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by Wislawa Szymborska mR2"dq;U
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They both thought TlO=dLR7d
that a sudden feeling had united them LQqba4$
This certainty is beautiful, irh Z
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 2K3j3 |T
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They thought they didn't know each other, &n]v
nothing had ever happened between them. BZOl&G(
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, dJzaP
they could have passed each other long ago D=LsoASVI
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I would like to ask them, +dCR$<e9r
if they can remember - uJ|,-"~F
perhaps in a revolving door CVY-U|xFY
face to face one day? D,$M$f1
A "sorry" in the crowd? )a!f")@uz
"Wrong number" on the phone? )EYs+7/t
- but I know the answer.
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No, they don't remember. ZHwl 9n#m
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How surprised they would be 1z; !)pG.
for such a long time already DZ`,QWuA
fate has been playing with them. |+~P; fG
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Not quite yet ready +-x+c:
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to change into destiny, /_JR7BB^X,
which brings them nearer and yet further, )-XD=
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barriering their path w3iX "w
and suppressing a laugh, F:Vl\YZ
leaped aside. , iEGf-!k
There were signs, indications, 8~!h8bkC
but maybe just undecipherable. dr8Q>(ZY
Three years ago, perhaps >y}> 5kv
or even last Tuesday, 7u1o>a%9
this leaf flying hQ)?LPUB
from one shoulder to another? Yjy%MR
Something was dropped and then picked up. 8eCh5*_$
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished TJcHqzcUc
into childhood bushes? }If,O
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There were handles, door bells, ~urk
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where, on the trace of a hand, ;Srzka2
another hand was placed; e*<pO@Uy
suitcases next to one another in the nbw8YO(=
left luggage. wd,6/5=lh
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 2#R0Bd
suddenly erased after waking. J,h'eY5
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is only a sequel, after all, ieO w&
and the book of fate FIJ]`
is always just half open. (h&=Na~
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他们都以为 3;//o<
是那瞬间的感觉 P=ubCS'
将他们结合在一起 j;_E0j#
这种确定的感觉很美 `y"a>gHC
但那种不确定的感觉 3! KyO)8
却更加妙不可言 *TL3-S?
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 wG 5H^>6u>
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 |>JRJ"CFE
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 E0A[{UA
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 -t*P=V|@
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我想问问他们 M VE:JNm
是否记得在某个回转门 #E/|WT
那个面对面的瞬间? +D h?MQt?
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 0sq?>$~Kc*
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Z4k'c+
但我已经知道答案了 (>\4%(pnD
不,他们并不记得 ;M O,HdP;
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他们一定会十分惊讶 P!R`b9_U
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 V4*/t#L/
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但这运气 _k)EqPYu@
却还没有成为命运 }o=s"0 a
它曾让他们如此接近 `:gXQmt
却又让他们擦肩而过 UE/iq\a>
阻断他们之间的联系 oJc v D
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ?,r}@89pY
跳着跑开了 Qj9'VI>&
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 y<ZT~e
但这暗示也许过于深奥 4g+o/+6!4
可能在三年前 ad<ZdO*h
或者就在上个星期二 Xq$9H@.
不是就有一片落叶 D'Kiy
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ;k=`J
一个人的东西曾经掉落 1:Raa 5
又被另一个人拣起来 ZyrVv\'
谁知道呢 ]%(X}]}
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 _10I0Z0
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某个门把手上 8$ _8Yva"e
或者某个门铃上 W>$mU&ew[
两个人的手 uF@DJX}>
也许曾经放在同一个位置 DbN_(mC
两个人的包 VpxsgCS
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 c*V/2"
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甚至 Q/l388'
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 0fw>/"v
只是第二天早上起来 Zx|VOl,;
却忘掉了 _lw:lZM?
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每一次开始 {%v{iE>
也许 Mgux(5`;
都只是一种继续 z|m-nIM
而两个人之间的故事 %hA0
却永远只写了一半 rW2
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