Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
& E3 @2 Q- U1 f( J/ H+ REven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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. M' U/ @' L% R5 vThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
7 C0 N; O! E" e; n, V+ kThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
) P4 V( q2 @  _1 sWhere they could have met so long ago?

4 J& {3 c2 r* n6 ?8 e0 r& l  lI would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
- d/ Z6 _- F$ R- C  k  R: a9 _( U; tperhaps in a revolving door
+ e, O5 b7 ^; b9 V8 ~  Wface to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
0 O5 O( U' ]/ B"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
; H$ M! K* n6 O' ^+ G5 N4 [6 S) _No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
, o0 u, m' K$ D" `2 tFor such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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. `' }# \$ t8 r- l, i1 {Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
  R% J7 @2 l! S; Z) a% Ocutting their path
4 n! z  u0 W* d) Zand stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
4 L! G* i, l2 J, k) U! I2 X. rThere were sings, indications,
* ?: q  M6 S* `4 I. Jundecipherable, what does in matter.
1 M8 r' Z# E. J8 V9 e$ JThree years ago, perhaps
; P" N% O* a9 wor even last Tuesday,
+ F8 Q8 u! c$ D* ^  }  Y( Gthis leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
3 N* F, ~: U8 t4 W! D. }suitcases next to one another in the
2 ]: F1 b- Q  E- g- aleft luggage.
, q# n1 g: q( P9 l5 gAnd maybe one night the same dream
% ~4 U# o* x4 O( ^1 `4 mforgotten on walking;

; t- T% w! B  J, D3 i' xBut every beginning
is only a continuation
9 X$ w( G6 @1 V8 Jand the book of fate is
4 X# ^! ~' g) L# W* `always open in the middle.
4 Q. [0 [6 q7 ]) iTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
5 _) t* u  {5 P5 qTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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