Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
8 Y! F" z' l# x2 |! _' R1 jby Wislawa Szymborska

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They both thought
  K0 S0 H/ |/ m- t6 Q6 d' Rthat a sudden feeling had united them
+ W. l8 s! ^3 E. n, {0 ?3 i+ hThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

. R7 y8 R7 r! l! Y0 {They thought they didn't know each other,
/ K/ R+ U; J8 F/ ^$ }- S/ pnothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
) d, |/ j# F1 s" K0 e! pif they can remember -
6 F4 n9 r/ x. {( T( Uperhaps in a revolving door
! ?* _) s) v! I' l. uface to face one day?
5 A% z5 p1 @( K! h7 Q! hA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
+ D" V$ A. b7 `5 U- but I know the answer.
4 |1 [  m- G- K. u7 Y) c6 NNo, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
/ S% ?& Y  J5 l3 nFor such a long time already
- M; @% V! H/ rFate has been playing with them.
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' l0 L5 y9 |  p( `) R1 f* }' mNot quite yet ready
, c) L* s( Y. Yto change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
, Q$ r: ~9 \+ m9 M) m6 l5 @! Q) ccutting their path
) J3 g( L$ T6 o9 rand stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
% ^, G5 }3 o5 S" G8 kThere were sings, indications,
3 h& [* ]4 W7 m6 f  p2 c7 @& Y0 `undecipherable, what does in matter.
2 a' Z) t# b/ R2 |2 UThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
: K7 A0 S2 j9 Othis leaf flying
  h! _  Q/ L- T; _& lfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
2 |/ r/ e3 n4 [8 j$ {3 xin the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
. v1 ]/ c: [: h  y! ^, N. z0 Twhere, 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;

But every beginning
0 ]8 F2 `% J- c# Z3 \is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
& |) P9 I0 R& V) F1 U: u- Nalways open in the middle.
- G+ W9 h/ s' V! \! W# j. \Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
2 A' m' T# g  p0 X0 M5 m% VTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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