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by Wislawa Szymborska WnhH]WY
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They both thought S2?)Sb`
that a sudden feeling had united them @%!Gj{
This certainty is beautiful, j.:f=`xf
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 40$9./fe)
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They thought they didn't know each other, +1Pu29B0
nothing had ever happened between them. caZEZk#r;
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, - XB[2h
they could have passed each other long ago a>S-50
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I would like to ask them, j6Au<P
if they can remember - PMe 3Or@
perhaps in a revolving door ^9XAWj"
face to face one day? 7eG@)5Uy
A "sorry" in the crowd? ,.V=y%
"Wrong number" on the phone? aZCxyoh +
- but I know the answer. D!D}mPi[
No, they don't remember. 1~[GGl
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How surprised they would be S9 @*g3
for such a long time already 8xHjdQr
fate has been playing with them. }R`}Ey|{
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Not quite yet ready _#w5hXcu
to change into destiny, a]4|XJ_
which brings them nearer and yet further, j2 jUrl
barriering their path u43-\=1$T
and suppressing a laugh, .&/A!3pW
leaped aside. m^4O jik
There were signs, indications, n yNHjn
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but maybe just undecipherable. vr$z6m ^
Three years ago, perhaps +Q!Kj7EU/
or even last Tuesday, &sGLm~m#
this leaf flying 2Oy-jM
from one shoulder to another? Hzc^fC
Something was dropped and then picked up. K555z+,'e
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ,J'@e+jV
into childhood bushes? e_Q(l'f
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There were handles, door bells, 0vM,2:kf*
where, on the trace of a hand, EZ^M?awB4
another hand was placed; l%7^'nDn
suitcases next to one another in the 0*o =JM]
left luggage. +ID%( :
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 34~[dY
suddenly erased after waking. .T}S[`Yx5
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Every beginning >{juw&Uu
is only a sequel, after all, J+*n}He,
and the book of fate Fi"TY^-E;
is always just half open. .vXe}%
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他们都以为 mC84fss
是那瞬间的感觉 kk3G~o+
将他们结合在一起 S;S_<GX
这种确定的感觉很美 BU;E6s>P
但那种不确定的感觉 ) 2Hl\"F
却更加妙不可言 +K[H!fD
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 SL>0 _
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ^v@&
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但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 U+g<lgH1J
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 P3V}cGZ
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我想问问他们 S|ADu]H(
是否记得在某个回转门 sTO9>~sj
那个面对面的瞬间? Z6oA>D
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 0G/_"}@
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? )UG<KcdI
但我已经知道答案了 MIwkFI8
不,他们并不记得 !,>9?(
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ]}dAm S/
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 woR }=\K
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但这运气 ;923^*\:F{
却还没有成为命运 >zB0+l
它曾让他们如此接近 I ?i,21:5
却又让他们擦肩而过 CT#N9
阻断他们之间的联系 X.!|#FWb+
又忍着邪恶的笑意 e5fzV.' 5
跳着跑开了 $9O%,U@
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 GFtE0IQ
但这暗示也许过于深奥 L<TL6
可能在三年前 _M7NL^B&
或者就在上个星期二 wmG[*a_H
不是就有一片落叶 x$aFJCL
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? /|{~GD +A&
一个人的东西曾经掉落 9`sIE _%+
又被另一个人拣起来 ]Q0+1'yuK
谁知道呢 p*]nCUs}n
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 w.\#!@kZ!
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某个门把手上 _D?`'zN
或者某个门铃上 dzZ75
两个人的手 %1VfTr5
也许曾经放在同一个位置 W02swhS
两个人的包 4PAuEM/z
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 <',bqsg[
甚至 Lj03Mx.2S
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 tXnD>H YV
只是第二天早上起来 6,;7iA]
却忘掉了 `.a~G
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每一次开始 KN9 e""
也许 Acib<Mi2!-
都只是一种继续 5 MD=o7O^
而两个人之间的故事 p-o!K\o-1
却永远只写了一半 " )_-L8
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