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by Wislawa Szymborska Npu#.)G
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They both thought II(7U3
that a sudden feeling had united them &,vPZ,7l
This certainty is beautiful, FwD"Pc2
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. doeYc
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They thought they didn't know each other, GI:J9TS
nothing had ever happened between them. ~{-zj
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, )8ub1,C
they could have passed each other long ago x""gZzJ$L
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I would like to ask them, i n}N[
if they can remember - ``
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perhaps in a revolving door aB@D-Y"HO
face to face one day? {{'GR"D
A "sorry" in the crowd? =Yd{PZ*fR
"Wrong number" on the phone? Hrz#S o\#
- but I know the answer. 9/[1a_
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No, they don't remember. ?"23X Ke
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How surprised they would be 3 *0/<1f1!
for such a long time already %qN_<W&Ze
fate has been playing with them. kl(id8r
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Not quite yet ready ?f}lYQzM
to change into destiny, Id_?
which brings them nearer and yet further, 0[ (Z48
barriering their path f9R~RRz
and suppressing a laugh, ~96fyk|
leaped aside. /E(319u_
There were signs, indications, QOb+6qy:3
but maybe just undecipherable. "YW&,X5R
Three years ago, perhaps A:{PPjs%LA
or even last Tuesday, 6
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this leaf flying (f Gmjx
from one shoulder to another? H);O. m
Something was dropped and then picked up. EMe3Xb
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished . \/jy]Y
into childhood bushes? s"tyCDc.c
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There were handles, door bells, gG^A6Ol%D
where, on the trace of a hand, Zq,[se'nh"
another hand was placed; d<x7* OW)
suitcases next to one another in the n+ot. -
left luggage. rt5FecX\
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, c,wYXnJ_t
suddenly erased after waking. &Nzq/~uqP
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Every beginning !|\$|m<n
is only a sequel, after all, zk#NM"C+
and the book of fate %
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is always just half open. 2h_XfY'3pX
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他们都以为 MM+x}g.?
是那瞬间的感觉 8mrB_B5
将他们结合在一起 ]g/:l S4
这种确定的感觉很美 ef
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但那种不确定的感觉 mgODJ
却更加妙不可言 he/WqCZg
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 DQ#rZi3I
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 !06
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但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 #pe#(xoI
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 -^R6U~
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我想问问他们 [UP-BX(
是否记得在某个回转门 ]RBT9@-:U
那个面对面的瞬间? MXVQ90
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? pZVT:qFF
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ][gr(-6 8
但我已经知道答案了 ,b b/
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不,他们并不记得 &3@{?K
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ?.A~O-w
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 E}YJGFB7"
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但这运气 E4CyW
却还没有成为命运 4lVvs(W?
它曾让他们如此接近 \sSt _|+
却又让他们擦肩而过 -@I+IKz
阻断他们之间的联系 2aDjt{7P
又忍着邪恶的笑意 h?8I`Z)h
跳着跑开了 u0o}rA
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 z_;:6*l=:
但这暗示也许过于深奥 `rWT^E@p5m
可能在三年前 .eNeqC
或者就在上个星期二 pW
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不是就有一片落叶 tz6N,4J?
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? tPQjjoh
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ?o>JX.Nl&7
又被另一个人拣起来 B'AU~#d
谁知道呢 XABB6J]
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 L
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某个门把手上 y;GwMi$KI
或者某个门铃上 E"/r*C+T
两个人的手 '5f6
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 l KdY!j"
两个人的包 0gIJ&h6*f
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 u&E$(
甚至 9%^IMUWA
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 8kRqF?rbj
只是第二天早上起来 \>G :mMk/
却忘掉了 3*v&6/K
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每一次开始 qr<+@Q
也许 U+4W9zhwo
都只是一种继续 dlf nhf
而两个人之间的故事 lQ{o[axT
却永远只写了一半 ,zP.ch0K
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