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by Wislawa Szymborska \Hx#p`B%
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They both thought 9 u89P
that a sudden feeling had united them k5\
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This certainty is beautiful, B'~i Z65
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. .cK
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They thought they didn't know each other, CZno2$8@e
nothing had ever happened between them. O*"wQ50Ou
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, %[F;TZt
they could have passed each other long ago `)_FO]m}jS
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I would like to ask them, #Y b9w3N
if they can remember - *wl_8Sis}
perhaps in a revolving door pNme jz:
face to face one day? E$fy*enON
A "sorry" in the crowd? {.'g!{SHp
"Wrong number" on the phone? E*]L]vR
- but I know the answer. :EAfD(D{)
No, they don't remember. BiAcjN:Z
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How surprised they would be A)0m~+?{J
for such a long time already 'n`$c{N<tM
fate has been playing with them. KUV{]?'
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to change into destiny, (.t:sn"P
which brings them nearer and yet further, }{PtQc6RL!
barriering their path ~oyPmIcb
and suppressing a laugh, vYun^(_-
leaped aside. m#(x D~V
There were signs, indications, N^j''siB
but maybe just undecipherable. z@LP9+?dE
Three years ago, perhaps #.K&]OV/88
or even last Tuesday, AYtcN4\/
this leaf flying U}5KAi 9Z
from one shoulder to another? 667tL(
Something was dropped and then picked up. eNKdub
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished hRiGW_t
into childhood bushes? qt)mUq;>
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There were handles, door bells, ?|F;x"
where, on the trace of a hand, N1t:i? q&
another hand was placed; je0 ?iovY
suitcases next to one another in the pfIvBU?
left luggage. Q 7?4GxMj
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 0;`PHNBq
suddenly erased after waking. Fsdn2{g8U
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Every beginning .h }D%Qa
is only a sequel, after all, ZuON@ (
and the book of fate g7ROA8xu
is always just half open. P,], N)
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他们都以为 -M9
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是那瞬间的感觉 4df1)<}U-
将他们结合在一起 %iML??S
这种确定的感觉很美 4WnxJ]5`
但那种不确定的感觉 g9Ll>d)tE3
却更加妙不可言 L 32ki}2
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 [! o-F;
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 d":{a6D*d
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 'f!Jh<i
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 an$h~}/6:
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我想问问他们 mI18A#[ 3
是否记得在某个回转门 8gdOQ=a
那个面对面的瞬间? G 3x1w/L
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? k#M W>
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? UJ&,9}L8
但我已经知道答案了 N:zSJW`1
不,他们并不记得 1 ErYob.p
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他们一定会十分惊讶 we?#)9Q<
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 _u!G6
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但这运气 Fx\Re]~n
却还没有成为命运 x]M1UBnMN
它曾让他们如此接近 }9dgm[C[b
却又让他们擦肩而过 DKH9O
阻断他们之间的联系 w[_Uv4M
又忍着邪恶的笑意 _69\#YvCG
跳着跑开了 ivk|-C'\
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 =Ch#pLmH
但这暗示也许过于深奥 t$2{U
可能在三年前 `VbG%y&I
或者就在上个星期二 c`Cn9bX
不是就有一片落叶 `z.#O\@o
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ]QQ"7_+
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ^m9cEl^:nQ
又被另一个人拣起来 XQPJ(.G
谁知道呢 0]HIc
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 Wov_jVdN\
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某个门把手上 cm<3'#~Q?
或者某个门铃上 b"V-!.02
两个人的手 m 9S5;kB]
也许曾经放在同一个位置 gS 3&,^
两个人的包 8a{g EZT,
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 6P8X)3CE<T
甚至 8'$n|<1X
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 y.2 SHn0
只是第二天早上起来 N3)EG6vE*
却忘掉了 .nJGxz+X"
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都只是一种继续 vbU{Et\^
而两个人之间的故事 !k^\`jMzw
却永远只写了一半 'UKB
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