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by Wislawa Szymborska {x[;5TM
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They both thought Zlk,])9 Q
that a sudden feeling had united them `c'
This certainty is beautiful, -SvTg{Q{la
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. G'O/JM
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They thought they didn't know each other, JY2/YDJ
nothing had ever happened between them. BIV<ti$.
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, D1X4|Q*SK
they could have passed each other long ago $Ns,ts(ng
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I would like to ask them, Dn_"B0$lk
if they can remember - sTtX$&Qu
perhaps in a revolving door Ufdl|smt1
face to face one day? `ke3+%uj o
A "sorry" in the crowd? =`Po<7D
"Wrong number" on the phone? J3e:Y!
- but I know the answer. Tm)GC_
No, they don't remember. vZ$U^>":
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How surprised they would be sdJ%S*)5G$
for such a long time already ebN(05ZV
fate has been playing with them. 4M}|/?<Br
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to change into destiny, ZfPd0 p
which brings them nearer and yet further, 9u,8q:I.?
barriering their path 0#oBXu
and suppressing a laugh, VL+N:wb>
leaped aside. 90/vJN
There were signs, indications, {p`mfEE(
but maybe just undecipherable. {O^TurbTFA
Three years ago, perhaps p%q.*trUb9
or even last Tuesday, Vb@4(Q
this leaf flying $. %L
from one shoulder to another? (CdJ;-@D
Something was dropped and then picked up. 'K@-Z]
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished &]P"48NT
into childhood bushes? hv*>%p
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There were handles, door bells, /+VIw`E
where, on the trace of a hand, ]3*P:$Rq
another hand was placed; `SV"ElRV
suitcases next to one another in the N&T:Lt_N
left luggage. VFv9Q2/.
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, .xO
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suddenly erased after waking. o+nG3kRD
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Every beginning 2-++i:, g
is only a sequel, after all, ^q
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and the book of fate lT]=&m>
is always just half open. !(Krf
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他们都以为 _\.{6""
是那瞬间的感觉 V!4a*,Pz
将他们结合在一起 Jf7frzw
这种确定的感觉很美 $;2)s}ci
但那种不确定的感觉 !@G)$g=<
却更加妙不可言 "PMQyzl
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 .NJ|p=fy
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Yd:Q`#7A
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 62[8xn=(%
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 A\z`c
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我想问问他们 G"T\=cQz
是否记得在某个回转门 _%y4q%#
那个面对面的瞬间? wu)Wg-dT
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ["y6b*;x
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 5 L/x-i
但我已经知道答案了 6;o3sf@Tf
不,他们并不记得 @o>EBZ7MS
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他们一定会十分惊讶 5t\HJ`C1Z
原来 #)s!}X^
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 jk*tL8?i
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但这运气 h}Rx_d
却还没有成为命运 ?]#OM_,8
它曾让他们如此接近 b9~A-Z
却又让他们擦肩而过 [:h5}
阻断他们之间的联系 +r]zs^'
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Xc*U+M>U
跳着跑开了 u%3i0BajY
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 {E A1vo"
但这暗示也许过于深奥 @MiH(.Dq
可能在三年前 HeLG?6
或者就在上个星期二 ve Tx, \6@
不是就有一片落叶 m^V5*JIh
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ST1'\Eo
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Zd!U')5/
又被另一个人拣起来 -fy9<
谁知道呢 ***a2Z/(
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 kGHQ`h
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某个门把手上 zF`3gl.
或者某个门铃上 :>+\17tx
两个人的手 k7@t{Cu0D&
也许曾经放在同一个位置 GIyF81KR 3
两个人的包 Vi*e@IP/
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 w(9*7p p
甚至 ;"kaF!
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 lk3=4|?zsE
只是第二天早上起来 -C-yQ.>\T#
却忘掉了 -F@L}|
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每一次开始 t)f-mQz)
也许 15U (={
都只是一种继续 W3H+.E
而两个人之间的故事 :o46rBs
却永远只写了一半 "4o=,$E=
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