Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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, _6 [/ n8 ^6 y" v0 C. m* ^( k# GThey both thought
* p0 _& D7 F; J* M0 g' Wthat a sudden feeling had united them
2 O. V6 @: J) t0 d/ \1 |This certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
/ j" S; m2 v  ~* m( Y, |nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
) O4 ?, g" [3 e# J- a' W% e0 v- _Where they could have met so long ago?

: u3 G! q7 a1 z1 xI would like to ask them,
8 W4 u0 }- |: ?, Q: T3 o6 a- Jif they can remember -
7 r- [% Q6 H3 H: O9 |% fperhaps in a revolving door
7 s. F2 c  G- \0 g8 q) d% }. Tface to face one day?
0 E2 m, v3 D  G# {9 B: ?' mA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
! @$ ]% ~5 o8 oFor such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
3 D  I" W+ \! y# ^which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
2 y" m1 r6 _! y1 fand stifling a laugh,
/ W* k4 M9 f$ z" K. T4 \escaping ever further;
- Z# o* \+ c# U9 L6 S/ G/ b! ~There were sings, indications,
6 g* {. T7 }5 ]: ]% u4 cundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
! S0 A* k) H$ K" T9 |or even last Tuesday,
this 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,
# P& \$ s1 O; g  H' c5 V9 |, canother hand was placed;
8 u" r3 C1 s( _: ?* M' Psuitcases next to one another in the
5 o1 V2 l. z9 gleft luggage.
- |- m6 W$ N# X; c$ jAnd maybe one night the same dream
0 }+ r9 b: w6 L! G$ j0 M% ]forgotten on walking;

2 |! I# r  r. XBut every beginning
) h4 p$ F+ N& g* f. P, j" D6 ^! Tis only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
% X" [4 [. M8 ^" Q; N& v0 x8 [Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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