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by Wislawa Szymborska bHT@]`@@
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that a sudden feeling had united them */e5lRO\
This certainty is beautiful, A)\DPLAG
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. w[G_ w:$a
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They thought they didn't know each other, BT#g?=n#`
nothing had ever happened between them. Czxrn2p/
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, A:J{
they could have passed each other long ago j]D = \
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I would like to ask them, LkB!:+v |B
if they can remember - *03/:q ^(
perhaps in a revolving door nv{4
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face to face one day? ?zu{&aOX|
A "sorry" in the crowd? 1y;zPJ<ntm
"Wrong number" on the phone? EC&,0i4n:
- but I know the answer. W-QPO
No, they don't remember. -;-"i J0
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How surprised they would be ='>UKy[=
for such a long time already Rw 8o ]
fate has been playing with them. VrxH6 Y
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to change into destiny, ;BVhkWA
which brings them nearer and yet further, 1D6O=j\
barriering their path gVkI=J
and suppressing a laugh, xrnH=>.;m
leaped aside. N2e<Y_T
There were signs, indications, ,2bAKa
but maybe just undecipherable. efR$s{n!
Three years ago, perhaps qT @IY)e
or even last Tuesday, q:^Cw8
this leaf flying $ :wM'&M
from one shoulder to another? %m3efaC
Something was dropped and then picked up. 3PffQ,c[~
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished (=rv `1
into childhood bushes? pa-4|)qY
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There were handles, door bells, 6QQ oHYtZ
where, on the trace of a hand, F\bI6gj
another hand was placed; Sw'?$j^3
suitcases next to one another in the =i?,y +<
left luggage. cU|jT8Q4H
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, *pp1Wa7O
suddenly erased after waking. yfQE8v+
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Every beginning !3# }ZC2
is only a sequel, after all, "s9gQAoaO
and the book of fate tb3fz")UC
is always just half open. H%aLkV!J
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他们都以为 s;$TX30 4
是那瞬间的感觉 *PU,Rc()6
将他们结合在一起 mkzk$_
这种确定的感觉很美 ^I?y\:.
但那种不确定的感觉 :/%xK"
却更加妙不可言 rxeXz<
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 >Fk`h=Wd
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 5V8C+k)
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Fxx2vTV4ag
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 6*33k'=;F
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我想问问他们 }/3pC a
是否记得在某个回转门 z}&C(m:al
那个面对面的瞬间? qFbUM;
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? w1(06A}/
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? l0xFt
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但我已经知道答案了 #gJ~ {tA:
不,他们并不记得 BG0Mj2
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他们一定会十分惊讶 i/~QJ1C
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 'oQP:*Btl3
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但这运气 bRz^=
却还没有成为命运 (jMAa%
它曾让他们如此接近 I4f
却又让他们擦肩而过 #_\MD,(
阻断他们之间的联系 C;:L~)C@t
又忍着邪恶的笑意 )-:eQ{st`
跳着跑开了 2*wO5v
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 BI.k On=
但这暗示也许过于深奥 V0
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可能在三年前 yki51rOI*
或者就在上个星期二 s?x>Yl
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不是就有一片落叶 Fxth>O`$
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 6Vbv$ AU
一个人的东西曾经掉落 '}pgUh_
又被另一个人拣起来 _Z66[T+M
谁知道呢 26#Jhb E+
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 io r [v
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某个门把手上 PUjoi@]
或者某个门铃上 KWhM
两个人的手 Jt>[]g$
也许曾经放在同一个位置 1'v !9
两个人的包 S|q!? /jqj
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 )y/DGSd
甚至 ~_u*\]-
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 b W=.K>|
只是第二天早上起来
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却忘掉了 &c!j`86y*
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也许 0%xR<<gir
都只是一种继续 n#+%!HTh
而两个人之间的故事 *xE"8pN/
却永远只写了一半 (C`FicY
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