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by Wislawa Szymborska m)V/L]4
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They both thought q-nSLE+_;
that a sudden feeling had united them x^Yl*iq
This certainty is beautiful, Kvsh
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. hcVJBK
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They thought they didn't know each other, y/e2l
nothing had ever happened between them. dz~co Z9
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, vR0];{
they could have passed each other long ago cvwhSdZu8
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I would like to ask them, >!_Xgw
if they can remember - ]9}HEu;1M
perhaps in a revolving door tm7u^9]
face to face one day? NmMIQ@K
A "sorry" in the crowd? ;8!Z5H
"Wrong number" on the phone? dU\%Cq-G)
- but I know the answer. *[=bR>
No, they don't remember. VG/3xR&y
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How surprised they would be .jy]8S8[|%
for such a long time already yj4+5`|f
fate has been playing with them. %| G"-%_E
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Not quite yet ready 7'NwJ,$6\
to change into destiny, ~Lc066bLeq
which brings them nearer and yet further, Y+K|1r
barriering their path cYXM__
and suppressing a laugh, .>z][2oz
leaped aside. eIl]oC7*
There were signs, indications, xBu1Ak8w
but maybe just undecipherable. XZw6Xtn
Three years ago, perhaps L[5=h
or even last Tuesday, d #jK=:eK
this leaf flying WyP W*
from one shoulder to another? ;n|^1S<[
Something was dropped and then picked up. Ltjbxw"Qd
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished =]3tUD
into childhood bushes? bc
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There were handles, door bells, s1?[7yC
where, on the trace of a hand, E( us'9c
another hand was placed; vkLC-Mzm<
suitcases next to one another in the m Sk5u 7
left luggage. czlFr|O;
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 5U_H>oD
suddenly erased after waking. <0S=,!
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Every beginning T{wuj[Q#:
is only a sequel, after all, u&wiGwF[
and the book of fate j5@:a
is always just half open. K'#E3={tt
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他们都以为 /c):}PJ^#7
是那瞬间的感觉 4Jx"A\5*G
将他们结合在一起 PqM1aoyX
这种确定的感觉很美 )}9rwZ
但那种不确定的感觉 @29U@T
却更加妙不可言 'l,V*5L
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 d;n."+=[x
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 a~8[<F omj
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 wgd /(8d
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 uYr fm:4S
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我想问问他们 @3kKJ
是否记得在某个回转门 V`@>MOw^d
那个面对面的瞬间? O{ /q-~_
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? JI vo_7{
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? H4]Ul
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但我已经知道答案了 zSb PW6U
不,他们并不记得 :kfp_o+J
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他们一定会十分惊讶 BL&LeSa
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ,]b~t0|B
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但这运气 tDAhyy73
却还没有成为命运 "fq{Y~F%`
它曾让他们如此接近 C!7>1I~5
却又让他们擦肩而过 <]G]W/eB'
阻断他们之间的联系 ;NlWb =
又忍着邪恶的笑意 P'Q+GRpSw
跳着跑开了 D-N8<:cA
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 n("0%@ov
但这暗示也许过于深奥 " LJq%E
可能在三年前 XkyKBg-
或者就在上个星期二 IUtx!.]4
不是就有一片落叶 "--t e
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? >3&O::]3
一个人的东西曾经掉落 d|4}obCt
又被另一个人拣起来 `O'`eY1f
谁知道呢 Ao/ jt<
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ;qBu4'C)T
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某个门把手上 }-
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或者某个门铃上 "*})3['n
两个人的手 rb{P :MX
也许曾经放在同一个位置 |hr]>P1
两个人的包 (e"iO`H
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ^n+ !4(@=
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 B 2ec@]uD`
只是第二天早上起来 36am-G
却忘掉了 p0pWzwTG3
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每一次开始 xCtmXo
也许 E}ZJ)V7
都只是一种继续 A2|Ud_
而两个人之间的故事 )Y)pmjZaG
却永远只写了一半 _/O25% l
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