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by Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought V]E#N
that a sudden feeling had united them Bh`Y?S
This certainty is beautiful,
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Go^a~Sf$
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They thought they didn't know each other, pJg'$iR!/
nothing had ever happened between them. 4lM)ZDg
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ,\){-H/n
they could have passed each other long ago 0iKSUwps
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I would like to ask them, z (1zth
if they can remember - ;+-@AYl
perhaps in a revolving door ~mSW.jy}=-
face to face one day? X
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A "sorry" in the crowd? OM>,1;UH]
"Wrong number" on the phone? QD8.C=2R
- but I know the answer. x]6-r`O7r
No, they don't remember. z`}<mY
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How surprised they would be ^uWPbW&/q
for such a long time already zh.^>
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fate has been playing with them. l1 M
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Not quite yet ready *\-$.w)k
to change into destiny, '3i,^g0?t0
which brings them nearer and yet further, 4Eri]O Ri
barriering their path w$)NW57[|
and suppressing a laugh, >P<8E2}*
leaped aside. ~cf*Oq
There were signs, indications, '9ki~jtf=
but maybe just undecipherable. .S_7R/2(?
Three years ago, perhaps u?Uu>9@Z
or even last Tuesday, @%^JB
this leaf flying !&eKq?P{j
from one shoulder to another? k#g` n3L
Something was dropped and then picked up. Nc da~h
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished v 1.8]||^
into childhood bushes? {}n]\zO %
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There were handles, door bells, IDY2X+C#U
where, on the trace of a hand, {i^F4A@=Z
another hand was placed; u\AL`'v
suitcases next to one another in the u]z87#4
left luggage. cr`NHl/XF
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, sd5)We
suddenly erased after waking. ~Fe$/*v
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is only a sequel, after all, W%wc@.P
and the book of fate t?(fDWd|-
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他们都以为 7PW7&]-WQ
是那瞬间的感觉 O>LqpZ
将他们结合在一起 3^,p$D<T:,
这种确定的感觉很美 Y '+mC
但那种不确定的感觉 D=jtXQF
却更加妙不可言 @b9qBJfQ
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 H1d2WNr[
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Ms=N+e$n
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 }a"koL
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 .3CQFbHF
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我想问问他们 EEP&Y?
是否记得在某个回转门 w&>*4=^a
那个面对面的瞬间? v[\GhVb
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? T`2a)
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Rjn%<R2nW
但我已经知道答案了 qV)hCc/ ~
不,他们并不记得 b=kY9!GN,v
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他们一定会十分惊讶 T}jW,Ost
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 zgl$ n
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但这运气 ZmvtUma
却还没有成为命运 Gce[RB:
它曾让他们如此接近 D^S"6v"z
却又让他们擦肩而过 MM*9Q`cB
阻断他们之间的联系 (_R!:H(]m
又忍着邪恶的笑意 +bk+0k9k5
跳着跑开了 W/.n
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 }_D{|!!!T
但这暗示也许过于深奥 j>3Fwg9V
可能在三年前 o QR?H
或者就在上个星期二 Pf~0JNnc
不是就有一片落叶 @QDUz>_y
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 24*3m&fA*K
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Of#"nu
又被另一个人拣起来 {<zE}7/2-
谁知道呢 S[CWrPaDQ
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 (!a\23
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某个门把手上 i "aQm
或者某个门铃上 Lr Kx
两个人的手 CVZ4:p
也许曾经放在同一个位置 p
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两个人的包 212 =+k
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 PiLLUyQx
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 g`,(O
只是第二天早上起来 ~Fo`Pr_
却忘掉了 W+.?J
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每一次开始 h1#l12k^'
也许 !v*#E{r"g=
都只是一种继续 2|`~3B)#
而两个人之间的故事 "WqM<kLa
却永远只写了一半 G
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