Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
5 j6 R+ _- v, ~. H7 Eby Wislawa Szymborska

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; g% R) X' v4 i3 lThey both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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7 P6 B# V, _: d. H/ S* C9 _. KThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
( a% s" ~1 n/ c8 y2 R& JThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
6 `& W! @: x( P# R) GWhere they could have met so long ago?
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3 d* p; q0 |# _5 g6 t+ G$ GI would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
; ]2 |& X8 Y" y$ W$ Iperhaps in a revolving door
6 p/ J( l" T$ c9 |+ ?1 I( ?face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
; S" E& p. U' B( \1 @% o3 Z, t"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

' f0 m+ }' d* j9 aHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
! [. i% N, p0 e# }4 u3 ~to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
& g, }, w& f) f0 M( U8 S* ~cutting their path
: T7 W* R: F- t5 jand stifling a laugh,
9 a, z  a3 Z- v9 @$ R7 b6 Lescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
* f" {, {) x+ h' ?' v5 V2 m% LThree years ago, perhaps
0 G7 \0 y  h* nor even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
; i3 D8 C& g) W* n3 uSomething lost and gathered.
+ \' _: a0 d, x+ N: s0 gWho knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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8 X4 R& Y; O/ \There were handles, door bells,
) X  i8 c, Y7 L5 B% C3 M" |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;

6 |2 A: l0 m5 {2 yBut every beginning
  X0 H7 r: ]) N9 x3 j. V' \( Mis only a continuation
" ?1 F1 }) `* k% Uand the book of fate is
. a# w, @- k8 y' S! Halways open in the middle.
1 t; A0 w1 b- {, n# R7 l4 @Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
4 }: c! K: c/ w1 Y( OTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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