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by Wislawa Szymborska &O&HczO
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They both thought )'_[R@ThB
that a sudden feeling had united them M"~jNe|
This certainty is beautiful, zX>W 8P
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. >lQo _p(;
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They thought they didn't know each other, KA5)]UF`l
nothing had ever happened between them. gg'1q3OjM
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ~VGnE:
they could have passed each other long ago :Ha/^cC/3
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I would like to ask them, BUO5g8m{
if they can remember - 2ym(fk.6{
perhaps in a revolving door )
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face to face one day? PsY![CPrW
A "sorry" in the crowd? -8TJ:#|N
"Wrong number" on the phone? #~*v##^vFH
- but I know the answer. )h{&O
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No, they don't remember. )`\hK
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How surprised they would be 6>>; fy2
for such a long time already rhJ&* 0M
fate has been playing with them. \Pg~j\;F]
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Not quite yet ready 4CNrIF@
to change into destiny, D*XrK0#Z`
which brings them nearer and yet further, /WrB>w
barriering their path f98,2I(>`+
and suppressing a laugh, |3*9+4]a
leaped aside. jjs/6sSRk
There were signs, indications, sVLvnX,
but maybe just undecipherable. 9BCW2@Kp
Three years ago, perhaps =kjKK
or even last Tuesday, >rSjP1-F
this leaf flying (o^tmH*
from one shoulder to another? "HMEoZ
Something was dropped and then picked up. {keZ_2
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 1|bXIY.J*
into childhood bushes? +#}GmUwPG$
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There were handles, door bells, ~6[?=mOi'
where, on the trace of a hand, p@<Q?
another hand was placed; &OMlW_FHR
suitcases next to one another in the V>@[\N[
left luggage. U&!TA(Yr
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, j#NyNv(jE1
suddenly erased after waking. @CMI$}!{V
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Every beginning a:kAo0@":j
is only a sequel, after all, H?$dnwR
and the book of fate aO6\e>
is always just half open. Y"Cf84E
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他们都以为 zp:dArh0
是那瞬间的感觉 =Tj{)=^/#
将他们结合在一起 &,X}M
这种确定的感觉很美 mG~_*8}e<
但那种不确定的感觉 ("$/sT
却更加妙不可言 `MtzA^X r
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 OgQdyU
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ]?9*Vr:P^
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 nL@'??I1
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 XJ18(Q|w'
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我想问问他们 Ayz*2N`%
是否记得在某个回转门 > I2rj2M#
那个面对面的瞬间? S|85g1}t
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? *t@A-Sn
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? T(J'p4
但我已经知道答案了 LGP"S5V
不,他们并不记得 r$7.
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他们一定会十分惊讶 yx-{PjX
原来 b!<_ JOL2.
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 s :vNr@TS
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但这运气 GkGiQf4hh
却还没有成为命运 F%OP,>zl
它曾让他们如此接近 Y(Q
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却又让他们擦肩而过 >O'\
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阻断他们之间的联系 _~kw^!p>Kr
又忍着邪恶的笑意 'Wlbh:=$
跳着跑开了 bJd|mm/v
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 {)YbksrJ{
但这暗示也许过于深奥 @rl5k(
可能在三年前 r- 8Awa
或者就在上个星期二 ^y+k6bE
不是就有一片落叶 mdi!Q1pS
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? {u'szO}k
一个人的东西曾经掉落 o`T.Zaik,
又被另一个人拣起来 u3T-U_:jSV
谁知道呢 mm/\\my
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 rrD6x>
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某个门把手上 m`yvZ4K!
或者某个门铃上 I
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两个人的手 "1O_h6C
也许曾经放在同一个位置 n,N->t$i
两个人的包 aLk3Yg@X
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Q*DT" W/0
甚至 m\:^9A4HCg
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 MZgaQU g
只是第二天早上起来 YteIp'T
却忘掉了 bnxp[Qk|5
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也许 0.MB;gm:
都只是一种继续 <)qa{,GX\
而两个人之间的故事 K#3^GB3P
却永远只写了一半
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