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by Wislawa Szymborska vq(ElXTO
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They both thought hzv4+1Wd[
that a sudden feeling had united them uUy~$>V
This certainty is beautiful, ,dyCuH!B
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. E(%_aFx>/
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They thought they didn't know each other, &:Mk^DH5
nothing had ever happened between them. [22>)1<(
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
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they could have passed each other long ago G%Dhj)2}
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I would like to ask them, A!xx#+M
if they can remember - @B e7"Fm
perhaps in a revolving door Nj~3FL
face to face one day? p1}m_
A "sorry" in the crowd? ]|6)'L&]*s
"Wrong number" on the phone? yv),>4_6
- but I know the answer. M9*#8>
No, they don't remember. q-tm`t*7
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How surprised they would be xMOq/")
for such a long time already yDl{18~zv
fate has been playing with them. 3n ~n-Jo
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Not quite yet ready yAyq-G"sO
to change into destiny, <Sn;k[M}d
which brings them nearer and yet further, S!Z2aFj
barriering their path ^*-6PV#Z
and suppressing a laugh, = ^NTHc^*
leaped aside. V$OZC;4
There were signs, indications, * |dz.Tr
but maybe just undecipherable. j*7#1<T
Three years ago, perhaps -9f+O^x
or even last Tuesday, lPBWpHX
this leaf flying #.KVT#%~{
from one shoulder to another? =eHoJq
Something was dropped and then picked up. =PQMd
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished B)!ty"
into childhood bushes? qG&}lg?g{
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There were handles, door bells, /O*4/
where, on the trace of a hand, =#z8CFq[O
another hand was placed; zyh #ygH
suitcases next to one another in the -G|?Kl
left luggage. ZYMacTeJjg
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, m,3H]
suddenly erased after waking. x@aWvrL
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Every beginning |<2g^ZK)
is only a sequel, after all, :U{$G(
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and the book of fate GJeP~
is always just half open. <F%c"Rkh
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他们都以为 To!`
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是那瞬间的感觉 rYn)E=FG/
将他们结合在一起 8mh@C6U
这种确定的感觉很美 .,l4pA9v
但那种不确定的感觉 J]-z7<j']
却更加妙不可言 B3';Tcs
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 qRbU@o.3
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 4DTT/ER'qA
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 C{<dzooz
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 +9fQ YJBA
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我想问问他们 N"zg)MsX
是否记得在某个回转门 EvJ<X,Bo
那个面对面的瞬间? 0e,U&B<W
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? t(.jJ>|+*
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? <aRsogu"P
但我已经知道答案了 x o{y9VS
不,他们并不记得 s~tZN
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他们一定会十分惊讶 Hgk@I;
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ;x|LB>.
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但这运气 a<W.}0ZY
却还没有成为命运 #*~3gMI{=
它曾让他们如此接近 h(4&!x
却又让他们擦肩而过 k;~*8i=%,\
阻断他们之间的联系 ObzFh?W
又忍着邪恶的笑意 pH/_C0e`7
跳着跑开了 8bf~uHAr
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 G|eJac>
但这暗示也许过于深奥 F`eo3z
可能在三年前 gK_#R]
或者就在上个星期二 Ja[7/
不是就有一片落叶 ,T;T%/
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? mJYG k_ua
一个人的东西曾经掉落 $MYAYj9r)
又被另一个人拣起来 0qSf7"3f
谁知道呢 &^hLFd7j/
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 !M(3[(Ni
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某个门把手上 "
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或者某个门铃上 Gl]z@ZXWIw
两个人的手 Bgf'Hm%r
也许曾经放在同一个位置 ai$s
两个人的包 pm>$'z!.):
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 dml,|k=
甚至 u+Sj#iZ
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 hx$bY
只是第二天早上起来 ~RU-N%Kn
却忘掉了 mhv ;pM6
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每一次开始 ^$x1~}D
也许 M'sq{K9
都只是一种继续 "wj~KbT}&
而两个人之间的故事 H9Dw#.em
却永远只写了一半 CYn56eRK
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