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by Wislawa Szymborska fn{S
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They both thought ZC^C
that a sudden feeling had united them }UyQ# U
This certainty is beautiful, 3mt%!}S
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 6er(% 4!
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They thought they didn't know each other, X}4}&
nothing had ever happened between them. -[#n+`M
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ~bA,GfSn0
they could have passed each other long ago yfjXqn[Z4
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I would like to ask them, w5~i^x
if they can remember - ek-!b!iI
perhaps in a revolving door t]_S
face to face one day? 6a}r( yP
A "sorry" in the crowd? ,35&G"JK5
"Wrong number" on the phone? @y~P&HUN
- but I know the answer. Yig0/"
No, they don't remember. P]<= ! F
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How surprised they would be 0??Yr
for such a long time already R 4EEelSZu
fate has been playing with them. <ZPZk'53<f
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Not quite yet ready Db03Nk>#
to change into destiny, zDBD .5R;
which brings them nearer and yet further, :pKG\A
barriering their path -
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and suppressing a laugh, j^u[F"
leaped aside. |DG@ht
There were signs, indications, +/'<z
but maybe just undecipherable. )q?$p9
Three years ago, perhaps z)L}ECZh9
or even last Tuesday, .{rbw9
this leaf flying 7|D|4!i2Y
from one shoulder to another? L-'k7?%(
Something was dropped and then picked up. qJs[i>P[W
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished MR9/Y:Nm
into childhood bushes? x6yW:tUG5
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There were handles, door bells, m3
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where, on the trace of a hand, !QC<n/
another hand was placed; u35q,u=I
suitcases next to one another in the 0o/B{|rv
left luggage. [QEwK|!L
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, EnCU4CU`
suddenly erased after waking. Kr3];(w{
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Every beginning 3XVk#)lw
is only a sequel, after all, E3\ZJjG
and the book of fate ua& @GXvZ
is always just half open. U}P,EP%p
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是那瞬间的感觉 D9,!
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将他们结合在一起 m6so]xr
这种确定的感觉很美 )A83A<~
但那种不确定的感觉 ph^4GBR
却更加妙不可言 IRB& j%LA
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 g,?\~8-c
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 !k h{9I>M
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 @l,{x|00
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 q+/l"&j.
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我想问问他们 jU$Y>S>l
是否记得在某个回转门 0BC`iql5
那个面对面的瞬间? zzf7S%1I
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? NWISS
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? [
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但我已经知道答案了 9s
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不,他们并不记得 ^![{,o@"A
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他们一定会十分惊讶 GVObz?Z]SB
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 M.k|bh8
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但这运气 (t74a E pi
却还没有成为命运 t,Q'S`eTU
它曾让他们如此接近 A+2oh3
却又让他们擦肩而过 hZF(/4Z2
阻断他们之间的联系 ,kE=TR.|
又忍着邪恶的笑意 1~EO+
跳着跑开了 x^2 W?<
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 w b+<a
但这暗示也许过于深奥 W?PWJkIw
可能在三年前 hT=f;6$
或者就在上个星期二 BGpk&.J
不是就有一片落叶 uHrb:X!q
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? @U7Dunu*f
一个人的东西曾经掉落 +E#PJ_H=F8
又被另一个人拣起来 z[biK|YL
谁知道呢 $B ?? Ip?P
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 Y UZKle
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某个门把手上 G1r V<,#m
或者某个门铃上 x vJ^@w'
两个人的手 "i''Ui\H
也许曾经放在同一个位置 2lJZw@
两个人的包 J" wKR y
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 {c?ymkK
甚至 X8.y4{5
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 0%;MVMH
只是第二天早上起来 W^|J/Y48
却忘掉了 #XL`S
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每一次开始 (olLB
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都只是一种继续 aZxO/b^j
而两个人之间的故事 r$?Vx_f`Q
却永远只写了一半 i"fCpkAP
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