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by Wislawa Szymborska /`j2%8^N
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that a sudden feeling had united them ~w}=Oby'y
This certainty is beautiful, x\YVB',h
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. R0-Y2v
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They thought they didn't know each other, dcfwUjp[
nothing had ever happened between them. @[{5{ y
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, rVp^s/A^;
they could have passed each other long ago @?&
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I would like to ask them, f,ql8q(|J
if they can remember - nI8zT0o
perhaps in a revolving door 1D%E})B6
face to face one day? 8tzL.P^
A "sorry" in the crowd? a >k9&
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"Wrong number" on the phone? <]*Jhnx/
- but I know the answer.
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No, they don't remember. Is9.A_0h
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How surprised they would be CiTWjE?|7
for such a long time already 9fsc>9
fate has been playing with them. Z
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Not quite yet ready L+0:'p=
to change into destiny, 97pnq1b
which brings them nearer and yet further, %1)J Rc
barriering their path zbfe=J4c
and suppressing a laugh, m3XT8F*&
leaped aside. (Z8wMy&:
There were signs, indications, V(Oi!(H;v
but maybe just undecipherable. S(0JBGC
Three years ago, perhaps 7mL1$i6=
or even last Tuesday, aj-:JTf
this leaf flying V>ZDJW"G!
from one shoulder to another? u@Bgyt7Y
Something was dropped and then picked up. ](`:<>c
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished AG"iS<u
into childhood bushes? pqe%tRH{
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There were handles, door bells, kRH
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where, on the trace of a hand, bnV)f<
another hand was placed;
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suitcases next to one another in the %cASk>^i
left luggage. Bo
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, a~zh5==QD
suddenly erased after waking. 1/SB[[ g
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Every beginning %h
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is only a sequel, after all, ~eUv.I/
and the book of fate ^c|0?EH
is always just half open. ;|f]e/El
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他们都以为 &09G9G snQ
是那瞬间的感觉 FV%|*JW[;N
将他们结合在一起 <f0yh"?6VH
这种确定的感觉很美 ;}k_
但那种不确定的感觉 N5b&tJbM0
却更加妙不可言 ~xc0Ky?8
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 -#g0
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Ef=4yH?\j
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 >Fc=F#tA9
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 {7K l#b
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我想问问他们 '@"A{mrE
是否记得在某个回转门 <XzRRCYQ
那个面对面的瞬间? ='(;!3ZH
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? NSQ)lSW,;
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? M*dou_Q
但我已经知道答案了 Qd}h:U^
不,他们并不记得 '(8}
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他们一定会十分惊讶 u2*."W\
原来 $C8s
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 l!IN #|{(
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但这运气 OO;I^`Yn
却还没有成为命运 XOEf,"
它曾让他们如此接近 kZ!&3G9>-
却又让他们擦肩而过 }m S+%w"j
阻断他们之间的联系 (R!.=95@
又忍着邪恶的笑意 )F6p+i="
跳着跑开了 cN)noGkp
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 &CfzhIi*!
但这暗示也许过于深奥 VC^QCuSq
可能在三年前 &cf_?4
或者就在上个星期二 F^Mt}`O
不是就有一片落叶 z@2nre
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? <p[RhP
一个人的东西曾经掉落 M*F`s&vM
又被另一个人拣起来 ' &Nv|v\V
谁知道呢 N
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 +sXnC\
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某个门把手上 5gwEr170
或者某个门铃上 ) 3I|6iS
两个人的手 YV6w}b:
也许曾经放在同一个位置 P}-S[[b73s
两个人的包 :Y)G- :S+
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 3;Tsjv}
甚至 3.%jet1
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 PH!rWR
只是第二天早上起来 wT:mfS09N
却忘掉了 yI's=Iu`
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每一次开始 6Q`7>l.|?
也许 9A}nZ1Y
都只是一种继续 kFi=^#J{
而两个人之间的故事 8+~'T|
却永远只写了一半 ;5}"2hU>
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