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by Wislawa Szymborska 8W{~wg`
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They both thought 0eA5zFU7
that a sudden feeling had united them GVObz?Z]SB
This certainty is beautiful, f'_S1\
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. !GN Xt4D
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They thought they didn't know each other, qc-C>Ra
nothing had ever happened between them. |Y{PO&-?r
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, +u#Sl)F
they could have passed each other long ago cdp{W
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I would like to ask them, |uQ[W17^N
if they can remember - "yri[X
perhaps in a revolving door $'u\B
face to face one day? Ld~4nc$H8
A "sorry" in the crowd? |8;?
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"Wrong number" on the phone? p,s&61]
- but I know the answer. x vJ^@w'
No, they don't remember. u9@b<
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How surprised they would be jNqVdP]d\
for such a long time already 4(sttd_
fate has been playing with them. 9TW8o}k`
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Not quite yet ready V
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to change into destiny, s?+fPOF
which brings them nearer and yet further, '{W3j^m7
barriering their path #-dK0<:
and suppressing a laugh, yjR)Z9t
leaped aside. F#^L9
There were signs, indications, kpWzMd &RK
but maybe just undecipherable. 2b~
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Three years ago, perhaps -PXoMZx%
or even last Tuesday, omT(3)TP
this leaf flying mQnL<0_<f
from one shoulder to another? s/PhXf\MN
Something was dropped and then picked up. BWohMT
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished y\z*p&I
into childhood bushes? A{t"M-<
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There were handles, door bells, n8Q*
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where, on the trace of a hand, W`5a:"Vg
another hand was placed; J[MVE4&
suitcases next to one another in the 5C*?1&
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left luggage. ]p}#NPe5
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 2$
suddenly erased after waking. BZ}`4W'
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Every beginning ^YqbjL
is only a sequel, after all, G6<HO7\
and the book of fate h2AGEg'g2[
is always just half open. S>(z\`1qm
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他们都以为 ]|t9B/()i
是那瞬间的感觉 \N6<BS
将他们结合在一起 >2nF"?"=
这种确定的感觉很美 a4:`2
但那种不确定的感觉 N:twq&[Y
却更加妙不可言 X1O65DMr`g
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ?{?Vy9'B
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 9x4wk*z
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 cxL,]27Bu
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 #&}%70R)
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我想问问他们 m9%yR"g9
是否记得在某个回转门 4(m/D>6:
那个面对面的瞬间? 8f|9W%jt
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? d$4WK)U
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 7 FEzak'
但我已经知道答案了 "sdcP8])d
不,他们并不记得 sV]i/B
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他们一定会十分惊讶 =;kRk.qzy
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 '\Qf,%%.
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但这运气 :8GlyN<E
却还没有成为命运 ": mCZUt
它曾让他们如此接近 TXA. 6e
却又让他们擦肩而过 ?aP1
阻断他们之间的联系 >ly&+3S
又忍着邪恶的笑意 J,CJPUf&
跳着跑开了 Y+|L3'H
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 pyu46iE)
但这暗示也许过于深奥 L&