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by Wislawa Szymborska '%3u%;"
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They both thought \}n !yYh(
that a sudden feeling had united them {W]bU{%.
This certainty is beautiful, T R+Q4Y:
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. yr (g~MQ
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They thought they didn't know each other, <)=3XEcb
nothing had ever happened between them. |:\$n}K
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, tc!!W9{69
they could have passed each other long ago 54;l*}8Hl
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I would like to ask them, Cbazwq
if they can remember - eR(\s_`
perhaps in a revolving door #IbS
face to face one day? m`[oT\
A "sorry" in the crowd? cYE./1D a
"Wrong number" on the phone? C8!8u?k
- but I know the answer. f&+XPd %
No, they don't remember. BJ_+z gf`
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How surprised they would be t@l(xns V
for such a long time already q+r `e
fate has been playing with them. (ej:_w1
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Not quite yet ready |;X?">7NW
to change into destiny, N:"M&EUM
which brings them nearer and yet further, 7AS.)Q#=x
barriering their path ab8oMi`z
and suppressing a laugh, m*Q[lr=
leaped aside. ?r^
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There were signs, indications, hg$qbeUl
but maybe just undecipherable. u4`mQ6
Three years ago, perhaps +R3\cRM
or even last Tuesday, 3(cU)
this leaf flying A%.J%[MVz
from one shoulder to another? K'a#M g
Something was dropped and then picked up. 'Wo?%n
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished *1 n;p)K
into childhood bushes? VyB\]EBu
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There were handles, door bells, Kx(76_XD
where, on the trace of a hand, z"
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another hand was placed; %AzPAWcN
suitcases next to one another in the V:nMo2'hb
left luggage. H={O13
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, n1fEdaa7g
suddenly erased after waking. #rSasucr
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Every beginning c+}!yH$
is only a sequel, after all, U)O?|
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and the book of fate ,6S_&<{
is always just half open. o|zrD~&$
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他们都以为 ]Ct`4pA
是那瞬间的感觉 =
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将他们结合在一起 mq|A8>g
这种确定的感觉很美 BK`Q)[
但那种不确定的感觉 U.zRIhA]
却更加妙不可言 _mIa8K;
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 %J/fg<W1
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 bQ|#_/?
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 M~d+HE
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 a2(D!_dZR
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我想问问他们 T:w2
是否记得在某个回转门
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那个面对面的瞬间? 35]j;8N:
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 2XETQ; 9
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? w /Bn2bD
但我已经知道答案了 P%<aGb4
不,他们并不记得 m<X#W W)N
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他们一定会十分惊讶 )V9Mcr*Ce6
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 4U LJtM3
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但这运气 SG(%d^x`R
却还没有成为命运 fY)4]= L
它曾让他们如此接近 $DABR
却又让他们擦肩而过 pQ[o3p!&9
阻断他们之间的联系 !_^{udB}
又忍着邪恶的笑意 v;N1'
跳着跑开了 @&i#S}%/
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 eCPKpVhP
但这暗示也许过于深奥 !R] CmK
可能在三年前 Kdryl
或者就在上个星期二 jFJW3az@z
不是就有一片落叶 :$GL.n-?
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? RJ=c[nb
一个人的东西曾经掉落 wM2)KM}$
又被另一个人拣起来 OTNZ!U/)j
谁知道呢 Hz!U_?
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 qJbhPY8Ak
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某个门把手上 3H\b N4
或者某个门铃上 e@2E0u4
两个人的手 ;QvvU[eb
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Q)%8NVs
两个人的包 #LrCx"_&
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 %(dV|,|v
甚至 }K#&5E
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Y_Z
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只是第二天早上起来 l?yZtZ8
却忘掉了 EE{#S
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每一次开始 mhJOR'2
也许 k?|F0e_
都只是一种继续 k #,Gfs
而两个人之间的故事 L8?Z!0D/h
却永远只写了一半 i$fjr[$B
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