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by Wislawa Szymborska O8N1gf;t
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They both thought
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that a sudden feeling had united them fA0wQz]u
This certainty is beautiful, qu]a+cYY
but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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They thought they didn't know each other, *f{4_ts
nothing had ever happened between them. ,KF>@3f
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, V$;`#J$\b
they could have passed each other long ago e6qIC*C !
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I would like to ask them, zQt)>Qx_
if they can remember - !{ _:k%B
perhaps in a revolving door AW9%E/{
face to face one day? DT6BFx
A "sorry" in the crowd? ,?Vxcr
"Wrong number" on the phone? +u t%C.1
- but I know the answer. pU,\ &3N
No, they don't remember. n<HF]
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How surprised they would be UfV {m
for such a long time already QwF.c28[
fate has been playing with them. 7lJ8<EP9
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Not quite yet ready uC#]F@
to change into destiny, p)"EenUK
which brings them nearer and yet further, u:J4Az^!
barriering their path kkj@!1q(wO
and suppressing a laugh, >yqEXx5{
leaped aside. #)#'^MZX
There were signs, indications, 2t
but maybe just undecipherable. HM"(cB(n`
Three years ago, perhaps RU=g|TL
or even last Tuesday, ^YfAsBs&
this leaf flying 3/&
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from one shoulder to another? Z/v )^VR
Something was dropped and then picked up. B>z^W+Unyn
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 5H 1x-b
into childhood bushes? @y0kX<M
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There were handles, door bells, i12G\Ye
where, on the trace of a hand, Et}%sdS
another hand was placed; #.Ly
suitcases next to one another in the '=Jz}F <
left luggage. >qGWDCKr
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 20` XklV
suddenly erased after waking. L ]BTX]
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Every beginning P>x88M
is only a sequel, after all, 7ruWmy;j
and the book of fate
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is always just half open. c\tw#;\9
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一见钟情 /8hjs{(;
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他们都以为 [`KQ\4u
是那瞬间的感觉 tEibxE
将他们结合在一起 \S~<C[P
这种确定的感觉很美 F%{z EANm
但那种不确定的感觉 U^-J_yq
却更加妙不可言 wjOqCF"
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 o5Knot)Oy
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 [r'hX#
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 x0TE+rf5
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 soKR*gJ,
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我想问问他们 o+R(ux"
是否记得在某个回转门 I4c%>R
那个面对面的瞬间? W>P :EI1
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 8@T0]vH&
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? G~Y#l@8M+
但我已经知道答案了 Xa&:Hg<
不,他们并不记得 AJzm/,H
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ?:zMrlX
原来
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 'XSHl?+q
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但这运气 15DlD`QV
却还没有成为命运 {>brue*)
它曾让他们如此接近 dQ<e}wtg
却又让他们擦肩而过 j{zVVT
阻断他们之间的联系 ' 94HVag
又忍着邪恶的笑意 T16B2|C"Y
跳着跑开了 `X`|]mWj
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 2Paw*"U
但这暗示也许过于深奥 #KtV 4)(
可能在三年前 P|aSbsk:I<
或者就在上个星期二 FOcDBCrOe
不是就有一片落叶 ab 6D &
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? >v%UV:7ap
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ];0:aSi#
又被另一个人拣起来 EkN>5).
谁知道呢 *I9G"R8
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 kaCn@$
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某个门把手上 er !+QD,EM
或者某个门铃上 CR|>?9V
两个人的手 `R$bx 64
也许曾经放在同一个位置 {Z[kvXf"mZ
两个人的包 ):Ekf2
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 s: MJ{r(s
甚至 TR{dNO!q
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ayA_[{j%X
只是第二天早上起来 :!,.c$M
却忘掉了 81wmKqDEs
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每一次开始 r8L'C
也许 B#4 J![BX
都只是一种继续 e}L(tXZ
而两个人之间的故事 ;[Hrpl
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却永远只写了一半 R"PO@v
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