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by Wislawa Szymborska S/A1RUt
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They both thought
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that a sudden feeling had united them ^q[gxuL_
This certainty is beautiful, `FF8ie 8L
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. D)b}f`
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They thought they didn't know each other, db72W
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nothing had ever happened between them. a$11PBi[9
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, k#>hg#G
they could have passed each other long ago (U1]:tZ<.
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I would like to ask them, fC-P.:F#I
if they can remember - @'FE2^~Jj
perhaps in a revolving door $hrIO+
face to face one day? cWAtju?L;
A "sorry" in the crowd? {=:#S+^ER
"Wrong number" on the phone? )q~DTR^z-
- but I know the answer. C}}/)BYi
No, they don't remember. 0DPxW8Y -`
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How surprised they would be wVl+]zB
for such a long time already GC@+V|u
fate has been playing with them. i?@M
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Not quite yet ready r4}*l7Q
to change into destiny, a|j%n
which brings them nearer and yet further, 0S/'
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barriering their path `u'bRp
and suppressing a laugh, ]c)_&{:V
leaped aside. |+,[``d>"
There were signs, indications, Td\o9
but maybe just undecipherable. O'*@ Ytn
Three years ago, perhaps 4\otq%Y
or even last Tuesday, 0$ .m_0H
this leaf flying T<b+s#n4
from one shoulder to another? []kN16F
Something was dropped and then picked up. AIijCL
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished |AhF7Mj*
into childhood bushes? Z?NW1m()F
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There were handles, door bells, N!&:rK
where, on the trace of a hand, _RkuBOv@e
another hand was placed; =<z.mzqu5
suitcases next to one another in the {r85l\u)Q\
left luggage. '\q f^?9
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Y'VBz{brf
suddenly erased after waking. njPPztv/@
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Every beginning !BIOY!M
is only a sequel, after all, "B7`'jz
and the book of fate 9SQ4cv*2
is always just half open. @p=AWi}\
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他们都以为 LtgXShp_!
是那瞬间的感觉 ,,L2(N
将他们结合在一起
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这种确定的感觉很美 tB7}|jC
但那种不确定的感觉 &BE
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却更加妙不可言 vV?rpe|%
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 {No L
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 a`Qot
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 XM1`x
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 qO1tj'U<
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我想问问他们 Z"-L[2E/{!
是否记得在某个回转门 0U/,aHvhP
那个面对面的瞬间? PCrU<J 7
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 58xnB!h\}
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? %(/!ljh_
但我已经知道答案了 VZn=rw
不,他们并不记得 `6Qdfmk=
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他们一定会十分惊讶 yF._*9Q3hK
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 B$Z3+$hfF
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但这运气 T'-FV
却还没有成为命运 RkEN
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它曾让他们如此接近 /\s}uSW
却又让他们擦肩而过 SlLw{Yb7\.
阻断他们之间的联系 LjFqZrH
又忍着邪恶的笑意 t`'iU$:1f
跳着跑开了 6R;3%-D
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 E\8
但这暗示也许过于深奥 lq:}0 <k
可能在三年前 Z(>'0]G
或者就在上个星期二
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不是就有一片落叶 YV4#%I!<
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ?|{XZQ~
一个人的东西曾经掉落 3oZ=k]\
又被另一个人拣起来 0yM[Z':i'{
谁知道呢 bAk&~4Y_"
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 C#;jYBtT7?
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某个门把手上 $h[QQ-
或者某个门铃上 ppIbjt6r
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 gy:%l
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 x"P);su
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 HS>f1!
只是第二天早上起来 ,6^znOt
却忘掉了 C`jM0Q
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每一次开始 w@\vHH.;V
也许 hG~reVNf
都只是一种继续 @Y,7'0U
而两个人之间的故事 hJz):d>Im
却永远只写了一半 ?Ucu#UO
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