ]"
perhaps in a revolving door qe<xH#6
face to face one day? "PePiW(i+
A "sorry" in the crowd? &rbkw<=j
"Wrong number" on the phone? %5yP^BL0
- but I know the answer. ;ZtN9l
No, they don't remember. fG_<HJS(~
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How surprised they would be #9e 2+5s
for such a long time already T jrz_o)
fate has been playing with them. 3n3$? oV
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Not quite yet ready %+: $uk[
to change into destiny, >*]dB| 2
which brings them nearer and yet further, N#<X"&-_#
barriering their path )zv"<>Q 6
and suppressing a laugh, VYw<8AEFY
leaped aside. k((kx:
There were signs, indications, m>{I>:sq
but maybe just undecipherable. 1/tyne=m
Three years ago, perhaps <Eu/f`8
or even last Tuesday, JH+uBZh6
this leaf flying w/,A@fLL
from one shoulder to another? j^)=<+Q;=
Something was dropped and then picked up. *bl|[(pP
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 6c[Slq!KA
into childhood bushes? ZU68\cL
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There were handles, door bells, 9l<}`/@}W
where, on the trace of a hand, }Dx5W9Ri"
another hand was placed; fJK;[*&Y
suitcases next to one another in the ;;}}uW=
left luggage. cyH=LjgJf
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 8'-E>+L
suddenly erased after waking. ql I1<Jx
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is only a sequel, after all, 2=
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and the book of fate qoAJcr2uN
is always just half open. RHu4cK!5
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他们都以为 Ch'e'EmI
是那瞬间的感觉 ]vjMfT%]W
将他们结合在一起 4&<zkAMR
这种确定的感觉很美 *],=!
但那种不确定的感觉 z0 J:"M
却更加妙不可言 FvyC$vip
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 xA>3]<O
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ;%mdSaf
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 }*|aVBvU
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ZK`x(h{p)
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我想问问他们 +%H2;8{F
是否记得在某个回转门 :v%iF!+.P
那个面对面的瞬间? Q94p*]W"
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ow7*HN*
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? c8oE,-~
但我已经知道答案了 +:3p*x%1H
不,他们并不记得 )VeeAu)p
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他们一定会十分惊讶 (G 9Ku 8Y
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 1>)uI@?Rb
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但这运气 \79aG3MyK
却还没有成为命运 &`}ACTY'P
它曾让他们如此接近 /rnP/X)T
却又让他们擦肩而过 R_duPaWc@
阻断他们之间的联系 fO}Y$y\q
又忍着邪恶的笑意 k8w:8*y'.
跳着跑开了 _Kv;hR>
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 _/5xtupxE
但这暗示也许过于深奥 keS%w]87
可能在三年前 t]6
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或者就在上个星期二 '<aFd)-
不是就有一片落叶 lTZcbaO?]
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? xz){RkVzP
一个人的东西曾经掉落 @O| lA
又被另一个人拣起来 !$!"$-5
谁知道呢 E@8<
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 $*;ke5Dm4
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某个门把手上 $Hal]
或者某个门铃上 24I~{Qy
两个人的手 yG:Pg MrB
也许曾经放在同一个位置 "FXT8Qxg
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 =%0r_#F%=
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ktiC*|fd
只是第二天早上起来 K~
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却忘掉了 _j?/O)M
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也许 4Dv42fO
都只是一种继续 ILT.yxV
而两个人之间的故事 5uD'Kd$H
却永远只写了一半 J-Wphc!m
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