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by Wislawa Szymborska I!/32* s1t
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They both thought IyO0~Vx>
that a sudden feeling had united them * F!B4go
This certainty is beautiful, 6P{bUom?
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. <'\Nv._2a
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They thought they didn't know each other, }3z3GU8Q-
nothing had ever happened between them. A{_CU-,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, v47' dC
they could have passed each other long ago J jAxNviG
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I would like to ask them, V!:!c]8F
if they can remember - e:G~P
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perhaps in a revolving door >.wZEQ6QK
face to face one day? 3 Zp<#
A "sorry" in the crowd? <#0i*PM_
"Wrong number" on the phone? +^7cS6"L
- but I know the answer.
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No, they don't remember. UBd+,]"f
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How surprised they would be FVXsu!R
for such a long time already +yL; ?+s>=
fate has been playing with them. zg jg #|
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Not quite yet ready .X!!dx1<
to change into destiny, S_7]_GQ9
which brings them nearer and yet further, 75\ZD-{T:
barriering their path +P(*S
and suppressing a laugh, h2Q'5G
leaped aside. I"&cr>\
There were signs, indications, {\>4)TA
but maybe just undecipherable. KS_+R@3Z
Three years ago, perhaps &N.pW=%,N
or even last Tuesday, a?gF;AYk
this leaf flying ~gX1n9_n
from one shoulder to another? uyX
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Something was dropped and then picked up. }Y-V!z5z!
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished s#7"ZN
into childhood bushes? Ti2cD
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There were handles, door bells, (aYu[ML
where, on the trace of a hand, ?e9tnk3
another hand was placed; cyNE}
suitcases next to one another in the Y1cL dQn
left luggage. ?;tPqOs&
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, z$&B7?
suddenly erased after waking. |5flvkid
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Every beginning Y%i<~"k
is only a sequel, after all, CDJ@Tdp
and the book of fate !$Uo$?gC
is always just half open. ij]UAJ}t
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他们都以为 FH}?QebSR
是那瞬间的感觉 .]>Tj^1
将他们结合在一起 "I56l2dxd
这种确定的感觉很美 }8^qb5+!3
但那种不确定的感觉 ")8l'^Mq2
却更加妙不可言 |-JG _i
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 wXQu%F3
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ~2*LWH*@
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ]{=y8]7
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 -gGw_w?)(
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我想问问他们 ^S|qGu,G
是否记得在某个回转门 \zU<o~gs
那个面对面的瞬间? xR-;,=J
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ;8[VCU:
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? QYH#WrIVx
但我已经知道答案了 e\~nqKCb
不,他们并不记得 huqtk4u
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ET^?>YsA
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 X!g;;DB\
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但这运气 Um/l{:S
却还没有成为命运 Zwq\m.h
它曾让他们如此接近 emQc%wd{
却又让他们擦肩而过 8K2 @[TE=5
阻断他们之间的联系 M?8sy
又忍着邪恶的笑意
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跳着跑开了 v[|-`e*
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 zsQ]U!*rD
但这暗示也许过于深奥 oY ~q^Y
可能在三年前 ]6(%tU
或者就在上个星期二 Wm1dFf.>
不是就有一片落叶 l|+$4 Nb2
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? F7'MoH
一个人的东西曾经掉落 M*k,M=sX
又被另一个人拣起来 5v oL@w>
谁知道呢 Y;Nq (
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 nql1I<I
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某个门把手上 nU=
或者某个门铃上 E3a^"V3p
两个人的手 ok6t|
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 Gt{%O>P8t
两个人的包 {_tq6ja-<
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 0J?443AY
甚至 @V>]95RX
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 |./:A5_h
只是第二天早上起来 :UT\L2 q=
却忘掉了 U
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每一次开始 v,opyTwG|
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都只是一种继续 O!>#q4&]
而两个人之间的故事 xVsI#`<a
却永远只写了一半 h% >ZN-K)
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