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by Wislawa Szymborska 5Ue^>8-
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They both thought k<'vP{
that a sudden feeling had united them 8<-oJs_o+
This certainty is beautiful, 5d?!<(e6
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. JNFT6T)T15
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They thought they didn't know each other, nG^M 2)(8
nothing had ever happened between them. ;Co[y=Z
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, wEfz2Eq
they could have passed each other long ago C*s0r;
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I would like to ask them, LbV]JP
if they can remember - !UBDx$]^
perhaps in a revolving door c,+(FQ9
face to face one day? c_z/At;4
A "sorry" in the crowd? +/3
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"Wrong number" on the phone? kh?#={]Z
- but I know the answer. ;V"yMWjc
No, they don't remember. T]nR=uK6LL
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How surprised they would be K_&c5(-(_
for such a long time already A:.IBctsd
fate has been playing with them. \buZ?
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Not quite yet ready zK>'tFU
to change into destiny, :%uyy5AZ
which brings them nearer and yet further, fa4951_
barriering their path W\>^[c/
and suppressing a laugh, HhWwc#B
leaped aside. bL'#
There were signs, indications, 4VmCW"b7h
but maybe just undecipherable. d7gH3 l
Three years ago, perhaps 5S\][;u
or even last Tuesday, g^z5fFLg/8
this leaf flying Tw}?(\ya
from one shoulder to another? D0#T-B\#
Something was dropped and then picked up. @7Rt4}g
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished vzyN c'
into childhood bushes? FI`nRFq)C
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There were handles, door bells, %;<k(5bhGJ
where, on the trace of a hand, AJ>BF.>
another hand was placed; Th~3mf
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suitcases next to one another in the 4aalhy<j
left luggage. 1=/doo{^
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, #Z|%0r_~
suddenly erased after waking. 6`DwEs?Y{
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Every beginning -t%{"y
is only a sequel, after all, QDjW!BsX3
and the book of fate q'%[[<
is always just half open. yhSk"e'G
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他们都以为 bl"
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是那瞬间的感觉 9<t9a
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将他们结合在一起 J|gdO+
这种确定的感觉很美 U^[cYTG
但那种不确定的感觉 lruF96C/Y
却更加妙不可言 #.E\,N'
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 B_SZ?o
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 @tr&R==([
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ldAov\X
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 )g9)IF
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我想问问他们 xta}4:d-Y
是否记得在某个回转门 X+dR<GN+YX
那个面对面的瞬间? a1
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 'A@qg^e:`
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 3}>:
但我已经知道答案了 L _vblUDq
不,他们并不记得 Q^a&qYK
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他们一定会十分惊讶 lfxuc7Rdla
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 <=;H[}
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但这运气 MB]#%g&
却还没有成为命运 ~/j$TT"
它曾让他们如此接近 gt
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却又让他们擦肩而过 XGE
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阻断他们之间的联系 xb4Pt`x)rS
又忍着邪恶的笑意 {E3xI2
跳着跑开了 Ne &Xf
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ]regi- LGU
但这暗示也许过于深奥 L!bfh`
可能在三年前 =oo[ Eyr
或者就在上个星期二 Rr o?q
不是就有一片落叶 h]kn%?fpmB
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? Z"6 2#VM
一个人的东西曾经掉落 z$9@j2
又被另一个人拣起来 t[]['Iosd
谁知道呢 "%{,T
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 Tg"'pO
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某个门把手上 zW%>"y
或者某个门铃上 7))y}N:p
两个人的手 %/UV_@x&
也许曾经放在同一个位置 EX[B/YH
两个人的包 4=u+ozCG
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 '8s>rH5[V
甚至 +mJ
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 XMt
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只是第二天早上起来 jMN)?6$=
却忘掉了 u|(Ux~O
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每一次开始 Sp 7u_Pq{
也许 /Jh1rck
都只是一种继续 $T"h";M)s
而两个人之间的故事 S:/{
却永远只写了一半 7n\ ThfH{
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