Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
8 z" r, ~/ Y; D7 Q$ n3 uthat a sudden feeling had united them
; x+ j% }+ O- v0 j, w* mThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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$ N4 Q7 u/ X, v( C) S+ M4 [2 H# {They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
$ t2 r1 {/ S( W- g- [# t5 zThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
  {# M6 t7 d1 ~4 S" Q1 BWhere they could have met so long ago?
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6 y1 N/ T* w! l. @I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
5 ^% V& Y4 }' ?5 {$ p$ q. n# E3 d- but I know the answer.
3 y/ K. g# @9 TNo, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
. y# H3 ~+ }7 iFor such a long time already
- g2 ]/ e0 `% N. xFate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
: F  W- p7 }2 n! j& D6 Jwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
8 X- Y* p6 S4 M8 y* j) fcutting their path
  F( @: y2 Y9 G7 g) e5 xand stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
- w( J" k  W) V" Qundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
4 k% j; i$ \4 ^' G6 @this leaf flying
8 v; w$ X1 G, q" Wfrom one shoulder to another?
4 M0 W3 N( l" h8 ~0 C' R( ~Something lost and gathered.
* E9 K  L0 _- A! ]- H5 c" JWho knows, perhaps a ball already
" Y: j' w4 v, b/ ^2 B1 j, |* sin the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
2 \2 V- |4 T- m- t5 owhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
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And maybe one night the same dream
( a  R) ]/ ?5 Uforgotten on walking;

# p: H) x# [3 q8 p' lBut every beginning
is only a continuation
& Y; _! d+ {1 g/ {/ x$ r* L: H8 gand the book of fate is
) x# _* }8 l$ Y2 n5 U% halways open in the middle.
+ A0 T& U7 B2 F  [8 r4 B. |. c9 t, GTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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