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by Wislawa Szymborska /F\7_
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that a sudden feeling had united them Ss8`;>
This certainty is beautiful, (vY10W{
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ;>PV]0bOm>
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They thought they didn't know each other, 4F'@yi^Gt
nothing had ever happened between them. z.QW*rW9
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ;G w5gK^
they could have passed each other long ago "MyYu}AD
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I would like to ask them, Fr3Q"(
if they can remember - UPbG_ #"wZ
perhaps in a revolving door Q} /
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face to face one day? *QrTZ$\C
A "sorry" in the crowd? n|(Y?`(
"Wrong number" on the phone? *{XbC\j
- but I know the answer. d@C93VYp
No, they don't remember. c^m}ep\F5L
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How surprised they would be '06[@Cw
for such a long time already HSTtDTo
fate has been playing with them. kg_TXB
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Not quite yet ready Zu5`-[mw
to change into destiny, d=q2Or
which brings them nearer and yet further, CA{c-kG
barriering their path 0Tq6\:
and suppressing a laugh, La9dFe-uu{
leaped aside. [^aow-4z
There were signs, indications, KpSHf9!&[
but maybe just undecipherable. *ozeoX'5D
Three years ago, perhaps '#^ONn STn
or even last Tuesday, <
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this leaf flying i/~A7\:8%
from one shoulder to another? D (yRI
Something was dropped and then picked up. M,NYF`;a
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished #p0vrQ;5f
into childhood bushes? a:1-n%&F
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There were handles, door bells, &d=j_9
where, on the trace of a hand, =!
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another hand was placed; 4h?[NOA"
suitcases next to one another in the $:SHZe
left luggage. .#P'NF(5#
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, CsXIq.9
suddenly erased after waking. vTN$SgzfCU
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Every beginning /qEoiL###
is only a sequel, after all, ~`(#sjr6KR
and the book of fate a//<S?d$:
is always just half open. j$siCsF
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一见钟情 F:1w%#6av
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他们都以为 ma,H<0R
是那瞬间的感觉 "}Vow^vb
将他们结合在一起 6j+_)7.V
这种确定的感觉很美 ymiOtA Z
但那种不确定的感觉 +\2{{~_z
却更加妙不可言 txw:m*(%
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 V)=!pT
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 TDq(%IW
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 n3-5`Jti
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 [}} ?a
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我想问问他们 FIDV5Y/f
是否记得在某个回转门 &;DK^ta*P
那个面对面的瞬间? K1Snag
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? R<I)}<g(A3
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? S=@.<gS
但我已经知道答案了 Ko|nF-r_
不,他们并不记得 }4b
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他们一定会十分惊讶 |
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏
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但这运气 9`4M o+
却还没有成为命运 D,b'1=
它曾让他们如此接近 | vL0}e
却又让他们擦肩而过 ;89 `!V O
阻断他们之间的联系 uxLT*,
又忍着邪恶的笑意 la+RK
跳着跑开了 589hfET
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 G<:_O-cPSv
但这暗示也许过于深奥 )_BQ@5NK
可能在三年前 H3CG'?{ _
或者就在上个星期二 pY]T32
不是就有一片落叶 Is57)(^.-
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? |qTvy,U[
一个人的东西曾经掉落 X?whyD)vE@
又被另一个人拣起来 +L(|?|i8
谁知道呢 @
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 >J(._K
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某个门把手上 4:wVT;?a
或者某个门铃上 2[}
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两个人的手 j}u b
也许曾经放在同一个位置 0+S ;0
两个人的包 ~P!\;S
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 6.5E
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 gOb"-;Zw
只是第二天早上起来 `st3iTLZY
却忘掉了 (-S\%,hO
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每一次开始 =)b!M^=X-a
也许 <tUl(q+ty
都只是一种继续 m4\e`nl
而两个人之间的故事 "t0l)P*C}
却永远只写了一半 eYtP396C|
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