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by Wislawa Szymborska b1=! "Y@
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They both thought 2#UVpgX?
that a sudden feeling had united them q_>=| b
This certainty is beautiful, u^VQwu6?G
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. d]E.F64{
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They thought they didn't know each other, we*E}U4
nothing had ever happened between them. >w\3.6A
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, }ri7@HCY4
they could have passed each other long ago @_WZZ
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I would like to ask them, w5Ucj*A\
if they can remember - %5Elj<eHZ
perhaps in a revolving door d1*0?G TT
face to face one day? 4}YHg&@\d%
A "sorry" in the crowd? O=!Eqa ExW
"Wrong number" on the phone? +tYskx/
- but I know the answer. "oR%0pU*
No, they don't remember. YsTF10
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How surprised they would be QNj6ETB-d
for such a long time already kO/;lrwC
fate has been playing with them. AVc|(~V
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Not quite yet ready [>QzT"=
to change into destiny, *;T HD>
which brings them nearer and yet further, BBl9<ne$
barriering their path Fj<a;oV
and suppressing a laugh, 7~D5Gy
leaped aside. x:]_z.5
There were signs, indications, H3ob
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but maybe just undecipherable. bD1IY1
Three years ago, perhaps @_;vE(!5
or even last Tuesday, o O1Fw1Y
this leaf flying i^}DIx{
from one shoulder to another? %IUTi6P
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Something was dropped and then picked up. 6WLq>Jo
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 7Uh/Gl
into childhood bushes? D;DI8.4`N
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There were handles, door bells, `DP4u\6_
where, on the trace of a hand, 3.?oG5P#
another hand was placed; 6a{b%e`
suitcases next to one another in the
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, P[Id[}5Pw
suddenly erased after waking. ;@[ax{ J
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is only a sequel, after all, %i.;~>
and the book of fate \e?w8R.6w^
is always just half open. G`u";w_
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他们都以为 r5!Sps3B
是那瞬间的感觉 ~NwX,-ri
将他们结合在一起 )TkXdA?.
这种确定的感觉很美 gJ5|P
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但那种不确定的感觉 nrz2f7d$
却更加妙不可言 59a7%w
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 G5zsId
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 9M .cTIO{
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 m' L8z
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或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 J|WkPv2
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我想问问他们 |-vn,zpe
是否记得在某个回转门 (d=knoo7A
那个面对面的瞬间? 1Qo2Z;h@
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? R94ID@LF
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? uhr&P4EW
但我已经知道答案了 t|k-Bh:x
不,他们并不记得 rqi|8gKY
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ?_G?SQ
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 zVtNT@1K>u
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但这运气 1}I%yOi)
却还没有成为命运 ?\T):o;/
它曾让他们如此接近 lRA!
却又让他们擦肩而过 83gp'W{|
阻断他们之间的联系 fGDjX!3-S
又忍着邪恶的笑意 *Zk$P.]
跳着跑开了 H=>;Mj
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 !>QD42
但这暗示也许过于深奥 X!/
可能在三年前 pU5t,
或者就在上个星期二 /m+\oZ
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不是就有一片落叶 PQ`~qM:3st
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? N:7;c}~
一个人的东西曾经掉落 mM;p 7
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又被另一个人拣起来 dIRSgJ`
谁知道呢 xrCb29{
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ^)[jBUT
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某个门把手上 W*NK-F[
或者某个门铃上 8>~\R=SC
两个人的手 JnZlz?}^
也许曾经放在同一个位置 :k7h"w
两个人的包 |H@1g=q
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 YW UCrnr
甚至 *lws7R
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 d^YM@>%
只是第二天早上起来 |a[Id
却忘掉了 Cdbh7
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每一次开始 KZt4 dr
也许 xO` O$ie
都只是一种继续 Oxhc!9F
而两个人之间的故事 IAa}F!6Q1
却永远只写了一半 !S}4b
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