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by Wislawa Szymborska }E%#g#
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They both thought /:],bNb
that a sudden feeling had united them E=9xiS
This certainty is beautiful, 8Q2qroT
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. eub2[,
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They thought they didn't know each other, ]gHi5]\NC
nothing had ever happened between them. 50l!f7
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, +>uiI4g
they could have passed each other long ago [)E.T,fjMQ
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I would like to ask them, ~&
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if they can remember - 2a3RRP
perhaps in a revolving door +4Uxq{.K
face to face one day? <*4BT}r,^2
A "sorry" in the crowd? tin5.N)"z
"Wrong number" on the phone? Arzyq_ Yk
- but I know the answer. >m-VBo
No, they don't remember. jLZ^EM-
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How surprised they would be :4V8Iz 71
for such a long time already +=Q/'g
fate has been playing with them. i6@c@n
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Not quite yet ready 25zmde~ w
to change into destiny, sOY+X
which brings them nearer and yet further, [$<\*d/
barriering their path ]?#E5(V@x
and suppressing a laugh, 4|#@41\ B
leaped aside. [7btoo|P]
There were signs, indications, kU
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but maybe just undecipherable. >-0\wP
Three years ago, perhaps k+D"LA%J
or even last Tuesday, k)t_U3i
this leaf flying Ac2,A>
from one shoulder to another? b,tf]Z-
Something was dropped and then picked up. Fzc8) *w
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Q,f~7IVX
into childhood bushes? B,_/'DneQK
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There were handles, door bells, y_7lSo8<
where, on the trace of a hand, KS3>c7
another hand was placed; s6k@W T?"^
suitcases next to one another in the t{ R\\j
left luggage. WE*L=_zDS
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, @5rl;C
suddenly erased after waking. 8?za&v
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Every beginning =sYUzYm
is only a sequel, after all, A%[BCY_
and the book of fate %wDE+&M
is always just half open. OtVRhR3>
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他们都以为 O?=YY@j
是那瞬间的感觉 (\8~W*ej"
将他们结合在一起 @|2L>N
这种确定的感觉很美 [XKudw%
但那种不确定的感觉 6${=N}3Kw
却更加妙不可言 ;J>upI
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ].Sz2vI
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 pK|~G."6e
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 #B!HPlrv
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Sk6B>O <:
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我想问问他们 q^ w@l
是否记得在某个回转门 #lY_XV.
那个面对面的瞬间? "M!]t,?S
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 1
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? j%`%
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但我已经知道答案了 hE;|VSdo
不,他们并不记得 l"rX'g?
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他们一定会十分惊讶 #
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原来 ]i:_^z)R
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 chE}TK
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但这运气 ib\_MNIb
却还没有成为命运 &E+mXEve
它曾让他们如此接近 QMhvyzkS
却又让他们擦肩而过 }1#prQ0F
阻断他们之间的联系 A`:a
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又忍着邪恶的笑意 0sA+5*mdM
跳着跑开了 ,gdud[&|;
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 mz|p=[lR|
但这暗示也许过于深奥 @g5qcjD'[
可能在三年前 jcbq#
或者就在上个星期二 /& W&
不是就有一片落叶 SaIY-PC
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? B2,c_[UZ.
一个人的东西曾经掉落 H:F'5Zt
又被另一个人拣起来 6E-AfY'<
谁知道呢 !+u
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ;O7Vl5R
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某个门把手上 ~Z~V:~
或者某个门铃上 I<rT\':9
两个人的手 o/6VOX
也许曾经放在同一个位置 #:NY9.\o
两个人的包 pft-.1py
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 }a%1$>sj
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 7Fx0#cS"\
只是第二天早上起来 I.[Lv7U-
却忘掉了 4a=QTq0p
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每一次开始 ,`bmue5
也许 *XOLuPL>6)
都只是一种继续 W\2 ']7}e
而两个人之间的故事 dmWCNeja.
却永远只写了一半 T&4f}g/
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