Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
0 ~- Q/ Q! ?; w/ y( eby Wislawa Szymborska

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3 p) l! ~9 ^6 h) ^They both thought
9 _9 s  ^, X3 F  I$ w/ {that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
- h+ v; x+ b9 F) A& g7 UEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
9 z6 K" g# v7 P% B) |. h9 AThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
% q" F2 D0 y. v- Q; Y# rface to face one day?
; s, W! h$ h! TA "sorry" in the crowd?
! ~3 `( N- v  f# K"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
# W! y" Q6 p. }) j7 BNo, they don't remember.
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4 I# Z9 U2 N9 t# a: t$ RHow surprised they would be
6 B: f3 }! g/ VFor such a long time already
' q, }2 q/ p# O0 V2 U5 f1 r' g0 V( GFate has been playing with them.

* n2 j! u" Q: G+ X* z& sNot quite yet ready
0 G( M- Y/ f0 |; g5 {to change into destiny,
7 \% }2 _# R# [" bwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
9 o! O. F6 ~$ T7 I" {' V% Iundecipherable, what does in matter.
) Y& N  M8 o& j& h3 S9 r7 x) RThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
+ Y% i  g: i: wthis leaf flying
/ q/ I: M" D/ W5 o- C6 O3 K# jfrom one shoulder to another?
9 N& m, }  s. ?  c( K5 {6 [6 rSomething lost and gathered.
. R8 Q/ \; x: S+ f! VWho knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
" l! F- z% j' y% O) H6 i# ganother hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
% x9 \7 K) M! v3 y6 h0 N: }left luggage.
- T6 j1 z$ |- m: M# N- r& WAnd maybe one night the same dream
# i5 q# a! G% E# V. n0 q% ?" Aforgotten on walking;

$ X" a+ Y$ m6 _But every beginning
. ^& G* w0 b- R7 ^is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
% l( N! f/ ?- D5 u4 j+ B( Z- [# wTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
) |5 H( f- l0 D- JTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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