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by Wislawa Szymborska Ih}1%Jq
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They both thought H*^\h?s
that a sudden feeling had united them H(
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This certainty is beautiful, 4mjgt<`
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Ycr3HLJy
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They thought they didn't know each other, lbdTQ6R
nothing had ever happened between them. I` K$E/ns
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, O,2~"~kF
they could have passed each other long ago i':i_kU
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I would like to ask them, B+d<F[|
if they can remember - F>je4S;
perhaps in a revolving door a ]Eg!Q
face to face one day? A>`945|
A "sorry" in the crowd? h%; e0Xz|
"Wrong number" on the phone? X?:o;wB
- but I know the answer. IP`6bMd
No, they don't remember. / $ :j
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How surprised they would be 0MMEo~dih
for such a long time already s=6}%%q6
fate has been playing with them. f3j{V N
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Not quite yet ready [H<bh%
to change into destiny, O,bkQY$v
which brings them nearer and yet further, "xmP6=1
barriering their path M->*{D@a
and suppressing a laugh, 9Jf)!o8
leaped aside. i,A#&YDl
There were signs, indications, FWue;pw3
but maybe just undecipherable. ).` S/F
Three years ago, perhaps D\w h;r
or even last Tuesday, Zv11uH-C
this leaf flying A1)wo^,
from one shoulder to another? -oeL{9;
Something was dropped and then picked up. uwf
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Hs?e0Z=N
into childhood bushes? h&.wo !
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There were handles, door bells, tWTKgbj(
where, on the trace of a hand, /+*#pDx/zW
another hand was placed; R[z`:1lo
suitcases next to one another in the FGO[
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left luggage. l0&EZN0V2
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, J:uW`R
suddenly erased after waking. DFhXx6]
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Every beginning BqDKT
is only a sequel, after all, dkgSvi :!
and the book of fate iv`O/T
is always just half open. }+o:j'jB
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他们都以为 /525w^'pd
是那瞬间的感觉 p4IZ
将他们结合在一起 t}IkK=f
这种确定的感觉很美 ZyOv.,y
但那种不确定的感觉 du$|lxC
却更加妙不可言 W$U0[^1
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ,B4VT 96*
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 6sIL.S~c)
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 *k"|i*{
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 X[#zCM
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我想问问他们 ^7;JC7qmN
是否记得在某个回转门 P%)gO
那个面对面的瞬间? Pe C7
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? <YA&Dr3OD
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? (~zd6C1.
但我已经知道答案了 DG4d"Jy
不,他们并不记得 #;n+YM">:
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他们一定会十分惊讶 q$1PG+-
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ?JL7=o
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但这运气 $^u}a
却还没有成为命运 tiN?/
它曾让他们如此接近 b:qY gg
却又让他们擦肩而过 ^[%%r3"$C
阻断他们之间的联系 V8eB$in
又忍着邪恶的笑意 S'oGt&Z<
跳着跑开了 D\<y)kh
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Ii7QJ:^
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ["\;kJ.
可能在三年前 +,~zWv1v
或者就在上个星期二 0]D0{6x8
不是就有一片落叶 |ZodlYF
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? n wI!O
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ih?^t(i
又被另一个人拣起来 *'ZB*>
谁知道呢 TO%dw^{_`
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ^(viM?*
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某个门把手上 GGhM;%H_99
或者某个门铃上 .]aF
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两个人的手 %OgS^_tu
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Sq:0w
两个人的包 $}")1|U,X
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Ra*e5
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 NrP0Ep%V
只是第二天早上起来 GUsl PnG
却忘掉了 cb5,P~/q
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每一次开始 7d92Pe
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都只是一种继续 qj cp65^
而两个人之间的故事 ]%Zz \Q
却永远只写了一半 P{Q=mEQ
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