Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
: w9 L3 h$ ]% Cthat a sudden feeling had united them
2 f' }$ I2 [1 G/ tThis certainty is beautiful,
  v1 [4 a  L0 j3 w, _: dEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
- o& Y( t" r9 d! Q) T% lnothing had ever happened between them,
6 h" O3 a4 h) L9 t% R' P4 EThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
% |) [! X0 l1 a$ T- x' d$ I2 b2 k- Dif they can remember -
1 O  Z+ b- q5 L; pperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
2 |  }- w' h1 D# |' _"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
0 G7 h( I$ {* X+ y0 q7 J. E' z- but I know the answer.
: q& p- j" _  \: ?6 LNo, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
* e  }) W( I; D( ~5 PFor such a long time already
, i) {  V8 s' fFate has been playing with them.
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3 a4 ]! M5 i5 SNot quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
0 f+ v  |  v3 m; V. Z# H7 L! ocutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
5 f' k$ h- g- U+ p# l* X) pThere were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
8 U8 c- }; B& B9 UThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
$ k5 a* V/ ?3 x: cfrom one shoulder to another?
/ Y  i4 M2 F8 t& l  fSomething lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

' o+ W) l& Q3 k5 bThere were handles, door bells,
% G; b* U0 J4 F  e; ^where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

* W% l, i/ `- T5 h* N/ L  xBut every beginning
" N8 {: `4 [* s8 ]2 O) R! ris only a continuation
+ J# y5 G1 ?, {' _! fand the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
3 Q; m6 E3 g3 E/ @! q0 aTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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向左走向右走里面有用这首诗的一节哎~!