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by Wislawa Szymborska wC>Xu.Z:
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They both thought |}2X|4&X
that a sudden feeling had united them Y=tx
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This certainty is beautiful, U]W+ers
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. T Z_](%
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They thought they didn't know each other, ar[*!:!
nothing had ever happened between them. = 6^phZ(
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 3e7P
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they could have passed each other long ago %\QK/`krp
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I would like to ask them, 7<7
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if they can remember - 2SlOqH1
perhaps in a revolving door Z0Df~ @
face to face one day? N_eZz#);
A "sorry" in the crowd? zcE[wM
"Wrong number" on the phone? w;4FN'
- but I know the answer. \'.#of
No, they don't remember. e9@7GaL`"S
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How surprised they would be \aB>Q"pS
for such a long time already flzHZH
fate has been playing with them. l4smAT
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Not quite yet ready M qG`P
to change into destiny, W*/0[|n*
which brings them nearer and yet further, 60@]^g;$I
barriering their path FatLc|[
and suppressing a laugh, ^oT!%"\
leaped aside. )[d>?%vfd
There were signs, indications, YNV4'
but maybe just undecipherable. +?[,{WtV
Three years ago, perhaps dzn[4
or even last Tuesday, csNB
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this leaf flying K6X}d,g
from one shoulder to another? d]<S/D'i
Something was dropped and then picked up. Q
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished oP 4z>
into childhood bushes? E3==gYCe*
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There were handles, door bells, 67{>x[
where, on the trace of a hand, ::eYd23
another hand was placed; klwNeGF]N
suitcases next to one another in the {'e%Hx
left luggage. c>3AR17+5
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ;LjTsF'
suddenly erased after waking. a][QY1E@?
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Every beginning MrGq{,6C
is only a sequel, after all, H$o=kQN
and the book of fate KqNbIw*sR
is always just half open. 7\xGMCctM
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他们都以为 ZgD%*bH*B
是那瞬间的感觉 swGp{wJ
将他们结合在一起 ~?#B(t
这种确定的感觉很美
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但那种不确定的感觉 VvSe`E*
却更加妙不可言 *eLKD_D`!C
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 k6b0&il
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 @V>BG8Y
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 jF r[T
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 d%wy@h
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我想问问他们 8M,AFZ>F
是否记得在某个回转门 O"6
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那个面对面的瞬间? "ytPS~
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? m:
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? do$+ Eh
但我已经知道答案了 a#L:L8T;j
不,他们并不记得 l}jC$B`5
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他们一定会十分惊讶 *\!>22*
原来 |DBj<|SX
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 -\dcs?
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但这运气 suF<VJ)&s
却还没有成为命运 dvX[,*wz
它曾让他们如此接近
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却又让他们擦肩而过 WNmG'hlA
阻断他们之间的联系 (1=@.srAzK
又忍着邪恶的笑意 W(qK?"s2
跳着跑开了 yHY2 SXm
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 [ (Y@
但这暗示也许过于深奥 |$tF{\
可能在三年前 {v!w2p@
或者就在上个星期二 MZ)lNU l
不是就有一片落叶 ."Pn[$'.
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ]#N8e?b,
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Oh}52=
又被另一个人拣起来 *=md!^x`
谁知道呢 rE"FN~9P
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 O4nA?bA
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某个门把手上 D8k >f ]
或者某个门铃上 uaD+G:{[
两个人的手 aAcQmq TT
也许曾经放在同一个位置 QfjoHeG7
两个人的包 yTc&C)Jba
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 #}6~>A
甚至 L]YJ#5
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 E\2f"s
只是第二天早上起来 % M_F/ O
却忘掉了 kJ* N`=
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每一次开始 -Nr*na^H9#
也许 h 1'm[Y
都只是一种继续 6ZjUC1
而两个人之间的故事 XcbEh
却永远只写了一半 9n5uO[D
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