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by Wislawa Szymborska <#BK(W~$
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They both thought ~N9k8eT
that a sudden feeling had united them [.|& /O
This certainty is beautiful, e^q^AP+*
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. *sp")h#Z
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They thought they didn't know each other, 2* `kkS
nothing had ever happened between them. C&0f8PnD
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, r|}Pg}O
they could have passed each other long ago 7<70\6
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I would like to ask them, }!fIY7gv
if they can remember - a+z>pV|
perhaps in a revolving door p\_3g!G'
face to face one day? `_LQs9J0J
A "sorry" in the crowd? X n0HJ^"_
"Wrong number" on the phone? ]E"J^mflGK
- but I know the answer. |+8rYIms`
No, they don't remember. V8F!o
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How surprised they would be ]EF"QLNN(
for such a long time already tlO=>
fate has been playing with them. [4qvQ7Y
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Not quite yet ready *fi`DiO
to change into destiny, 8?L-3/
which brings them nearer and yet further, ,~$sJ2
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barriering their path g,YF$:e
and suppressing a laugh, tpzWi
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leaped aside. g0jfLv
There were signs, indications, ~-sgk"$
but maybe just undecipherable. ozS'n]8*
Three years ago, perhaps S`[(y?OF?
or even last Tuesday, &'e+`\
this leaf flying aO |@w"p8
from one shoulder to another? FB?V<x
Something was dropped and then picked up. uh9b!8
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished V
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into childhood bushes? y /8iEs
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There were handles, door bells, D3g5#.$,}>
where, on the trace of a hand, +-t&li%F
another hand was placed;
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suitcases next to one another in the '#A_KHD
left luggage. ok ,O/|E}?
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, }@$CS5w
suddenly erased after waking. >nehyo:#
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Every beginning \s8h.xjU
is only a sequel, after all, C-49u<;,
and the book of fate gYho$E
is always just half open. '9vsv\A&
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一见钟情 ;X;x.pi
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他们都以为 RF<f
是那瞬间的感觉 K7x;/O
将他们结合在一起 ]E:L
这种确定的感觉很美 "6WJj3hN
但那种不确定的感觉 kN<;*jHV
却更加妙不可言 8=f+`e
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 A0.xPru1p
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ={h^X0<s9
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Ia9!ucN7DA
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ?o]NV
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我想问问他们 Wvd-be
是否记得在某个回转门 &2y9J2aA
那个面对面的瞬间? OI/]Y7D[Oq
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ~nj+"d]
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ,{"K^
但我已经知道答案了 ., thdqOO
不,他们并不记得 k|]l2zlT
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他们一定会十分惊讶 =RWY0| f
原来 DKlHXEt>
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 $y<`Jy]+)~
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但这运气 v7+|G'8M`
却还没有成为命运 kiin7 8W
它曾让他们如此接近 iRW5*-66f
却又让他们擦肩而过 .aK=z)
阻断他们之间的联系 \8{Tj54NA
又忍着邪恶的笑意 2l+'p[b0>
跳着跑开了 02^\np
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 1-4[w
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 w3fD6$
可能在三年前 JqN$B\J,
或者就在上个星期二 NXOvC!<
不是就有一片落叶 rTC| 8e
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? P4MP`A
一个人的东西曾经掉落 g*9&3ov
又被另一个人拣起来 8z&/{:Z@pH
谁知道呢 Br$/hn=
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 '/ueY#eG
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某个门把手上 4^6Oh#p0
或者某个门铃上 >Zf*u;/dW$
两个人的手 FNl^ lj`Y
也许曾经放在同一个位置 rhQO#_`
两个人的包 $Ixd;`l*
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 da8
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甚至 ~Ty6]A
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 hg+;!|ha
只是第二天早上起来 FFN.9[Ly
却忘掉了 k[1[Y{n.
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每一次开始 9 771D
也许 aO<H!hK
都只是一种继续 cwUor}<|
而两个人之间的故事 Z\?!&&
却永远只写了一半 ryd}-_LL
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