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by Wislawa Szymborska ylm #Xa
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They both thought }ChS cY
that a sudden feeling had united them N C%96gfD
This certainty is beautiful, 60TM!\
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. <$(y6+lY
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They thought they didn't know each other, ]sTb Ew.[
nothing had ever happened between them. \&_pI2X
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, po\(O8#5U
they could have passed each other long ago 2cEvsvw>
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I would like to ask them, 7Q^p|;~a
if they can remember - brCXimG&jo
perhaps in a revolving door 'Zs3b4n8
face to face one day? Nj;5iy
A "sorry" in the crowd? x8w l
"Wrong number" on the phone? fUMjLA|*I<
- but I know the answer. `>0%Ha
No, they don't remember. 577#A, O
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How surprised they would be cO$xT;kK
for such a long time already |k$6"dXSO
fate has been playing with them. 5^D094J|^
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Not quite yet ready QLH!> 9Ch
to change into destiny, i50E#+E8
which brings them nearer and yet further, kXV;J$1
barriering their path /WGD7\G'8
and suppressing a laugh, |LW5dtQ
leaped aside. [tT_ z<e`
There were signs, indications, {]bmecz
but maybe just undecipherable. Y'{}L@"t
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or even last Tuesday, %QG3~b%
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this leaf flying 5vFM0
from one shoulder to another? NH;e|8
Something was dropped and then picked up. _@i-?Q
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Wv|CJN;4
into childhood bushes? 4E2#krE%
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There were handles, door bells, AyWdJ<OU
where, on the trace of a hand, eR4ib-nS
another hand was placed; _&~l,%)&
suitcases next to one another in the 0BNH~,0u
left luggage. tm/=Oc1p
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ny{S&f
suddenly erased after waking. +oh |r'~
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Every beginning ~j>yQ%[v
is only a sequel, after all, 9N `WT=
and the book of fate X!:J1'FE
is always just half open. O1UArD
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他们都以为 Z^]jy>dj
是那瞬间的感觉 c(uDkX
将他们结合在一起 }W@refS
这种确定的感觉很美 #8sy QWlG
但那种不确定的感觉 =@
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却更加妙不可言 -<g[P_#
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 zJP jsD]
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ?
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但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 De>e`./56
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 r!1f>F*dt
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我想问问他们 &',#j]I
是否记得在某个回转门 ^,YTQ.O
那个面对面的瞬间? >-\^ )z
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? sBYDo{01
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ZBR^$?nj
但我已经知道答案了 k;jl3GV
不,他们并不记得 *Lxt{z`9
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他们一定会十分惊讶 }-sh
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 =xDxX#3
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但这运气 pdm(7^
却还没有成为命运 ,}\LC;31,
它曾让他们如此接近 ^SsdM#E
却又让他们擦肩而过 U#[T!E
阻断他们之间的联系 +pq)
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又忍着邪恶的笑意 z6 }p4
跳着跑开了 p7 !y#
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 G62;p#
但这暗示也许过于深奥 V,rR*a&p
可能在三年前 &"WgO!pzD
或者就在上个星期二 6eUGE 4NF(
不是就有一片落叶 M*bsA/Z
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? Y[vP]7-
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ]Tb?z&
又被另一个人拣起来 +,,dsL
谁知道呢 \pkK
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 utRO?]%d
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某个门把手上 BriL^]
或者某个门铃上 mi$C%~]5m
两个人的手 7FkiT
也许曾经放在同一个位置 lAA-#YG
两个人的包 OM^`P
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 |EdEV*.ej
甚至 ZbVn"he
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 )X," NJG
只是第二天早上起来 -W.-m2:1
却忘掉了 3 ^x&G?)
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每一次开始 sVFX(yx0
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都只是一种继续 L~e0^X?
而两个人之间的故事 ;F*^c
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却永远只写了一半 m>48?%
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