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by Wislawa Szymborska Q>z(!'dw
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They both thought
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that a sudden feeling had united them W$}2
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This certainty is beautiful, _Fkb$NJ"]Q
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. us#ji i.<
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They thought they didn't know each other, + >tSO!}[
nothing had ever happened between them. ,]@Sytky
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, t,~feW,
they could have passed each other long ago Ch=jt*0
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I would like to ask them, 47&p*=
if they can remember - | m#"
perhaps in a revolving door uE#"wm'J
face to face one day? 0LWV.OIIC
A "sorry" in the crowd? PywUPsJ
"Wrong number" on the phone? C;Kq_/l
- but I know the answer.
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No, they don't remember. Qoz4(~I
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How surprised they would be 0b=00./o
for such a long time already |UQGZ
fate has been playing with them. Fp+fZU
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Not quite yet ready 9]S;%:64
to change into destiny, 8[)"+IFN
which brings them nearer and yet further, 9*a"^
barriering their path 2"Ki5
and suppressing a laugh, BS?rKtdm(
leaped aside. _:XX+3W7
There were signs, indications, Jk`0yJi$q
but maybe just undecipherable. $B )jSxSy
Three years ago, perhaps GSGaYq
or even last Tuesday, tv9 R$-cJ
this leaf flying
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from one shoulder to another? >Qf`xUZ
Something was dropped and then picked up. #%/0a
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished <@c9S,@t
into childhood bushes? Jb!s#g
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There were handles, door bells, ZyrVv\'
where, on the trace of a hand, |v"&Y
another hand was placed; U uSCqI};
suitcases next to one another in the {UuSNZ[^
left luggage. g|{Ru
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, .V{y9e+
suddenly erased after waking. 1VPxCB\
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is only a sequel, after all, Zu ![v0
and the book of fate I5E4mv0<i
is always just half open. u0Opn=(_
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他们都以为
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是那瞬间的感觉 %bB:I1V\
将他们结合在一起 ~T\:".C
这种确定的感觉很美 J'yiVneMw
但那种不确定的感觉 4='/]z
却更加妙不可言 <xD6}h/
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 E(an5x/r
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 V}/AQe2m&
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 xtd1>|
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 AYoLpes
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我想问问他们 DLEHsbP{$
是否记得在某个回转门 _3m\r*(vmQ
那个面对面的瞬间? 'q{d? K
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? "IzM:
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? `6Yk-5
但我已经知道答案了 6$5SS#
不,他们并不记得 03I*@jj
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他们一定会十分惊讶 9{R88f?;
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 {xQ(xy
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但这运气 gYa
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却还没有成为命运 oN.#q$\` k
它曾让他们如此接近 RA:3ZV
却又让他们擦肩而过 e8hwXz
阻断他们之间的联系 I*=
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又忍着邪恶的笑意 hODq&9!
跳着跑开了 y.WEO>
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 6z1>(Za7>
但这暗示也许过于深奥 QzD8
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可能在三年前 'z x1kq1
或者就在上个星期二 `;3fnTI:1
不是就有一片落叶 ()EiBl(kWk
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? b[my5Ol
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ka| 8 _C^z
又被另一个人拣起来 FrQRHbp3
谁知道呢 :cE~\BS&
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 `j(-y`fo
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某个门把手上 6cTd
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或者某个门铃上 Eh.NJI(
两个人的手 {GQRJ8m
也许曾经放在同一个位置 %g=SkQ&d
两个人的包 F44KbUH
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 b,-qyJW6
甚至 ]t.6bb4
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 %gV~e@|
只是第二天早上起来 Kd').w
却忘掉了 52z{
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每一次开始 ; +R
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都只是一种继续 dW"=/UW
而两个人之间的故事 3W"l}.&ZJ"
却永远只写了一半 =LojRY
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