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by Wislawa Szymborska g?cxqC<
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They both thought J2Qt! -
that a sudden feeling had united them h*3{IHAQ
This certainty is beautiful, JcfGe4
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ZzP&Zrm
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They thought they didn't know each other, ^)a j,U[
nothing had ever happened between them. _'n]rQ'
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, TJZar Nc$
they could have passed each other long ago G6xNR
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I would like to ask them, ]]y,FQ,r
if they can remember - _G2)=yj]
perhaps in a revolving door u EERNo&
face to face one day? bHXoZix
A "sorry" in the crowd? w U1[/
"Wrong number" on the phone? {Eqx'j
- but I know the answer. r- Y7wM`TZ
No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be !"'6$"U\K
for such a long time already t oM+Bd:Y
fate has been playing with them. RS@G.|
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Not quite yet ready [*5hx_4%B
to change into destiny, qt4%=E;[
which brings them nearer and yet further, :lK8i{o
barriering their path Mq#Hi9SKY
and suppressing a laugh, *<}R=X.
leaped aside. 46B'Ec
There were signs, indications, Q:'r
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but maybe just undecipherable. bXqTc2>=
Three years ago, perhaps 7`^=Ie%(K
or even last Tuesday, KUUZN
this leaf flying 0sCWIGUW
from one shoulder to another? }j!C+i
Something was dropped and then picked up. Lg7dJnf
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into childhood bushes? ~aXJ5sY"f&
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There were handles, door bells, R0|4KT-i
where, on the trace of a hand, 7$8DMBqq
another hand was placed; -M4VC^_
suitcases next to one another in the =-qYp0sVP
left luggage. $if(n||
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, k?1e+ \
suddenly erased after waking. y'z9Ya
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Every beginning Jid_&\
is only a sequel, after all, o"kL,&
and the book of fate kv2 H3O
is always just half open. 2Zg%4/u,Zp
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他们都以为 4H{$zMq8
是那瞬间的感觉 &2n5m&
将他们结合在一起 GgE
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这种确定的感觉很美 -MORd{GF
但那种不确定的感觉 Bw9O)++
却更加妙不可言 c4s,T"H
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 $+,kibk*R
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 g!)*CP#;
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 5,\|XQA5!
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 PWO5R]
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我想问问他们 Zv9%}%7p
是否记得在某个回转门 e2pFX?
那个面对面的瞬间? ~NO7@muw
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ' t^ r2N/
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? _{GD\Ai_W
但我已经知道答案了 8v=t-GJW
不,他们并不记得 .&h|r>*|J
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他们一定会十分惊讶 \VypkbE+
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 cE?p~fq<
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但这运气 0W~1v
却还没有成为命运 L(C0236r
它曾让他们如此接近 xhB-gG=
却又让他们擦肩而过 _,f7D/dq
阻断他们之间的联系 /03?(n= 3
又忍着邪恶的笑意 "Id1H
跳着跑开了 NS "1zR+
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 t Q.%f:|
但这暗示也许过于深奥 +F>erdV
可能在三年前 Z@AN0?,`~o
或者就在上个星期二 7Jpq7;
不是就有一片落叶 AE Abny
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? <L2z| %`
一个人的东西曾经掉落 =dp`4N
又被另一个人拣起来 R{6M(!x
谁知道呢 } V"A;5j`
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 `X B$t?xi
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某个门把手上 c @KNyBy2
或者某个门铃上 Jn9{@??
两个人的手 6.a|w}C`
也许曾经放在同一个位置 zXkq2\GHA
两个人的包 k4` %.;
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 i1 GQ=@
甚至 AdzdYZiM_
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 s=Kz9WLy
只是第二天早上起来 &3itBQF
却忘掉了 =p dLh
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每一次开始 }n
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也许 hI*6f3Vn(n
都只是一种继续 'u_j5
而两个人之间的故事 4~hP25q
却永远只写了一半 TxTxyYd
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