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by Wislawa Szymborska 3=.YQE0!dx
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They both thought 6$R9Y.s>Z
that a sudden feeling had united them (03/4*g_s
This certainty is beautiful, S~Gse+*
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. FH=2,"A
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They thought they didn't know each other, ?@rd,:'dE
nothing had ever happened between them. zV&l^.
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 9^}&PEl
they could have passed each other long ago v$]B;;[A
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I would like to ask them, cU6*y!}9
if they can remember - !/}3/iU
perhaps in a revolving door pa!BJ]~
face to face one day? 8ZY]-%
A "sorry" in the crowd? E8!`d}\#
"Wrong number" on the phone? v)+g<!
- but I know the answer. bXs=<`>
No, they don't remember. [J,.?'V
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How surprised they would be ?@'&<o0p#
for such a long time already aD: #AmbJ
fate has been playing with them. >&(#p@#
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Not quite yet ready x"b'Pmw
to change into destiny, DG;7+2U
which brings them nearer and yet further, P 2WAnm
barriering their path oai=1vt@
and suppressing a laugh, IbI0".o
leaped aside. GKt."[seV
There were signs, indications, yqx5_}
but maybe just undecipherable. `;UWq{"
Three years ago, perhaps pQiC#4b
or even last Tuesday, ]DVr-f
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this leaf flying \qG?'Iy
from one shoulder to another? "/'3I/}
Something was dropped and then picked up. (7R?T}
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished {,%&}kd>
into childhood bushes? lb_N"90p
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There were handles, door bells, aZmN(AJ8v
where, on the trace of a hand, ,Wlt[T(.;
another hand was placed; /JR+WmO
suitcases next to one another in the 5NhFjPETr
left luggage. j*.;6}\o
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, a}UmD
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suddenly erased after waking. cyl%p$
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Every beginning {+J{t\`
is only a sequel, after all, PJ5}c!o[
and the book of fate 3]*Kz*i
is always just half open. ^FLs_=E
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他们都以为 flmQNrC.8
是那瞬间的感觉 \FsA-W\X
将他们结合在一起 0/GBs~P
这种确定的感觉很美 @lN\.O
但那种不确定的感觉 eh9?GUr5
却更加妙不可言 R;OPY?EeW
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 hY&Yp^"}]^
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 P(shbi@
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 VVeJe"!t
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 uPfz'|,
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我想问问他们 F vkyp"W3
是否记得在某个回转门 S`kOtZ_N n
那个面对面的瞬间? Pxr/*X
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? >PA*L(Dh%
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 3F;C{P!
但我已经知道答案了 G&*P*f1S
不,他们并不记得 23?u_?+4i
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他们一定会十分惊讶 &>\;4E.O5
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 p~w] ~\
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但这运气 5Y *4a%"
却还没有成为命运 6|eqQ+(A
它曾让他们如此接近 Tw-NIT)
却又让他们擦肩而过 PBn7{( x
阻断他们之间的联系
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又忍着邪恶的笑意 x9 > ho
跳着跑开了 GB$`b'x@S
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 F'K >@y
但这暗示也许过于深奥 cr!8Tp;2A
可能在三年前 P*&[9)d6
或者就在上个星期二
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不是就有一片落叶 jYVs\h6
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? H7+"BWc
一个人的东西曾经掉落 nqy*>X`
又被另一个人拣起来 /WnCAdDgZ
谁知道呢 3'z$@;Ev+
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 7ui<2(W@0
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某个门把手上 HA0!>_I dC
或者某个门铃上 :Qge1/
两个人的手 FOG{dio
也许曾经放在同一个位置 x$d[Ovw-
两个人的包 h?xgOb!4
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 p7|I>8ur.
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 }k }=e
只是第二天早上起来 nYx
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却忘掉了 @\g}I`_M
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每一次开始 GJ%^hr`P
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都只是一种继续 }h^
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而两个人之间的故事 1K9.3n
却永远只写了一半 v[
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