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by Wislawa Szymborska {WQH
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They both thought gKy@$at&
that a sudden feeling had united them VU3xP2c:
This certainty is beautiful, l!CWE
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. px;5X4U
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They thought they didn't know each other, yQ5&S]Xk$$
nothing had ever happened between them. c`}-i6
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ivg:`$a[
they could have passed each other long ago v'nM=
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I would like to ask them, &$F4/2|b%
if they can remember - `##qf@M
perhaps in a revolving door ~nJcHJ1nb4
face to face one day? SQ!wq
A "sorry" in the crowd? ,RIGV[u
"Wrong number" on the phone? Q;{[U!\:
- but I know the answer. gZ%wmY
No, they don't remember. ,_;+H*H>"
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How surprised they would be RzCC>-
for such a long time already S-V)!6\cK
fate has been playing with them. PhF.\Wb
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to change into destiny, 4np,"^c
which brings them nearer and yet further, XOgl>1O
barriering their path V^fSrW]
and suppressing a laugh, pwo5Ij,~q
leaped aside. ?z3c$}
There were signs, indications, -;pZC}Nd3
but maybe just undecipherable. a)J3=Z-
Three years ago, perhaps #v!(uuq,
or even last Tuesday, v
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this leaf flying "{>I5<:t
from one shoulder to another? <Y~?G:v6+
Something was dropped and then picked up. 4a3Xz,[(a
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished v,t;!u,40
into childhood bushes? EQZu-S`kv
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There were handles, door bells, qjcy{@ j
where, on the trace of a hand, H.`>t
another hand was placed; ]-h$CJSY
suitcases next to one another in the LDlj4>%pW^
left luggage. VK\ Bjru9
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, i'&KoR?
suddenly erased after waking. bB^% O^:
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is only a sequel, after all, _~!*|<A_
and the book of fate + E8\g
is always just half open. )6mx\t
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他们都以为 Uw R,U#d
是那瞬间的感觉 H |8vW
将他们结合在一起 KV1zx(WI
这种确定的感觉很美 ly`p)6#R=
但那种不确定的感觉 ?"MJ'u
却更加妙不可言 6<0-GD}M
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 'Okitq+O
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ! K? o H
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 9>~UqP9
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 T&Dt;CSF
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我想问问他们 j" wX7
是否记得在某个回转门 YrAaL"20
那个面对面的瞬间? T' O5>e
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? OiPE,sv
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? RqTW$94RD
但我已经知道答案了 jU')8m[
不,他们并不记得 Dw}8ci'
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他们一定会十分惊讶 o6f^DG3*
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 0Yz
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但这运气 2`4'Y.Qf
却还没有成为命运 >
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它曾让他们如此接近 ~F7 +R
却又让他们擦肩而过 ~d oOt
阻断他们之间的联系 # Sfz^
又忍着邪恶的笑意 #fg RF
跳着跑开了 @kU{
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 HfN-WYiR
但这暗示也许过于深奥 9/Q_Jv-Q
可能在三年前 J/(3:
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或者就在上个星期二 ".+wz1
不是就有一片落叶 Id8^6FLw
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? $Yfm>4
一个人的东西曾经掉落 EoLF7j<W
又被另一个人拣起来 lhZWL}l
谁知道呢 1B~H *=t4h
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 F 7+Gt
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某个门把手上 (Bs0/C
或者某个门铃上 W]|;ZzZ=m
两个人的手 77/&M^0
也许曾经放在同一个位置 :nki6Rkowt
两个人的包 <p<jXwl
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 xR5jy|2JJ
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ~7PPB|XY
只是第二天早上起来 w-Zb($_
却忘掉了 /7Z0|Zw]
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每一次开始 5A]IiX4Z
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都只是一种继续 (:3rANY|
而两个人之间的故事 1G/bqIMg63
却永远只写了一半 Ve>*KHDSt
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