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by Wislawa Szymborska !1K<iz_8
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They both thought >tXn9'S
that a sudden feeling had united them kVE%
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This certainty is beautiful, ?#ue:O1
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. My0h9'K
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They thought they didn't know each other, nw[DI%Tp
nothing had ever happened between them. s`M[/i3Nm
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, qN}kDT
they could have passed each other long ago 8v"tOa4D7
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I would like to ask them, 8WK%g0gm
if they can remember - 5OP$n]|(
perhaps in a revolving door % Uybp
face to face one day? #k5WTcE
A "sorry" in the crowd? [,)yc/{*
"Wrong number" on the phone? epp ;~(xr
- but I know the answer. lob{{AB,!
No, they don't remember. j|!.K|9B
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How surprised they would be {ve86 POY
for such a long time already n-[J+DdB
fate has been playing with them. 7q?u`3l
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Not quite yet ready H S/1z
to change into destiny, dP[l$/
which brings them nearer and yet further, eSf
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barriering their path xevG)m
and suppressing a laugh, e_s9E{(
leaped aside. !U.Xb6
There were signs, indications, YgiwtZ5FY
but maybe just undecipherable. Vzf{gr?
Three years ago, perhaps #=/eu=
or even last Tuesday, {Buoo~
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from one shoulder to another? J&UFP{)
Something was dropped and then picked up. ]z`Y'wSxd
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished q#wg2
into childhood bushes? B$qmXA)ze
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There were handles, door bells, uV.3g 1m
where, on the trace of a hand, +F q`I2l|
another hand was placed; yyZH1A
suitcases next to one another in the g/,fjM_
left luggage. ^ a%U *>P
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, |eL&hwqzG
suddenly erased after waking. )
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is only a sequel, after all, iK{q_f\"
and the book of fate (;YO]U4
is always just half open. X1G[&
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他们都以为 aVvi_cau
是那瞬间的感觉 <$Q\vCR
将他们结合在一起 "6rZn_H/|
这种确定的感觉很美 G?12?2
但那种不确定的感觉 +aRjJ/*
却更加妙不可言 j{N;2#.u
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 i.2O~30ST
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 zMb7a_W
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 FV^CSaN[R
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 *)"U5A/v)
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我想问问他们 dj4 g
是否记得在某个回转门 +kTAOfM
那个面对面的瞬间? g6EdCG.V
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 0$l=ME(
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Malt7M
但我已经知道答案了 B#o(21s
不,他们并不记得 Ne*I$T 5
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他们一定会十分惊讶 =:`1!W0I
原来
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 K1uN(T.Ju
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但这运气 7|PpAvMF
却还没有成为命运 b,5H|$nLu
它曾让他们如此接近 l;U9dO}/[
却又让他们擦肩而过 Pgf$GXE
阻断他们之间的联系 /tA$'tZ
又忍着邪恶的笑意 R0+v5E
跳着跑开了 ;+K:^*oJ
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 lJoMJS;S]}
但这暗示也许过于深奥 VA4vAF
可能在三年前 _6THyj$f
或者就在上个星期二 qhVDC
不是就有一片落叶 isHa4 D0
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? UV)[a%/SB&
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ^te9f%>$l
又被另一个人拣起来 aW %ulZ
谁知道呢 }aXc,;Ps
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 :BCjt@K}
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某个门把手上 @Qd6a:-6
或者某个门铃上 J/w?Fa<
两个人的手 gj\r>~S
也许曾经放在同一个位置 U/,`xA;v>
两个人的包 VJD$nh
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 8kAG EiC
甚至 eOy{]<l3
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 s['F?GWg
只是第二天早上起来 |U1X~\""
却忘掉了 `j[)iok
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每一次开始 Bcrd}'no
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都只是一种继续 -x3QgDno
而两个人之间的故事 {"y{V
却永远只写了一半 o; 6\
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