Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska

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They both thought
1 d( b. f& ?: V) d' x0 r4 `that a sudden feeling had united them
1 e9 e  s6 E# k' v# Y5 y/ w0 HThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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" a7 k7 C( j2 S1 q6 f( d) n& C" W. oThey thought they didn't know each other,
2 k, a  s6 b/ ]( Pnothing had ever happened between them,
6 V/ x9 ]& @6 c+ P# aThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
0 |7 O% G2 e% v* p8 m* k2 MWhere they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
$ W. ]: W. P+ G( J" hif they can remember -
3 `* @2 G. u& a( F4 x+ ~, Qperhaps in a revolving door
) d9 M7 A. k: H# jface to face one day?
: [" c$ Q- x/ Z, T% |" H4 E/ ^A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

: m! c+ F' u. W* Y+ IHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
- P. M7 o, S6 }" c* u# q" [9 Xescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
, V- w# w) V+ y- r$ d) HThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
  V( g3 L2 Y6 w5 R, bthis leaf flying
) w+ q( F* i6 @" w; q# L$ L  ifrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
/ y# |8 w/ q! l- ain the bushes, in childhood?

" L- e! K" Z1 x% _3 K) cThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
2 h3 S# N+ j0 d$ R* J0 xsuitcases next to one another in the
5 u4 j$ s5 [/ z9 Bleft luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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9 A/ a4 h5 p1 n. w4 dBut every beginning
9 s- a  l) Q* v( q% Yis only a continuation
( c0 x( E6 y" _3 A" [( Z- Q, m+ Vand the book of fate is
8 g# B2 M! l. ]always open in the middle.
, e2 f$ x' P! p9 M1 W6 U3 G8 KTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
2 u% b9 U% S/ j  E5 KTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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