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by Wislawa Szymborska $_NP4V8|z/
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They both thought BjIKs~CT
that a sudden feeling had united them Z4@GcdZ
This certainty is beautiful, E0a &1j
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 8^%Nl `_2B
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They thought they didn't know each other, Wf>scl`s
nothing had ever happened between them. TEi~X2u
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, +$H`/^a.
they could have passed each other long ago ',P E25Z
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I would like to ask them, dy^ zOqc
if they can remember - +>wBGVvS
perhaps in a revolving door O$,MdhyXC
face to face one day? P\R#!+FgW8
A "sorry" in the crowd? q:/<^|
"Wrong number" on the phone? *eonXJYD
- but I know the answer. 8Cw+<A*
No, they don't remember. }{.0mu9
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How surprised they would be =1'vXPv`
for such a long time already -*T<^G;rK
fate has been playing with them. O^,%V{]6\
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Not quite yet ready e7^B3FOx
to change into destiny, swh8-_[c/
which brings them nearer and yet further, efu'PfZ`&
barriering their path "bC1dl<
and suppressing a laugh, !ENDQ?1
leaped aside. k Z>Xl- LV
There were signs, indications, ?' :v):J}
but maybe just undecipherable. shAoib?Kw:
Three years ago, perhaps 2/W5E-tn
or even last Tuesday, A3|hFk
this leaf flying \6)]!$F6:
from one shoulder to another? lEWF~L5=:
Something was dropped and then picked up. t/57LjV
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 0<";9qN)6
into childhood bushes? iUua!uC
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There were handles, door bells, "A]Xe[oS
where, on the trace of a hand, {%b*4x0?
another hand was placed; [PW\l+i
suitcases next to one another in the ac%6eW0#
left luggage. W:gpcR]>
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, nde_%d$
suddenly erased after waking. +\_c*'K>
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Every beginning ls*bCe
is only a sequel, after all, o<8('j
and the book of fate <1%(%KdN[
is always just half open. };Oyv7D+b
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他们都以为 !Soz??~o/
是那瞬间的感觉 JJZu%9~[
将他们结合在一起 A+w'quXn
这种确定的感觉很美 2if7|o$=
但那种不确定的感觉 h4#y'E!,Z
却更加妙不可言 2Wn*J[5
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 @u @~gEt
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 2rV]n
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 akA7))Q
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 dM=45$\q
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我想问问他们 \47djmG-
是否记得在某个回转门 Gl"|t't(
那个面对面的瞬间? Lc#GBaJ
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? Uc;~q-??#
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? w7@TM%nS
但我已经知道答案了 *\(MG|S
不,他们并不记得 Vak\N)=u
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他们一定会十分惊讶 AP:Q]A6}
原来 9{wRqY
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ,g pZz$Ef(
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但这运气 4_`(c1oA
却还没有成为命运 /go|r '
它曾让他们如此接近 "Ccyj /
却又让他们擦肩而过 F8S>Ld
阻断他们之间的联系 /%mT2
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ]rG/?1'^i
跳着跑开了 H$+@O-
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 +Bf?3 5LP
但这暗示也许过于深奥 FUarI5#fwF
可能在三年前 `a%MD>R_Lg
或者就在上个星期二 Gp{,v
不是就有一片落叶 _6SAU8M,
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? wFX9F3m
一个人的东西曾经掉落 &7i&"TNptP
又被另一个人拣起来 }v's>Ae~p
谁知道呢 Khb Ku0Z
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 Sbl = U
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某个门把手上 /O5&)%N
或者某个门铃上 Wqkzj^;"G
两个人的手 X$;&Mdo.
也许曾经放在同一个位置 *s,[Uy![
两个人的包 RC/45:hZZ
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 f~F{@),acZ
甚至 9b/Dswxjx
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 6\ yBA_z
只是第二天早上起来 ei<0,w[V1{
却忘掉了 WR3,woo
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每一次开始 A#6zINK#B
也许 'f!U[Qatg
都只是一种继续 =#/Kg_RKL
而两个人之间的故事 ;F#(:-:
却永远只写了一半 NNF"si\FE
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