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by Wislawa Szymborska 3sGe#s%
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They both thought (z<&PP
that a sudden feeling had united them C0Ti9
This certainty is beautiful, %"RgW\s[R
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. kv3jbSKCT
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They thought they didn't know each other, }u..m$h
nothing had ever happened between them. Ndx ]5
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 7J2i /m
they could have passed each other long ago t%<d}QuHW
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I would like to ask them, hu
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if they can remember - qu/59D
perhaps in a revolving door v0} .!u>Ww
face to face one day? tpi63<N
A "sorry" in the crowd? 21U,!
"Wrong number" on the phone? %.D@{O
- but I know the answer. G%K<YyAP
No, they don't remember. yN~: 3
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How surprised they would be "I]% aK0
for such a long time already e]{X62]
fate has been playing with them. PV%7m7=x
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Not quite yet ready =X2EF
to change into destiny, 8f |
which brings them nearer and yet further, G}\E{VvWh
barriering their path ~Hs a6F&F
and suppressing a laugh, _dq.hW7
leaped aside. ?H3xE=<X
There were signs, indications, _>*$%R
but maybe just undecipherable. _A\c 6#
Three years ago, perhaps NPEs0|
or even last Tuesday, dYJW`Q;j.|
this leaf flying R
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from one shoulder to another? kf$0}T`
Something was dropped and then picked up. M(S:&GOU
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished [ua{qJ9
into childhood bushes? :nw4K(:f
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There were handles, door bells, VHB5
where, on the trace of a hand, #2&_WM!
another hand was placed; =8fp4#]7
suitcases next to one another in the (3"V5r`*;
left luggage. Xi1/wbC
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, oO>mGl36H
suddenly erased after waking.
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Every beginning p}}o#a~V),
is only a sequel, after all, m4|9p{E
and the book of fate i}+K;,Da:8
is always just half open. a!P?RbW
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他们都以为 N%:QaCZKw
是那瞬间的感觉 u-At k-2M
将他们结合在一起 9dr\=e6) C
这种确定的感觉很美 c63DuHA*C
但那种不确定的感觉 O!kBp(?]
却更加妙不可言 INE8@}e
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 5EIh5Y EU>
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Uo<d]4p $
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Pp6(7j
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 4}Y2
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我想问问他们 E=3<F_3W
是否记得在某个回转门 nWfOiw-t
那个面对面的瞬间? 8/x@|rjW
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? #)2'I`_E
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? znzh$9tH
但我已经知道答案了 0$%:zHi5g
不,他们并不记得 Ua)ARi %
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他们一定会十分惊讶 %,E\8{I+
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 0~Z>}(
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但这运气 oQ1>*[e<u
却还没有成为命运 ;tP-#Xf
它曾让他们如此接近 i<l_z&
却又让他们擦肩而过 -uXf?sTV
阻断他们之间的联系 a.#`>
又忍着邪恶的笑意 '.r_6X$7Jt
跳着跑开了 Stq&^S\x69
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ]*|+06
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Z1
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可能在三年前 1%68Pnqk
或者就在上个星期二 NKd}g
不是就有一片落叶 U,Ya^2h%
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ?zGx]?1P1<
一个人的东西曾经掉落 mD<- <]SYp
又被另一个人拣起来 :jlKj} 4A
谁知道呢 SEa'>UG
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 m r"b/oM{
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某个门把手上 ]Jz2[F"J
或者某个门铃上 MwbXZb{#"=
两个人的手 viB'ul7o
也许曾经放在同一个位置 9.u}<m
两个人的包 q{T[|(!
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 LK\L}<;1V
甚至 ovm109fTx
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ZOJ<^t}
只是第二天早上起来 0z&]imU
却忘掉了 ""$vaqt
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每一次开始 'EzKu~*
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都只是一种继续 >NLG"[\
而两个人之间的故事 JBqL0H
却永远只写了一半 1eHU!{<fqm
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