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by Wislawa Szymborska mhW*rH*m
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They both thought /I48jO^2
that a sudden feeling had united them {JlSfJw!
This certainty is beautiful, qtlcY8!
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. L]Dq1q8`
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They thought they didn't know each other, b<27XZ@
nothing had ever happened between them. wBI>H
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, &HB!6T/
they could have passed each other long ago k@|Go)~
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I would like to ask them, KXT9Wt=
if they can remember - {wh, "Ok_
perhaps in a revolving door ' '<3;
face to face one day? jT*?Z:U
A "sorry" in the crowd? 7-VP)|L#G
"Wrong number" on the phone? NiBly
- but I know the answer. 0q o]nw
No, they don't remember. ;iO5
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How surprised they would be JXQh$hs
for such a long time already HlOn=>)<
fate has been playing with them. U(:Di]>{
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Not quite yet ready w&x$RP
to change into destiny, o@[oI\Vr!
which brings them nearer and yet further, V.}3d,Em%]
barriering their path YB]{gm2
and suppressing a laugh, S+bpWA
leaped aside. c&'5r OY~
There were signs, indications, [w{x+6uX'
but maybe just undecipherable. #+8G`
Three years ago, perhaps i\dd
or even last Tuesday, ']U<R=5T$
this leaf flying yrG=2{I
from one shoulder to another? k!py*noy
Something was dropped and then picked up. a: 2ezxP
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished _6.Y3+7I
into childhood bushes? |_mN:(3
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There were handles, door bells, \49s;\I]
where, on the trace of a hand, "sYZ3
another hand was placed; Xbu P_U'
suitcases next to one another in the >Xi/ p$$7u
left luggage. w >w zV=R
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ?izl#?
suddenly erased after waking. p&2oe\j$,
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is only a sequel, after all, ?T)M z
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and the book of fate X16vvsjw5
is always just half open. l#TE$d^ym
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他们都以为 /vs79^&
是那瞬间的感觉 Ch_eK^ g1
将他们结合在一起 RMHJI6?LB
这种确定的感觉很美 Xi0fX$-,
但那种不确定的感觉 g(dReC
却更加妙不可言 5'/ff=
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 *iVEO
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 (_=R<:
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Nxr\Yey
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 =wlPm5
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我想问问他们 ;_#<a*f
是否记得在某个回转门 M9~6ry-_
那个面对面的瞬间? $"ACg!=M
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ;tC$O~X
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? JHa\"h
但我已经知道答案了 V[0
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不,他们并不记得 F *1w8+
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他们一定会十分惊讶 nP_)PDTFp
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 t==\D?Rt
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但这运气 VIg6'
却还没有成为命运 L*cP8v4
它曾让他们如此接近 U |Uc|6
却又让他们擦肩而过 XTRF IY
阻断他们之间的联系 54#P
又忍着邪恶的笑意
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跳着跑开了 CU:HTz=
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 JCci*F#r
但这暗示也许过于深奥 9Dp0Pi?29
可能在三年前 ?JBA`,-
或者就在上个星期二 &gcZ4gpH
不是就有一片落叶 4 %V9
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? _&r19pY
一个人的东西曾经掉落
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又被另一个人拣起来 g3
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谁知道呢 ={;7WB$
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 L{oG'aK4
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某个门把手上 -us:!p1T
或者某个门铃上 [5]n,toAh
两个人的手 pj$kSS|m6-
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Yl=-j
两个人的包 >[;L.
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 8erG](
甚至 r7FJqd
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 TfHL'u9B
只是第二天早上起来 2R W~jn"
却忘掉了 ^SK!?M
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每一次开始 HPg%v|
也许 N`~f77G
都只是一种继续 +S WtHj7e
而两个人之间的故事 ]Ljb&*IEj
却永远只写了一半 {yDQncq'^
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