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by Wislawa Szymborska Q3i\`-kbb
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They both thought /D9#v1b
that a sudden feeling had united them wclj9&k
This certainty is beautiful, k+[oYd
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. r
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They thought they didn't know each other, /Zs_G=\>
nothing had ever happened between them. rCqwJoC`v
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, a\m=E#G
they could have passed each other long ago nnhI]#,a{
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I would like to ask them, ZL0Vx6Ph
if they can remember - 38-kl,Vw
perhaps in a revolving door Ge=6l0
face to face one day? U4dfO=
A "sorry" in the crowd? Hj`'4
"Wrong number" on the phone?
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- but I know the answer. J0k!&d8
No, they don't remember. |a])o
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How surprised they would be k {{eyC
for such a long time already ._p2"<
fate has been playing with them. ? Lxc1
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to change into destiny, _t]Q*i0p
which brings them nearer and yet further, ~b*|V
barriering their path l-r$czY
and suppressing a laugh, ~a
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leaped aside. zE8_3UC
There were signs, indications, lrkgsv6
but maybe just undecipherable. LsGO~EiJ
Three years ago, perhaps HrLws95'
or even last Tuesday, p) ;[;S
this leaf flying d\Up6F
from one shoulder to another? dL'oIBp
Something was dropped and then picked up. =_E$* }
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 8@;R2]Q
into childhood bushes? |4BD
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There were handles, door bells, OPUrz ?p2C
where, on the trace of a hand, {gEz;:!):
another hand was placed; 1)}hzA
suitcases next to one another in the %t* 9sh
left luggage. JI-.SR
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Z8h;3Ek
suddenly erased after waking. !+Cc^{
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Every beginning ,,j> 2Ts
is only a sequel, after all, /w6'tut
and the book of fate ^Hf?["m^@
is always just half open. {LKW%G7
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他们都以为 `v(!IBP|
是那瞬间的感觉 9^sz,auB
将他们结合在一起 YJz06E1 -9
这种确定的感觉很美 !6taOT>v
但那种不确定的感觉 WuWOC6^
却更加妙不可言 xG4 C 6s
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 \qW^AD(it<
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 V@G|2ZI
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Ug#B( }/
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 6R3/"&P(/#
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我想问问他们 u&`rK7J
是否记得在某个回转门 /&=y_%VR
那个面对面的瞬间? { O=_c|u{N
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? hE\gXb
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? (3x2^M8
但我已经知道答案了 Cvt/ot-J?
不,他们并不记得 g("[wqgG
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他们一定会十分惊讶 %dd B$(
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ^Kl<<pUaV
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但这运气 9QF,ynE
却还没有成为命运 s}gdi
它曾让他们如此接近 j}}as
却又让他们擦肩而过 oO
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阻断他们之间的联系 /_(l:q^
又忍着邪恶的笑意 <gvgr4@^yR
跳着跑开了 ~O/B
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ?5 6;<%0
但这暗示也许过于深奥 s<C66z
可能在三年前 D_z&G)
或者就在上个星期二 |n s9ziTDI
不是就有一片落叶 Cw.DLg
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? .zW.IM}Z
一个人的东西曾经掉落 C91'dM
又被另一个人拣起来 R6o07.]
谁知道呢 vHymSU/J
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 68qCY
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某个门把手上 7W/55ZTmJ
或者某个门铃上 4kNSF
两个人的手 ^!(tc=sr
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Hs.5@ l
两个人的包 WR*<|
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 cR6#$-a
甚至 R|O^7o
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 :G<~x8]k0
只是第二天早上起来 gHvkr?Cg
却忘掉了 D0gz
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每一次开始 ?,Wm|xY
也许 dlV HyCW
都只是一种继续 TPKm>5g
而两个人之间的故事 t/x]vCP,2D
却永远只写了一半 :WSszak
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