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by Wislawa Szymborska O?8G
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They both thought Xps MgJ/w
that a sudden feeling had united them Ji%T|KR_
This certainty is beautiful, &qrH
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. "z@qG]#5
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They thought they didn't know each other, ;I5HMc_a"
nothing had ever happened between them. Dc #iM0
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Y,>])R[4
they could have passed each other long ago Er~5\9,/<]
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I would like to ask them, j&Z:|WniK
if they can remember - Dugr{Y/0
perhaps in a revolving door ]%shs
face to face one day? Oyj!N`&z@
A "sorry" in the crowd? 2\EMtR>.M'
"Wrong number" on the phone? |iO2,99i
- but I know the answer. 8M(N
No, they don't remember. 0~an\4nh
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How surprised they would be qC`"<R=GX
for such a long time already ?$=N!>P#
fate has been playing with them. l3l[jDa, 2
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Not quite yet ready 64b9.5Bn
to change into destiny, |D`Zi>lv
which brings them nearer and yet further, y5+-_x,
barriering their path Ww)qBsi8
and suppressing a laugh, QJGRi
leaped aside. N \A)P
There were signs, indications, 5vg@zH\z
but maybe just undecipherable. ]7'Q2OU7
Three years ago, perhaps }ndH|,
or even last Tuesday, 3#0nus|=S
this leaf flying PJh\U1Z
from one shoulder to another? s)xfTr_$
Something was dropped and then picked up. cZ^$!0
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished +w GE
into childhood bushes? TtKBok
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There were handles, door bells, So0YvhZ+
where, on the trace of a hand, r{6 ,;
another hand was placed; kpK:@
suitcases next to one another in the 8oN4!#:
left luggage. AVyo)=&
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ROQk^
suddenly erased after waking. $ZwsTV]x
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Every beginning /Hx%gKU
is only a sequel, after all, /M B0%6m
and the book of fate h/eKVRGs"
is always just half open. AB}Qd\
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他们都以为 _qJ[~'m<^C
是那瞬间的感觉 2ORWdR.b
将他们结合在一起 oBKZ$&_h
这种确定的感觉很美 49HtI9@
但那种不确定的感觉 Q.M3rRh
却更加妙不可言 K& 2p<\2
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 *w>
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 <fs2;
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 OXA_E/F
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 [9aaHf@'
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我想问问他们 Kq6m5A]z
是否记得在某个回转门 ~iF*+\
那个面对面的瞬间? k=nfo-h
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? My_fm?n
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 4ol=YGCI_
但我已经知道答案了 k];
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不,他们并不记得 sks_>BM
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他们一定会十分惊讶 )bw>)&)b`
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 e0>@Yp[Kd
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但这运气 Pgye{{
却还没有成为命运 ;@v7AF6Hq
它曾让他们如此接近 *M-.Vor?R
却又让他们擦肩而过 ]p+t>'s
阻断他们之间的联系 W+Gu\=s%O
又忍着邪恶的笑意 |mY<TWoX
跳着跑开了 8*6J\FE<p
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 VJHHC.Kz
但这暗示也许过于深奥 7b@EvW6X}
可能在三年前 !i}G>*XH,
或者就在上个星期二 t6-c{ZX>A
不是就有一片落叶 q2gc.]K\
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ~3f#cEP>d}
一个人的东西曾经掉落 [>Q{70 c[
又被另一个人拣起来 Q
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谁知道呢 &\Cvrxa
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 EB@!?=0x
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某个门把手上 Z4hP
或者某个门铃上 HzH_5kVW
两个人的手 W,AI E6F
也许曾经放在同一个位置 zL)S,
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 CAcnH
甚至 n (cSfT
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 \2eYw.I=
只是第二天早上起来 }})4S;j
却忘掉了 8 _`Lx_R
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每一次开始 -cq ~\m^6
也许 Of([z!'Gc
都只是一种继续 Ie4*#N_
而两个人之间的故事 uz'beE
却永远只写了一半 |W:kzTT-T
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