Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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' j9 F, x# K( c7 |6 E: ~! tThey both thought
. ~" J- ?) x" A/ K! x1 `that a sudden feeling had united them
9 N# @8 }. b! ~; b. L: gThis certainty is beautiful,
1 j$ r% o1 Y: H0 ~9 [9 NEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
  b4 w; T+ @7 B1 ]nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
6 L% g8 M/ \- T7 x& t" Gperhaps in a revolving door
7 ?, X# \0 Q* g) iface to face one day?
0 _6 F7 N# p& t( v1 ?7 W5 aA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
6 I% R" X$ V: C6 B7 pNo, they don't remember.
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$ r/ F- Z2 G4 SHow surprised they would be
2 E; j/ ]0 R1 w$ u3 m* DFor such a long time already
, I2 D) j4 p5 v0 P. mFate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
6 \: y. N$ \8 [; Lwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
. g* p7 R" X9 D1 A  xand stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
- T1 S, {& A9 T2 A6 l. [6 `, W* qThere were sings, indications,
3 c5 l3 c9 l# A, d7 C  d. l1 Dundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
( B1 K2 Y) ?2 D" h+ cfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
  {# X2 P9 X5 v! S' w1 ?Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

& J2 t% a1 p8 P) y, q) L. d) gThere were handles, door bells,
0 A/ s# u% E2 B& ?5 \where, on the trace of a hand,
3 b- p  e9 f( u. r( J" Vanother hand was placed;
% `% j# R& M$ x7 y, e- E) d2 \/ bsuitcases next to one another in the
- O9 J9 z* y6 ~: A+ q; Y- _/ ~left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
. K. L: L" w- j3 |forgotten on walking;

3 d5 P5 j9 m% ]' C4 K- {But every beginning
  y" r$ s7 s, d6 V( [is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
1 q& M: x% q0 s  ?% W, o' ealways open in the middle.
4 p, N9 f; f% BTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
* R* j6 k" U% KTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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