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by Wislawa Szymborska I#p-P)Q%S
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They both thought v:j4#pEWD
that a sudden feeling had united them ^h|'\-d\
This certainty is beautiful, s3T 6"%S`
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. :\1&5Pm]
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They thought they didn't know each other, M9S[{Jj*
nothing had ever happened between them. 2,%ne (
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, z<P#djx
they could have passed each other long ago sAc)X!}
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I would like to ask them, *JOv
if they can remember - 2Z..~1r
perhaps in a revolving door 4'; ['
face to face one day? u09OnP\
A "sorry" in the crowd? 9p$q@Bc
"Wrong number" on the phone? @49^WY
- but I know the answer. Kd,m;S\
No, they don't remember. r*3XM{bZ/@
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How surprised they would be G6Fg<g9:
for such a long time already Ri-wbYFaP
fate has been playing with them. Wj*6}N/
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Not quite yet ready h/w- &7t
to change into destiny, ,wEM
which brings them nearer and yet further, q{JD]A :
barriering their path =O_[9kuJ
and suppressing a laugh, Ia"bP` L
leaped aside. *AN#D?X_
There were signs, indications, >)
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but maybe just undecipherable. ?%0i,p@<
Three years ago, perhaps F^~#D, \
or even last Tuesday, fu&]t8MJC
this leaf flying bU,&|K/
from one shoulder to another? lJ,s}l7
Something was dropped and then picked up. JuI,wA
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished e)bqE^JP
into childhood bushes? Qqaf\$X
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There were handles, door bells, _0`O}
where, on the trace of a hand, ^b.J z}
another hand was placed; [(K^x?\Y0'
suitcases next to one another in the \ d;Ow8%d/
left luggage. s`2o\]
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, /][U$Q;Ke
suddenly erased after waking. G j:|
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Every beginning @'y"D
is only a sequel, after all, Y#5S;?bR
and the book of fate &Gt9a-ne
is always just half open. m
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他们都以为 ;vx9xs?6
是那瞬间的感觉 "869n37
将他们结合在一起 dd+).*
这种确定的感觉很美 XDGZqkt
但那种不确定的感觉 BkF[nL*|
却更加妙不可言 :[&X*bw[
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ^b#E%Rd
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 9+']`=a:
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 4SrK]+|
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 )qIK7;
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我想问问他们 y()( 8L
是否记得在某个回转门 A0ToX) |C
那个面对面的瞬间? '9gI=/29D
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? wMoAvA_oS
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Fqv5WoYVf
但我已经知道答案了 BTyVfq
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不,他们并不记得 _<7FR:oBZ
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ZIp=JR8o$
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ._Xtb,p{
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但这运气 h(-&.Sm")H
却还没有成为命运 >e ;f{
它曾让他们如此接近 V]}b3Y!(
却又让他们擦肩而过 4o3GS8
阻断他们之间的联系 *&]l
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ULjzhy+(8
跳着跑开了 Ev16xL8B
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 C.-a:oQ[
但这暗示也许过于深奥 >``GDjcJ
可能在三年前 z<>_*Lfj
或者就在上个星期二 )|x5#b-lz
不是就有一片落叶 GB3B4)cX4Y
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ~@a
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一个人的东西曾经掉落 ex458^N_
又被另一个人拣起来 *lAdS]I
谁知道呢 m5N&7qgp
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 8A .7=C' z
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某个门把手上 IcQ!A=lB
或者某个门铃上 (q N(#~
两个人的手 ($>0&w
也许曾经放在同一个位置 !++62Lf
两个人的包 Y;Gm,
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 zP}v2
甚至 Vz]=J;`Mz
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 <v k$eB8EC
只是第二天早上起来 ^6>|!
却忘掉了 o q)"1
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每一次开始 C/Bx_j((
也许 |LE++t*X~
都只是一种继续 T
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而两个人之间的故事 oH0F9*+W
却永远只写了一半 ^\jX5)2{
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