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by Wislawa Szymborska mf W}^mu
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They both thought q\$k'(k>35
that a sudden feeling had united them m ?e::W
This certainty is beautiful, $eq*@5B
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. c:[8ng 2v
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They thought they didn't know each other, Pf:;iXH?
nothing had ever happened between them. 5r` x\
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 6 uTFgSqZ
they could have passed each other long ago mB5Sm|{
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I would like to ask them, 5%jy7)8C
if they can remember - n~Yr`5+Z
perhaps in a revolving door Z}AhDIw!G
face to face one day? <r1/& RW,
A "sorry" in the crowd? c;B: o
"Wrong number" on the phone? v,L@nlD]
- but I know the answer. T!jMh-8
No, they don't remember. 3sK^
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How surprised they would be 'lMDlTU O
for such a long time already P!yOA_)as
fate has been playing with them. R*`=Bk0+
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Not quite yet ready jX;$g>P
to change into destiny, 4c]=kb GW
which brings them nearer and yet further, 96d&vm~m1
barriering their path 1wg#4h43l
and suppressing a laugh, s/0bXM$^
leaped aside. xFzaVjjP
There were signs, indications, ,@]*Xgt=
but maybe just undecipherable. v8y !zo'
Three years ago, perhaps i )!+`w*Y
or even last Tuesday, 0aqq*e'c
this leaf flying YD,<]q%
from one shoulder to another? 0JXXJ:d B
Something was dropped and then picked up. [$D%]]/,
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished @b9qBJfQ
into childhood bushes? 7NMy1'-q
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There were handles, door bells, %D49A-R
where, on the trace of a hand, Y_FQB K U
another hand was placed; v[\Z^pccgj
suitcases next to one another in the =X;h _GQ
left luggage. m2\[L/W]
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Vz]yJ:
suddenly erased after waking. r`Bm"xI
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Every beginning 2@Zw#2|]
is only a sequel, after all, pM-mZ/?
and the book of fate 8wLGmv^
is always just half open. hiEosI
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他们都以为 \HL66%b[
是那瞬间的感觉 RN2z/FUf
将他们结合在一起 Fu>;hx]s
这种确定的感觉很美 T[- %b9h>
但那种不确定的感觉 nH}V:C
却更加妙不可言 (7C$'T-ZK
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 .umN>/o[
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 [M2xF<r6t
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ]zz%gZz
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 )Vo%}g?6!
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我想问问他们 &],O\TAul
是否记得在某个回转门 Jow{7@FG
那个面对面的瞬间?
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? (@NW2
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? c1xX)cF
但我已经知道答案了 }Xb|Ur43
不,他们并不记得 l%
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他们一定会十分惊讶 W/.n
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 J4Ca0Ag
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但这运气 |fY#2\)Yx
却还没有成为命运 P6)d#M
它曾让他们如此接近 o QR?H
却又让他们擦肩而过 t!59upbN}3
阻断他们之间的联系 rAk;8)O$
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Rl'xEtaN
跳着跑开了 xLP8*lvy
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 #n+sbx5~7
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Of#"nu
可能在三年前 b?/Su<q
或者就在上个星期二 \[
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不是就有一片落叶 1
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? @9lGU#
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ~FVbL-2
又被另一个人拣起来 L+Gi
谁知道呢 uT
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 p2gu@!
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某个门把手上 H'I5LYsXO~
或者某个门铃上 9t7 e~&R
两个人的手 ?lm<)y?I7+
也许曾经放在同一个位置 CVZ4:p
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 c^R "g)gr
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 fVYv 2
只是第二天早上起来 GuF-HP}xM
却忘掉了 %;#9lkOXWH
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每一次开始 D=B :tP
也许 &`_|[Y ]H
都只是一种继续 eGUe#(I /
而两个人之间的故事 'cY@Dqg1
却永远只写了一半
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