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by Wislawa Szymborska F(yx/W>Br_
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that a sudden feeling had united them >z(AQ
This certainty is beautiful, u{H'evv0O
but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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They thought they didn't know each other, 8 |@WuD
nothing had ever happened between them. +c8cyx:^f
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, (|{b ZW}
they could have passed each other long ago rh8.kW-K_
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I would like to ask them, #P)7b,3pe
if they can remember - ]~')OSjw
perhaps in a revolving door Mp8FYPjZ
face to face one day? wFgL\[$^|
A "sorry" in the crowd? 7]i=eD8
"Wrong number" on the phone? GN7\p)
- but I know the answer. :X?bWxOJ
No, they don't remember. d )}@0Q
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How surprised they would be (>E}{{>2r
for such a long time already !hBzT7CO
fate has been playing with them. O_f+#K)
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Not quite yet ready v Ft]n
to change into destiny, q,<AW>
which brings them nearer and yet further, v}$s,j3NO
barriering their path ) <lpI';T
and suppressing a laugh, ,u^RZ[}
leaped aside. ^G(/;c*=
There were signs, indications, c:a5pd7T
but maybe just undecipherable. S`!MoIMsD
Three years ago, perhaps Oy @vh>RY
or even last Tuesday, nvJ2V$
this leaf flying .szs?
from one shoulder to another? \F|L y >g
Something was dropped and then picked up. +2}aCoL\
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished NwK(<dzG
into childhood bushes? xJ;DkPh
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There were handles, door bells, HuX{8nl a
where, on the trace of a hand, qU'O4TWZ
another hand was placed; *-!&5~o/U
suitcases next to one another in the `OY_v=}
left luggage. {kLL&`ii
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 2Z ?
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suddenly erased after waking. [5v[Zqud
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Every beginning C,+Sv-
is only a sequel, after all, #-QQ_
and the book of fate Qi_De
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is always just half open. B:YUb{CJ
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他们都以为 . Q#X'j
是那瞬间的感觉 [6bK>w"v
将他们结合在一起 Q k`yK|(0=
这种确定的感觉很美 7p}.r
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但那种不确定的感觉 &ZjQa.-U>
却更加妙不可言 mkfU
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 t"0Z=`Wi
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 +^St"GWY
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 P'prp=JD
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 AZmABl
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我想问问他们 it2@hZc5
是否记得在某个回转门 NqsIMCl
那个面对面的瞬间? DA[s k7
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? W$x'+t5H
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? k+^-;=u6<
但我已经知道答案了 |[k/%
不,他们并不记得 {+V1>6
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他们一定会十分惊讶 {DPobyvwFk
原来 @"jV^2oY1
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 0Hz*L,Bh4
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但这运气 PvzB, 2":
却还没有成为命运 *o8DfZ
它曾让他们如此接近 AiXxn'&i
却又让他们擦肩而过 i,=CnZCh
阻断他们之间的联系 3P1OyB
又忍着邪恶的笑意 pN+lC[C
跳着跑开了 ?#F}mOVAa
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ,+0>p
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ,!"\L~6
可能在三年前 $]/a/!d
或者就在上个星期二 ?]S!-6:
不是就有一片落叶 6x*u S~'
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? lNSB "S
一个人的东西曾经掉落 dm60O8
又被另一个人拣起来 ~F`t[p
谁知道呢 %DAF26t
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 &lYZ=|6
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某个门把手上 jiPV ]aVN
或者某个门铃上 @g*=xwve=~
两个人的手 $=8?@My<
也许曾经放在同一个位置 \2!v~&S
两个人的包 V~y4mpfX
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 _
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甚至 SSANt?\Z<
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 v%|()Z0
只是第二天早上起来 28L3"c
却忘掉了 RHo|&.B;+
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