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by Wislawa Szymborska _KT]l./
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They both thought C {H'
that a sudden feeling had united them 3P<Zzt%e T
This certainty is beautiful, ^*4(JR
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 7J)a "d^e
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They thought they didn't know each other, J$e Z Lj
nothing had ever happened between them. ^$Me#ls!
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, $bM#\2'
they could have passed each other long ago P+_\}u;
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I would like to ask them, &Pn%zfmMN
if they can remember - ?U2g8D nFY
perhaps in a revolving door {H"=PYR
face to face one day? ivDG3>"JG
A "sorry" in the crowd? Z_hBd['!
"Wrong number" on the phone? 2#Q"@
- but I know the answer. : \ON+LQr
No, they don't remember. 8B% O%*5`
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How surprised they would be RvgAI`T7$
for such a long time already =*U%j
fate has been playing with them. `G:qtHn"Q<
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Not quite yet ready X/?h!Y}
to change into destiny, da7x 1n$D
which brings them nearer and yet further, ]pucv!
barriering their path jv?aB
and suppressing a laugh, FC/>L
leaped aside. A16-
There were signs, indications, o*5e14W(:
but maybe just undecipherable. R}K5'`[%ZY
Three years ago, perhaps G~mB=]
or even last Tuesday, El8.D3
this leaf flying P^d.,
from one shoulder to another? 83O^e&Bt
Something was dropped and then picked up. hPCSLJ
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ZLFdnC@
into childhood bushes? J{'zkR?Lr
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There were handles, door bells, ^FpiQF
where, on the trace of a hand, =[CS2VQ'
another hand was placed; jP{]LJ2.6\
suitcases next to one another in the <:_]Yl
left luggage. l{7Dv1[Ss
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, *U[Q =w
suddenly erased after waking. p|O-I&Xd
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Every beginning VIlQzM;%^
is only a sequel, after all, )jQe K
and the book of fate
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is always just half open. ?28G6T]/?d
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一见钟情 ^9m]KEucd7
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他们都以为 ?@uK s4
是那瞬间的感觉 l Ib>t
将他们结合在一起 ^`PSlT3<F
这种确定的感觉很美 C&#KdvN/r
但那种不确定的感觉 uEi.nSp)S
却更加妙不可言 &>^Ympr
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 R~mMGz
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 AK\g-]8
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 _ZE$\5>-
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 sN an"
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我想问问他们 l`w|o
是否记得在某个回转门 *ytd.^@r
那个面对面的瞬间? K d|l\k!
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? !gH.st
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? wQ/@+$>
但我已经知道答案了 /)OO)B-r
不,他们并不记得 mDt",#g
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他们一定会十分惊讶 )-Sl/G
原来 vkauX:M
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 7-0twq
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但这运气 Q9'V&jm
却还没有成为命运 l\l]9Z6%
它曾让他们如此接近 5'L}LT8p@
却又让他们擦肩而过 g7q]Vj
阻断他们之间的联系 d4=u`2w
又忍着邪恶的笑意 U JRT4>G
跳着跑开了 _ .
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Q~8&pP8I!
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Env}g CX
可能在三年前 w5JC 2
或者就在上个星期二 gJcL{]
不是就有一片落叶 O5n]4)<
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? BE@H~<E J
一个人的东西曾经掉落 lSsFI30
又被另一个人拣起来 \kRJUX!s
谁知道呢 TKutO0
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 x?&xz;
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某个门把手上 q9Opa2
或者某个门铃上 Fm+)mmJP
两个人的手 2o7C2)YT$
也许曾经放在同一个位置 U=?"j-wN
两个人的包 |N3CoB
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 g,]5&C T3v
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 d:WhP_rK9
只是第二天早上起来 +o70:UF %
却忘掉了 *:\9T#h
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每一次开始 BGYm]b\j[
也许 K`83C`w.
都只是一种继续 P\4o4MF@K
而两个人之间的故事 TVh7h`Eg
却永远只写了一半 7^e}|l
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