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by Wislawa Szymborska f|q/2}Bqb
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that a sudden feeling had united them %o%V4K*
This certainty is beautiful, [cd1Mf:[Y
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. rV%T+!n%c
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They thought they didn't know each other, 8eS(gKD
nothing had ever happened between them. W34xrm
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, apk,\L@sZ
they could have passed each other long ago 3?*dv14
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I would like to ask them, baII!ks
if they can remember - #! R>`l(S
perhaps in a revolving door }b(hD|e
face to face one day? Mc@9ivwL#
A "sorry" in the crowd? JfN5#+_i
"Wrong number" on the phone? !t23
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- but I know the answer. ,]2?S5R
No, they don't remember. x'`{#bKD
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How surprised they would be cWkg.ri-x
for such a long time already 1WMZ$vsQUb
fate has been playing with them. jDY
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to change into destiny, 9BtGzI\
which brings them nearer and yet further, b}R_@_<u
barriering their path 8{G!OBxc\.
and suppressing a laugh, N ^rpPq
leaped aside. kzRvLs4xM
There were signs, indications, 4@-tT;$
but maybe just undecipherable. _Rii19k
Three years ago, perhaps k-|g
or even last Tuesday, OOSf<I*>
this leaf flying 7y|U!r"Y
from one shoulder to another? D j9aTO
Something was dropped and then picked up. 7@;*e=v
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 8/aJ4w[A
into childhood bushes? m|
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There were handles, door bells, SF:98#pg
where, on the trace of a hand, ]XEyG7D
another hand was placed; ; CCg]hX
suitcases next to one another in the FLMiW]?x
left luggage. L[2qCxB'^
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, z[c8W@OJ
suddenly erased after waking. ta)gOc)r
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is only a sequel, after all, l[T-Ak
and the book of fate )4ek!G]Rb
is always just half open. J -z.
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他们都以为 'r!!W0-K
是那瞬间的感觉 |URfw5Hm
将他们结合在一起 %" H:z
这种确定的感觉很美 FFw(`[A_
但那种不确定的感觉 +yO) 3
却更加妙不可言 7T)y"PZ
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 mw 5>[
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 W]D YfR,
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 %>*?uO`z[
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 K:U=Y$ x
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我想问问他们 8`*5[ L~~/
是否记得在某个回转门 oT{9P?K8
那个面对面的瞬间? u*
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? eQ[akVMk
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? lu{
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但我已经知道答案了 0BC@wV
不,他们并不记得 oYw?kxRZ
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他们一定会十分惊讶 y ~
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 bW
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但这运气 viG= Ap.Th
却还没有成为命运 6n2RT H
它曾让他们如此接近 ]x
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却又让他们擦肩而过 Ms6;iW9
阻断他们之间的联系 VjWJx^ZL#
又忍着邪恶的笑意 i<Ms2^
跳着跑开了 !hQ-i3?qm
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 e W8cI)wU
但这暗示也许过于深奥 6h/!,j0:t_
可能在三年前 ^ZsIQ4 @`
或者就在上个星期二 tQzbYzGb7
不是就有一片落叶 @M\JzV4 A[
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? C,W@C
一个人的东西曾经掉落 j4i$2ZT'
又被另一个人拣起来 OG<*&V
谁知道呢 WDY\Fj
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 k H65k (
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某个门把手上 <o()14
或者某个门铃上 X{#^O/
两个人的手 Mt4]\pMUb
也许曾经放在同一个位置 HCOsVTl,
两个人的包 =~O3j:<6
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 .'M.yE~5J
甚至 my sXgS&