Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
# e  m8 G& B, z) I( i) {" Vby Wislawa Szymborska

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They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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) M0 F$ r0 y0 ]# u$ `. QThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
. ?9 F2 N: M* y% @7 y) X7 L1 LThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
7 z* O& W  }( v6 r! K/ ?$ q% cWhere they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
/ j1 H. J4 N1 V  i" P0 n5 Jif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
6 J2 C% H% E+ \  {+ c"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
" f/ H3 K' K5 d; a7 LNo, they don't remember.
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: x  K3 Y& s# aHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
1 z$ X5 h$ S1 mto change into destiny,
( x* z3 D* c6 ?' V6 Ywhich brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
4 V' u1 @, Z4 ^) w! d2 p7 gundecipherable, what does in matter.
( v* b9 D2 t+ L: X- Z$ {Three years ago, perhaps
) n: Y% y1 n& d- P( X9 C+ Xor even last Tuesday,
, ]" h3 @8 C4 T: g# ithis leaf flying
$ {1 F/ d' T2 n- P4 k) ffrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
% Q( u, l- A. H- e  rin the bushes, in childhood?
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6 i- D9 ]( ~# L! D: a2 D  vThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
( i/ ]+ P+ y% h4 e0 BAnd maybe one night the same dream
6 i. b( [& G3 [& Qforgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
is only a continuation
) e2 I0 E4 f' n( X/ Yand the book of fate is
/ d) B0 T5 y" ^" j; {always open in the middle.
0 ^* [6 A4 O9 eTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
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~!