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by Wislawa Szymborska @lau?@$ja
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that a sudden feeling had united them *yv@-lP5s
This certainty is beautiful, ]xhmM1$
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 2wWL]`(E
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They thought they didn't know each other, COw]1R
nothing had ever happened between them. 9GdrJ~h
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, S!GjCog^J
they could have passed each other long ago 'U)|m
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I would like to ask them, @5%c P
if they can remember - !P, 9Sg&5)
perhaps in a revolving door <:u)C;
face to face one day? _[SP*"
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A "sorry" in the crowd? N.q4Ar[x#p
"Wrong number" on the phone? c?0uv2*Yh
- but I know the answer. 3986;>v
No, they don't remember. 6dh@DG*k
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for such a long time already &/J[P dSb$
fate has been playing with them. mmXLGLMd
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Not quite yet ready -#b-@sD
to change into destiny, -;z&">
which brings them nearer and yet further, Q^v8n1
barriering their path *n0k2 p
and suppressing a laugh, #[*e$C
leaped aside. oy'Q#!
There were signs, indications, $}S5&
but maybe just undecipherable. zjh&?G]:G
Three years ago, perhaps kRgyvA,*;
or even last Tuesday, {sy#&m(el
this leaf flying g
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from one shoulder to another? Uq/(xh,t5
Something was dropped and then picked up. [?BmW{*u.
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 2I:vie
into childhood bushes? Nh41o0
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There were handles, door bells, V9"Kro
where, on the trace of a hand, 0.nS306
another hand was placed; =MG
suitcases next to one another in the )\uy 0+b
left luggage. :H<u@%
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ?T5^hQT
suddenly erased after waking. _f,q8ZkSr
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Every beginning ..7"&-?g{4
is only a sequel, after all, 4j)Y>
and the book of fate =L<OTfVE
is always just half open. Y,?
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他们都以为 1,W%t\D
是那瞬间的感觉 E8>npDFv.
将他们结合在一起 3l>P>[<o
这种确定的感觉很美 +=MO6}5T
但那种不确定的感觉 neQ2+W%oj
却更加妙不可言 E]_lYYkA
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 7(~^6Ql!
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 96vv85g
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 mn" a$
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ;4F[*VF!w
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我想问问他们 ekP=/;T#S
是否记得在某个回转门 (EUX>IJ
那个面对面的瞬间? J mFzSR?}
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? m
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? h|%d=`P,
但我已经知道答案了 %M9^QHyo@
不,他们并不记得 [}lv!KmzW
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他们一定会十分惊讶 i(,R$AU
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Q%QpG)E
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但这运气 4cJ7.Pez
却还没有成为命运 RGLwtN
它曾让他们如此接近 KE YM@,'
却又让他们擦肩而过 yN~=3b>
阻断他们之间的联系 "6pjkEt4
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ;pb~Zk/[,w
跳着跑开了 .6$ST Ksr
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 pa+^5N
但这暗示也许过于深奥 h+.^8fPR
可能在三年前 V85a{OBm,8
或者就在上个星期二 C(iA G
不是就有一片落叶 7"*-
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? IwFg1\>
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ,X\z#B
又被另一个人拣起来 J;"XRE[%5
谁知道呢 MkJL9eG
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 N3r{|Bu
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某个门把手上 ":"M/v%F
或者某个门铃上 sNX$ =<E
两个人的手 R,Tw0@{O*
也许曾经放在同一个位置 ,3GM'e{hV
两个人的包 w^`n
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 R) @k|
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ])~*)I~Y
只是第二天早上起来 Q6%m}R
却忘掉了 K]kL?-A#'
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每一次开始 aQFYSl
也许 MQ\:/]a
都只是一种继续 1 ,D2][
而两个人之间的故事 "!Mu5Ga
却永远只写了一半 uaJ5'*
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