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by Wislawa Szymborska YxowArV}uz
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They both thought }iIZA>eF
that a sudden feeling had united them C2
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This certainty is beautiful, #K&XY6cTj
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. )[wB:kG
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They thought they didn't know each other, H Q :Y:
nothing had ever happened between them. 4g+Dp&U
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, =aB c.PJ^
they could have passed each other long ago :_k5[KT.]9
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I would like to ask them, /L{V3}[j
if they can remember - fb+_]{7g
perhaps in a revolving door *q; u%; 4
face to face one day? xB`j*
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A "sorry" in the crowd? }i$ER,hXh
"Wrong number" on the phone? iVT)V>U p
- but I know the answer. 9$f%
No, they don't remember. oZ5 ,y+L4
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How surprised they would be Y[!s:3\f
for such a long time already fDjJdRS"
fate has been playing with them. 4v.{C"M
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to change into destiny, UMUG~P&@
which brings them nearer and yet further, TrPw*4h 9s
barriering their path +?)R}\\
and suppressing a laugh, #(7^V y&
leaped aside. <c%
There were signs, indications, <P~pn!F}
but maybe just undecipherable. vN&(__3((
Three years ago, perhaps g o9tvK
or even last Tuesday, C <Pd_&
this leaf flying #$X _,+<HZ
from one shoulder to another? v`hn9O
Something was dropped and then picked up. E5q t~:C|
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished R0~w F>
into childhood bushes? !LM9
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There were handles, door bells, ka/>jV"
where, on the trace of a hand, )LAG$Cn
another hand was placed; qh|fq
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left luggage. m<sCRWa-
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, RiG]-K:
suddenly erased after waking. #+&"m7
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is only a sequel, after all, ?{L5=X@$$
and the book of fate s2`} ~
is always just half open. -e O>d}
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他们都以为 3 S .2
是那瞬间的感觉 @ 3rJ $6W
将他们结合在一起 Ax6zx
这种确定的感觉很美 .=N ?;i
但那种不确定的感觉 )# v}8aL
却更加妙不可言 D@ %!|:
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 QtA@p
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 (ys<{Y-;
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 F9k}zAY\J
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 4C[kj
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我想问问他们 Rrrq>{D
是否记得在某个回转门 4-BrE&2f
那个面对面的瞬间? {A~3/M%74;
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? (%'`t(<
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? P~84#5R1
但我已经知道答案了 z))rk vL%
不,他们并不记得 N)/7j7c~;
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他们一定会十分惊讶 @1~cPt
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 1 F&}e&}c
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但这运气 ~l('ly
却还没有成为命运 ~7gFddi=i
它曾让他们如此接近 P{HR='2
却又让他们擦肩而过 JkI|Ojmm/
阻断他们之间的联系 hcpe~spz9|
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ~x[(1
跳着跑开了 GL _hRu
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 /IlO
但这暗示也许过于深奥 _FU}IfG>t
可能在三年前 3:<[;yo
或者就在上个星期二 uqVarRi$
不是就有一片落叶 CDY3+!
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? "pO**z$Z
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Z5g*'
又被另一个人拣起来 U] P{~
谁知道呢 <kJ`qbOU
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 |9Y~k,rF
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某个门把手上 L#WGOl
或者某个门铃上 9VMk?
两个人的手 &;RBG$t
也许曾经放在同一个位置 pd|l&xvka
两个人的包 (G~M E>
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 _C=01 %/
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 OKAmw>{
只是第二天早上起来 21my9Ui]
却忘掉了 wb%4f6i
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每一次开始 ZENblh8fs
也许 +Ht(_+To1
都只是一种继续 _;R#B`9Iu
而两个人之间的故事 ~>Y^?l
却永远只写了一半 Q3'P<"u
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