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by Wislawa Szymborska FP>2C9:d
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They both thought w32y3~
that a sudden feeling had united them ~VB1OLgv#.
This certainty is beautiful, 1Z&(6cDY8M
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. XK vi=0B
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They thought they didn't know each other, VxBo1\'
nothing had ever happened between them. w!XD/jN
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, St^5Byd<
they could have passed each other long ago ugBCBr
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I would like to ask them, |vC~HJpuv'
if they can remember - _u Il
perhaps in a revolving door z(~_AN M4,
face to face one day? &5R&k0i r
A "sorry" in the crowd? K)P%;X
"Wrong number" on the phone? HbIF^LeY|R
- but I know the answer. R@2X3s:
No, they don't remember. h@BY]80
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How surprised they would be OZ&o:/*HM
for such a long time already v` r:=K
fate has been playing with them. 5IG-~jzCLb
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Not quite yet ready e#q}F>/L
to change into destiny, dF2RH)Ud
which brings them nearer and yet further, tl>7^hH
barriering their path J~- 4C)
and suppressing a laugh, <oeIcN7d
leaped aside. c*M}N?|6
There were signs, indications, Bbp|!+KP{(
but maybe just undecipherable. ##ANrG l
Three years ago, perhaps Q59W#e)
or even last Tuesday, K,UMqAmk
this leaf flying >R=|Wo`Ri
from one shoulder to another? sR8"3b<qA
Something was dropped and then picked up. A %-6`>
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 54qFfN8O
into childhood bushes? :v 4]D4\o
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There were handles, door bells, M^I(OuRMeI
where, on the trace of a hand, [00m/fT6
another hand was placed; -K$)DvV^(E
suitcases next to one another in the !!y a
left luggage. rM"l@3hP
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, \`"ht
suddenly erased after waking. BerwI
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Every beginning .e5Mnd%$M
is only a sequel, after all, eQ}4;^;M-
and the book of fate \j.:3Xr
is always just half open. mA} "a<0
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他们都以为 B?wq=DoG
是那瞬间的感觉 L=h'Qgk%
将他们结合在一起 T
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这种确定的感觉很美 =Runf
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但那种不确定的感觉 U;I9 bK8
却更加妙不可言 0(btA~'*
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 9ll~~zF99|
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 L8n|m!MOD
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 nF/OPd
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 aN=B]{!
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我想问问他们 -{_PuJ "
是否记得在某个回转门 MY/}-*|
那个面对面的瞬间? bN88ua}k{
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? j~QwV='S
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ,2)6s\]/b
但我已经知道答案了 ]N[ 5q=A5
不,他们并不记得 cGD(.=
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他们一定会十分惊讶 P
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原来 S@sO;-^+
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 p<;0g9,1
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但这运气 4`R(?
却还没有成为命运 TB^$1C
它曾让他们如此接近 l@:0e]8|o
却又让他们擦肩而过 KG5>]_GH
阻断他们之间的联系 s9d_GhT%-
又忍着邪恶的笑意 >OK^D+v"j
跳着跑开了 hpJ-r
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 D,ln)["xm
但这暗示也许过于深奥 nxHkv`s k
可能在三年前 Tb-F]lg$
或者就在上个星期二 sNwI0o
不是就有一片落叶 bYPK h
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 'P}0FktP`
一个人的东西曾经掉落 m#F`] {
又被另一个人拣起来 4Z,!zFS$`
谁知道呢 ]0\MmAJRn
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 y)gKxRaCS
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某个门把手上 gzg_>2Sj
或者某个门铃上 zv"Z DRW
两个人的手 n-OL0$Xu
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Xs?o{]Fe
两个人的包 )F2OT<]m,
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 eR" <33{
甚至 d^6M9lGU
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ?pZOeqqu$
只是第二天早上起来 40<mrVl
却忘掉了 y^%y<~f
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每一次开始 OBAi2Vw
也许 8&aq/4:q0
都只是一种继续 E@3aI
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而两个人之间的故事 O0y_Lm\
却永远只写了一半
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