Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska

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5 Z7 B3 b7 G" W' q9 tThey both thought
" d: W) p' J* f2 A$ C3 Y+ F6 a8 J! zthat a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
9 [; r! O7 c6 `) ^5 ]Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

+ t% A- t. Y) b) x5 z; ^$ ?They thought they didn't know each other,
/ e$ c: ~0 d0 I( bnothing had ever happened between them,
* \" x" Q( K( l, M- SThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
0 f& b; I$ A3 }, eWhere they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
4 x  p; F$ l  f  R- q! hperhaps in a revolving door
& e. g9 e; ]8 M5 A' \! \" Lface to face one day?
" L, i' X! A1 ]/ [& x- ?A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
( ~5 ^6 `5 ~2 t; {0 e1 YNo, they don't remember.

) p4 F- x( A2 f2 M3 uHow surprised they would be
1 f* W: f4 {2 r7 T& y" i4 T- v  R$ d7 EFor such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
+ C5 d  J; t9 d5 ?$ U. x' ?which brings them nearer and yet further,
5 Y" a/ J' I& L, i8 bcutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
+ Y" Z7 D: V3 ]- Wescaping ever further;
" t" S) p& u* [" k, B# IThere were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
( a+ A6 l3 \3 V9 Dor even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
4 _* C  {# j" B4 ?/ D. TSomething lost and gathered.
5 U# }1 `0 U5 g1 s1 o. j% v& qWho knows, perhaps a ball already
; ?. b8 s& S: q0 `in the bushes, in childhood?

, ^( K3 T3 C# w+ N9 [0 x7 ^There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
8 s, y, _8 b& L. G" M' Ranother hand was placed;
) X8 c1 I. m! D" n6 U' Gsuitcases next to one another in the
% ~) R8 x7 Y  x' ^left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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; U) l/ b) w" Z+ [But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
% N) \' R. y- k  \! Y6 @- kalways open in the middle.
7 C2 ~' B9 Z- q, m: KTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
2 ?! P( I! ~4 `Translation 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~!