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by Wislawa Szymborska Gt*K:KT=L
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They both thought }BI6dZ~2A
that a sudden feeling had united them y,|2hrj/0E
This certainty is beautiful, s9CmR]C
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. W-#DEU 7_
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They thought they didn't know each other, XF)N_}X^
nothing had ever happened between them. 1~K'r&
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Bt}90#
they could have passed each other long ago jIe
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I would like to ask them, y.D+M$f
if they can remember - N WF h<
perhaps in a revolving door =KOi#;1
face to face one day? hIV]ZYbH
A "sorry" in the crowd? dt"/4wCO
"Wrong number" on the phone? \L~^c1s3r
- but I know the answer. v9*+@
No, they don't remember. WVpx
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How surprised they would be \}=T4w-e
for such a long time already W@r<4?Oat
fate has been playing with them. dX)aD
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Not quite yet ready p@f
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to change into destiny, }RadbJ{q=
which brings them nearer and yet further, Lg!E
barriering their path K=0xR*ll5
and suppressing a laugh, 4Xa]yA =
leaped aside. :FS5BT$=
There were signs, indications,
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but maybe just undecipherable. Z8bg5%
Three years ago, perhaps "kFH*I+v
or even last Tuesday, r1-MO`6
this leaf flying 6}I X{nQI
from one shoulder to another? \)t//0
Something was dropped and then picked up. d;l%XZe
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished sGhw23
into childhood bushes? &-Ch>:[
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There were handles, door bells, hDB(y4/
where, on the trace of a hand, 3WQa^'u
another hand was placed; Sxc)~y
suitcases next to one another in the %\48hSe
left luggage. Fy<:iv0>t
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 8\P,2RSnt
suddenly erased after waking. WJONk_WAc
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Every beginning W7uX
is only a sequel, after all, 5U7,,oyh
and the book of fate :stHc,
is always just half open. :s_.K'4?a
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是那瞬间的感觉 ,P}7e)3
将他们结合在一起 &t<gK
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这种确定的感觉很美 ^uUA41o`eJ
但那种不确定的感觉 _"Ym]y28li
却更加妙不可言 lG'D/#
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 WM|G/'q
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 fT Pm
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但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 >Z_;ZMu)
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Sdmz(R
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我想问问他们 DVhBZ!u9
是否记得在某个回转门 t adeG
那个面对面的瞬间? V~ KWy@7
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? Pv2uZH(
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? RN)XIf$@_
但我已经知道答案了 r&a}U6k(y
不,他们并不记得 {f`Y\_r$@
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他们一定会十分惊讶 hzM;{g>t
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 #N`G2}1J
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但这运气 +ho=0>
却还没有成为命运 Mo N/?VA
它曾让他们如此接近 k;cX,*DIn
却又让他们擦肩而过 2#5Q~
阻断他们之间的联系 _J,rql@nG<
又忍着邪恶的笑意 .qohHJ&
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 2_ u+&7
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Z ;rM@x
可能在三年前 %XukiA+
或者就在上个星期二 }(u:K}8
不是就有一片落叶 PRiE2Di2S
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? BZ.l[LMp
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ${z#{c1
又被另一个人拣起来 eC<RM Q4
谁知道呢 sjLMM_'
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 OW};i|
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某个门把手上 +%9Re5R
或者某个门铃上 b`+yNf
两个人的手 Ix_w.f=8
也许曾经放在同一个位置 k%~;mu"4}
两个人的包 Bq)dqLwk
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 f:\)!
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甚至 [n/c7Pe
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 /
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只是第二天早上起来 :l]qTCmY
却忘掉了 n.9k5r@
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每一次开始 W"@'}y
也许 ~fD\=- S1
都只是一种继续 DTA$,1JuD
而两个人之间的故事 zdPJ>PNU
却永远只写了一半 F5:xrcyC
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