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by Wislawa Szymborska ,4xNW:!j
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They both thought 51|s2+GG
that a sudden feeling had united them "rLm)$I
This certainty is beautiful, siCi+Y
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. *uRDB9#9,
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They thought they didn't know each other, #M!$CGi (
nothing had ever happened between them. ^-PYP:*
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, "r@#3T$
they could have passed each other long ago 5}hQIO&^%
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I would like to ask them, /} PdO
if they can remember - m}?jU
perhaps in a revolving door #Y7iJPO
face to face one day? L]z8'n,
A "sorry" in the crowd? YT!iI
"Wrong number" on the phone? @-S7)h>~
- but I know the answer. :2c(.-[`
No, they don't remember. 6/L[`n"G
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How surprised they would be u;nn:K1QFr
for such a long time already n$SL"iezW?
fate has been playing with them. bS8$[7OhX
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Not quite yet ready y|O3*`&m
to change into destiny, TDR|*Cs
which brings them nearer and yet further, 8/R$}b><
barriering their path ;}Lf
and suppressing a laugh, u3 LoP_|
leaped aside. :!Q(v(M
There were signs, indications, JJ)
but maybe just undecipherable. VO:
Three years ago, perhaps Cj~e` VRhk
or even last Tuesday, W895@
this leaf flying >Vq07R
from one shoulder to another? /'DAB**
Something was dropped and then picked up. 4uO88[=
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished xM<aQf\j
into childhood bushes? OCdX'HN5Y
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There were handles, door bells, X1B)(|7$
where, on the trace of a hand, H?r~% bh
another hand was placed; :^?-bppYW
suitcases next to one another in the tE-bHu370
left luggage. Ou4hAm91s
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ,ov$`v
suddenly erased after waking. {wSz >,
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Every beginning /!Ag/SmS!9
is only a sequel, after all, P|ibUxSA~,
and the book of fate j07A>G-=
is always just half open. Cd^1E]O0{
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一见钟情 3:WHC3}W
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他们都以为 3;z1Hp2X
是那瞬间的感觉 uYlyU~M:D
将他们结合在一起 m=h/A xW
这种确定的感觉很美
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但那种不确定的感觉 P*;[&Nn4
却更加妙不可言 9wfE^E1
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 F#9^RA)9
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 90abA,U@
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 <nk/w5nKL
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 5,4" CF$
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我想问问他们 7R5ebMW
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是否记得在某个回转门 *\:sHVyG(
那个面对面的瞬间? imM#zy
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? t
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? X*7VDt=
但我已经知道答案了 ,tZL"
不,他们并不记得 :/Pxf N5
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他们一定会十分惊讶 'tMD=MH
原来 !}x-o`a5
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 h]i vXF*
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但这运气 @||nd,i`n~
却还没有成为命运 &QQ6F>'T
它曾让他们如此接近 It2:2
却又让他们擦肩而过 {C]tS5$Z
阻断他们之间的联系 ib> ~3s;
又忍着邪恶的笑意 TT;ls<(Lg
跳着跑开了 R9- mq;u+
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 fbdpDVmpU
但这暗示也许过于深奥
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可能在三年前 .P5'\
或者就在上个星期二 MR4k#{:w
不是就有一片落叶 Y>c+j
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? <M5fk?n,|
一个人的东西曾经掉落 @v&P;=lU
又被另一个人拣起来 w?*79 u
谁知道呢 iSOyp\E|
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 _XT;
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某个门把手上 _@)-#7
或者某个门铃上 ^u90N>Dvq
两个人的手 k]-Q3V
也许曾经放在同一个位置 ;c|_z 9+
两个人的包 l%0-W
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 c*<BU6y
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 T_wh)B4xW
只是第二天早上起来 )iC@n8f7o
却忘掉了 /Trbr]lWy
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每一次开始 3 TV4|&W;
也许 sc-h O9~k
都只是一种继续 !H)!b#_
而两个人之间的故事 1n6%EC|X
却永远只写了一半 Z{
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