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by Wislawa Szymborska HB#!Dv&'
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that a sudden feeling had united them -pJ\_u/&%`
This certainty is beautiful, TgJ+:^+0
but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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They thought they didn't know each other, gIO_mJ3 u
nothing had ever happened between them. xw{K,;WeO
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 4Kt0}W
they could have passed each other long ago }\m.~$|[
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I would like to ask them, WS6Qp`c)e
if they can remember - 0]f/5jvLj
perhaps in a revolving door 8'E7Uj
face to face one day? PP!/WX
A "sorry" in the crowd? tJ\v>s-f
"Wrong number" on the phone? <c5g-*V:
- but I know the answer. ADF<5#I
No, they don't remember. Wlg 1t~1=
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How surprised they would be #e =E
for such a long time already F,as>X#
fate has been playing with them. cGs&Kn;h
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Not quite yet ready ){mqo%{SO
to change into destiny, m2~`EL>
which brings them nearer and yet further, LRw-I.z
barriering their path uo?R;fX26
and suppressing a laugh, KCpq<A%
leaped aside. A;X3z-[[
There were signs, indications, I]+OYWp
but maybe just undecipherable. Zk~Pq%u
Three years ago, perhaps 6W:]'L4!
or even last Tuesday, % dtn*NU
this leaf flying qOmL\'8
from one shoulder to another? h:7\S\|8
Something was dropped and then picked up. g?iZ RM
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Gv]94$'J9
into childhood bushes? <k3KCt
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There were handles, door bells, 6Ik
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where, on the trace of a hand, 8B+C[Q:+'
another hand was placed; uEhPO
suitcases next to one another in the hKhad8
left luggage. 9s!R_R&W.
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ;dfIzi
suddenly erased after waking. \PZ;y=]p}
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Every beginning K}N~KDW R|
is only a sequel, after all, d" 0&=/
and the book of fate Ya~Th)'>q
is always just half open. -`\n/"#X6i
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他们都以为 3A0Qjj=
是那瞬间的感觉 =oq= ``%
将他们结合在一起 H>D?
这种确定的感觉很美 n@H;*nI|
但那种不确定的感觉 K[?@nl?,z
却更加妙不可言 Wcm'E3c,
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 `wIWK7i
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 C2b<is=H:
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 a".iVf6y
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 zRgGSxn
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我想问问他们 FWp ?l
是否记得在某个回转门 ^Nds@MR{8'
那个面对面的瞬间? cM<08-:v
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ?b}e0C-a
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? M@G\b^ "
但我已经知道答案了 7/KK}\NE
不,他们并不记得 f`rI]v|@
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他们一定会十分惊讶 `2\:b^h
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ?MfwRWY
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但这运气 4\ElMb[]
却还没有成为命运 .=yv m
它曾让他们如此接近 n``9H91
却又让他们擦肩而过 #RyTa
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阻断他们之间的联系 ugj I$u
又忍着邪恶的笑意 2[1t
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跳着跑开了 ]
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 X$~T*l0
但这暗示也许过于深奥 p<mBC2!%
可能在三年前 {wk#n.c
或者就在上个星期二 e\-,e+
不是就有一片落叶 B>S>t5$
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? CQmozh-
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ^U*1_|Jh
又被另一个人拣起来 (7&b)"y
谁知道呢 xh#pw2v7V
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 p/l">d]+
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某个门把手上 cdGBo4
或者某个门铃上 lu+KfKa
两个人的手 I\M
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 ]Nssn\X7
两个人的包 ;bHS^
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ,h/l-#KS
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 :AQ9-&i/a-
只是第二天早上起来 0`v-pL0|
却忘掉了 #Jp|Cb<qx
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每一次开始 rXBCM
也许 +M#}(hK
都只是一种继续 A@:U|)+4
而两个人之间的故事 MXDCOe~07
却永远只写了一半 !I&,!$
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