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by Wislawa Szymborska 2Wl{Br.
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They both thought JDlBVZ!
that a sudden feeling had united them N2FbrfNFa
This certainty is beautiful, ;s_"{f`Y6
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 1tGgDbJU
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They thought they didn't know each other, !y[3]8Xxv
nothing had ever happened between them. u"Y]P*[k
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Nfaf;;J}
they could have passed each other long ago [K:29N9~4
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I would like to ask them, CXAVGO'xw
if they can remember - &,MFB
perhaps in a revolving door n&d/?aJ7a\
face to face one day? Nog(VN4I&
A "sorry" in the crowd? X<euD9?
"Wrong number" on the phone? x{hn2]6+eB
- but I know the answer. YgimJsm
No, they don't remember. ~ffwLgu!
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How surprised they would be p6[ (81
for such a long time already -;Uj|^
fate has been playing with them. eaAPKx
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Not quite yet ready h<NRE0-
to change into destiny, 8Z8Y[p
which brings them nearer and yet further, e=>%^F
barriering their path ~Z/7pP+
and suppressing a laugh, "%
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leaped aside. u"Fjw F?
There were signs, indications, "b%FmM
but maybe just undecipherable. 0( //D;j
Three years ago, perhaps A*i_|]Q
or even last Tuesday, :Ss3ck*=
this leaf flying n)RM+g
from one shoulder to another? 3U;1D2"AE
Something was dropped and then picked up. BIfi:7I;Q
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished CDCC1B G"
into childhood bushes? GY-M.|%
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There were handles, door bells, ,8##OB(
where, on the trace of a hand, w2zp#;d
another hand was placed; hW'
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suitcases next to one another in the %?=)!;[
left luggage. hQ';{5IKvC
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, $E.XOpl&I
suddenly erased after waking. z_l. V/G)
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Every beginning KlO(o#&N
is only a sequel, after all, 1X&B:_
and the book of fate vGN3 YcH
is always just half open. ;J=:IEk
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他们都以为 Z %EQt
是那瞬间的感觉 &HL{LnLP@/
将他们结合在一起 oD0EOT/E
这种确定的感觉很美 H[nz]s
但那种不确定的感觉 L_?$ayZ;
却更加妙不可言 a5V=!OoMk
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 7#pZa.B)k
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 }4h0bI
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ym%o}(v-
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢
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我想问问他们 ' ^a!`"Bc
是否记得在某个回转门 o](.368+4
那个面对面的瞬间? m[8
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? /aOlYqM(>
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? SRf5W'4y
但我已经知道答案了 H\+-cvl
不,他们并不记得 * nCx[
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他们一定会十分惊讶 _}ele+
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 r/Dd&x
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但这运气 X9~p4ys9{
却还没有成为命运 {^m5#f 0"
它曾让他们如此接近 IG|\:Xz
却又让他们擦肩而过 )U5u" ]9~
阻断他们之间的联系 hdj%|~Fj
又忍着邪恶的笑意 4B$bj`h
跳着跑开了 WG%2<Q^
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 &7Kb]Ti
但这暗示也许过于深奥 g1V)$s7
可能在三年前 <V
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或者就在上个星期二 SqqDV)Uih1
不是就有一片落叶 $G3@< BIN
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? )!,@m>0v{
一个人的东西曾经掉落 j38 6gL
又被另一个人拣起来 +c?ie4
谁知道呢 ^Y 7U1I
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ,8VXA +'_
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某个门把手上 ke6n/ h5`
或者某个门铃上 g;G5 r&T
两个人的手 {US>)I
也许曾经放在同一个位置 a}yR p
两个人的包 VDn:SGj5
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 FmI;lVF0j
甚至 :mp$\=
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Q>%E`h
只是第二天早上起来 o9+Q{|r
却忘掉了 WZK
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每一次开始 "dq>)JF\
也许 [q"NU&SX
都只是一种继续 AT ymKJ
而两个人之间的故事 <<<NXsH
却永远只写了一半 (&c,twa~
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