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by Wislawa Szymborska "FU|I1Xz
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They both thought IE6/
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that a sudden feeling had united them ^uj+d"a)
This certainty is beautiful, Jx}5`{\
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 4k#6)e
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They thought they didn't know each other, =$'Zmb
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nothing had ever happened between them. aX|`G]PhdI
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Q>r Q/V
they could have passed each other long ago $5A XE;~{
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I would like to ask them, a'\`Mi@rb
if they can remember - 2PC4EjkC
perhaps in a revolving door H)p{T@
face to face one day? x6,RW],FGR
A "sorry" in the crowd? uYl ?Q
"Wrong number" on the phone? {R#nGsrt;
- but I know the answer. U*b SM8)L*
No, they don't remember. #RSxo
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How surprised they would be }$o%^"[
for such a long time already M *}$$Fe|
fate has been playing with them. l>G#+#{
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Not quite yet ready O$$N{
to change into destiny, ABSeX
which brings them nearer and yet further, (=X16}n:>
barriering their path saZ;ixV
and suppressing a laugh, KGJB.<Be
leaped aside. D|S)/o6
There were signs, indications, o ).pF">jh
but maybe just undecipherable. JdAjKN
Three years ago, perhaps we@bq,\w
or even last Tuesday, jzV#%O{`
this leaf flying #Y:/^Q$_qS
from one shoulder to another? LU]~d<i99
Something was dropped and then picked up. Vlf@T
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished QXrK-&fju
into childhood bushes? ,s2.l/5r;C
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There were handles, door bells, 8]c`n!u=`
where, on the trace of a hand, {tM D*?C[6
another hand was placed; MhsG9q_%
suitcases next to one another in the itvwmI,m\
left luggage. XkD_SaL}
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, lojn8uL
suddenly erased after waking. P-mrH
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is only a sequel, after all, N+tS:$V
and the book of fate :Y'nye3:
is always just half open. tY#^3ac
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他们都以为 _PaOw%Y9
是那瞬间的感觉 ALv\"uUNu+
将他们结合在一起 )ad-s
这种确定的感觉很美 M(BZ<,9V
但那种不确定的感觉 0QpWt
却更加妙不可言 <(^pHv7Q
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 HfF$>Z'kM
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 3)ip@29F
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 D%A-& =
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 +~@Y#>+./l
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我想问问他们 Dmw,Bi*
是否记得在某个回转门 7'I7
那个面对面的瞬间? _H,RcpyJ
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? V;V9_qP,
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? `zL9dlZ
但我已经知道答案了 (07d0 <<[
不,他们并不记得 "xOeBNRjV
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他们一定会十分惊讶 U]acm\^Z
原来 #59zv=
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 :wZZ 1qa
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但这运气 e#('`vGB
却还没有成为命运 ~I<y^]2{
它曾让他们如此接近 EkX6> mo
却又让他们擦肩而过
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阻断他们之间的联系 QZlUUj\
又忍着邪恶的笑意 iH>djGhTh
跳着跑开了 d(!N$B\[5T
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 #5D+XB T
但这暗示也许过于深奥 55,-1tWs
可能在三年前 93\,m+-
或者就在上个星期二 5*AKl< Jl
不是就有一片落叶 .tNB07=7
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? *C BCQp[$
一个人的东西曾经掉落 4Z] 35*
又被另一个人拣起来 w(D9'
谁知道呢 s,Swlo7D!
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 `vw.~OBl
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某个门把手上 $}$@)!-
或者某个门铃上 6K}=K?3Z
两个人的手 #4M0%rN
也许曾经放在同一个位置 -cgukl4Va
两个人的包 &u-Bu;G.e
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 R`q!~8u
甚至 :(Bi{cw
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 qS
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只是第二天早上起来 [2V/v
却忘掉了 ub5hX{uT
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每一次开始 HU9y{H
也许 /MH@>C
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都只是一种继续 "M^W:4_
而两个人之间的故事 ;4$C$r!t
却永远只写了一半 QE2^.|d{
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