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by Wislawa Szymborska TaM,9MAu
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They both thought oF
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that a sudden feeling had united them [W{`L_"
This certainty is beautiful, 6mdJ
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Mw'd<{
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They thought they didn't know each other, :Np&G4IM>
nothing had ever happened between them. Ev0V\tl>0
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, XfbkK )d
they could have passed each other long ago `!m+g0
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I would like to ask them, N.eSf
if they can remember - 7SAu">lIl
perhaps in a revolving door L1)?5D
face to face one day? >R !^aJ
A "sorry" in the crowd? L ?KEe>;r
"Wrong number" on the phone? y''? yr
- but I know the answer. !h9 An
No, they don't remember. "c\T
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How surprised they would be NX)7g}S
for such a long time already gWgK
fate has been playing with them. qLYv=h$,
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Not quite yet ready 8n~@Rj5
to change into destiny, ,5r 2!d
which brings them nearer and yet further, D"1ciO8^I]
barriering their path ]]%C\Ryy}
and suppressing a laugh, 5Y9 j/wA
leaped aside. !2&h=;i~V
There were signs, indications,
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but maybe just undecipherable. s?%1/&.~
Three years ago, perhaps YVW!u6W'[6
or even last Tuesday, vgE5(fJh
this leaf flying PI0/=kS
from one shoulder to another? fvNGGn!
Something was dropped and then picked up. m@HU;J\I
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished XTW/3pB
into childhood bushes? y'pG'"U]_
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There were handles, door bells, +oQ@E<)H
where, on the trace of a hand, M5) 6|T
another hand was placed; =:a3cr~
suitcases next to one another in the pm )A*][s
left luggage. uvA}7L{UO
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 8KoPaq
suddenly erased after waking. KQW
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Every beginning pd X9G
is only a sequel, after all, 'inWV* P*g
and the book of fate I/^Lr_\
is always just half open. ?'_iqg3
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他们都以为 o~GhV4vq
是那瞬间的感觉 C!Tl?>Tt
将他们结合在一起 s_1]&0<
这种确定的感觉很美 ^uZ%d
但那种不确定的感觉 o)-Qd3d%S
却更加妙不可言 hZzsZQ`
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 \-sDRW
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 * rs_k/2(
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 !4z"a@$
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 [9+M/O|Vs
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我想问问他们 o-)E_X
是否记得在某个回转门 iSFgFJG^
那个面对面的瞬间? +Tu:zCv.
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? -@#AQ\
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 9U;) [R Mb
但我已经知道答案了 Q6vkqu5!=
不,他们并不记得 5Vvy:<.la
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他们一定会十分惊讶 s@3!G+ -}
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 g" M1HxlV
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但这运气 ;wvVhQ
却还没有成为命运 O9>/WmLe
它曾让他们如此接近 CF>NyY:_
却又让他们擦肩而过 H-UMsT=g]
阻断他们之间的联系 (iS94}-)
又忍着邪恶的笑意 kF\QO
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跳着跑开了 %gf8'Q
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 `,7BU??+u
但这暗示也许过于深奥 cCj}{=U
可能在三年前 8H{@0_M
或者就在上个星期二 m$O@+;>l
不是就有一片落叶 }D|"$*
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? u(REEc~nj
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ^rxXAc[
又被另一个人拣起来 LL,~&5{
谁知道呢 =n#xnZ3
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 mY%PG
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某个门把手上 FNm8j#c~Q
或者某个门铃上 ;#j/F]xG
两个人的手 >eU;lru2Q
也许曾经放在同一个位置 XVI+Y
两个人的包 'vCFT(C-
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 p6ZKyi
甚至 lR-4"/1|y
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 8`*`4m
只是第二天早上起来 ~i(*.Z)
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却忘掉了 isDr|g$S
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每一次开始 nq$^}L3&~
也许 I=lA7}
都只是一种继续 *J%+zH
而两个人之间的故事 .UJDn^@
却永远只写了一半 Y#rao:I
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