Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska

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! B/ f3 Y  @4 h6 @- I$ H3 }6 YThey both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
# ?# W1 X2 s6 x+ D& E7 JThis certainty is beautiful,
  f/ Q* b% F* I% F$ ~/ mEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
- D' M) J: ]( @3 [5 V, |+ yThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
1 `$ ^. A( J3 V' [/ X' i2 Z- o4 [perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
9 `) L6 c/ j, O+ h0 q; Z  h3 L3 MFor such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
( Y5 B. B9 u  Z9 Kwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
9 A  b( {+ ~+ v2 b6 B/ b5 {0 Zcutting their path
& L7 y3 Q7 w2 P; x; B! p* M# ~and stifling a laugh,
+ T: w/ W  f0 X) yescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
5 R: K+ S, a  H! ]undecipherable, what does in matter.
! h8 a" h; w- h0 J. ^1 f6 {' P: tThree years ago, perhaps
9 d" K8 z3 X+ \or even last Tuesday,
( i7 [' B; X- K5 k$ Vthis leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
7 ]- n+ }5 u, G8 @another hand was placed;
. k8 c- T1 h4 `4 i% ~; Osuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
- v. I2 ?7 V0 S* {9 I8 F- h3 o' ]forgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
4 \! N" |. b0 R8 {# w* [/ mTranslation 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~!