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Love at First Sight* }! r0 p* s8 H1 r" H6 e
by Wislawa Szymborska( F+ ~# s8 W$ F K
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They both thought5 b" z S9 a6 I* ~4 x
that a sudden feeling had united them
, p Q9 p8 |& l8 m# AThis certainty is beautiful,
- ?3 O+ [6 r0 t. F6 j# p! jEven more beautiful than uncertainty.: _& o: W) {# G$ Q/ V# O6 N
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They thought they didn't know each other,
e1 e# w1 C( u. J* D9 Hnothing had ever happened between them,+ S" J8 `5 s/ s' ]/ v$ I
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,& l% i3 m8 P3 u' A
Where they could have met so long ago?; N& \3 e% ?0 S+ q9 |
2 v" z7 T) D& V( I: N tI would like to ask them,
. M7 y* k8 }* Vif they can remember -
8 Z) e- U$ E: E: `% Dperhaps in a revolving door
% q) i4 X9 Q5 n" }. T1 @face to face one day?
: Y7 C; q/ v! p- Q4 J* U* |A "sorry" in the crowd?8 T; Y9 d0 W* e7 N/ I) e% o
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?% ~+ `3 n" J+ d* e
- but I know the answer.
7 X8 R" m. g& U, R; M* NNo, they don't remember.; z5 Z8 d, I8 v) |: \
" N2 K/ d4 |( EHow surprised they would be
* v4 i, p$ b2 X3 H! s) w: E+ u/ qFor such a long time already0 u$ D) f' r i# Y$ f
Fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready1 q, x7 R7 t- f5 L0 f
to change into destiny,- ]# Y6 y( q/ D, P8 A B+ w- Q
which brings them nearer and yet further,
9 p$ |- r1 {& I5 Qcutting their path
$ V. t( V7 A( t( `and stifling a laugh,, A. w8 U" C% T, B" s) N3 \
escaping ever further;
) Z* n# }- B/ S" ?There were sings, indications,
. C4 u" T# j& X7 u6 s" c& Uundecipherable, what does in matter.# ^, K+ ]! l% H
Three years ago, perhaps) Q3 t Z- c$ F4 d0 Z8 ?
or even last Tuesday,9 c& l$ i" K4 i. A; c( ?0 I
this leaf flying
: L, P; e; i; y2 z* A" [7 u- Kfrom one shoulder to another?2 a% `# x& w4 I- N! Z
Something lost and gathered.
3 }( g9 x$ d' T3 v4 Y: zWho knows, perhaps a ball already7 ? N% ~& w0 @& X
in the bushes, in childhood?
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+ ]3 z5 V4 N; c6 DThere were handles, door bells,
1 @3 d' c3 b9 n) Pwhere, on the trace of a hand,6 I) K% b1 a; k# d3 u
another hand was placed;6 j/ I g0 y/ B! W; G* e
suitcases next to one another in the9 w7 p4 I. ^5 q5 ~
left luggage.
, {% e8 k* L5 H a& _% N8 E, w1 HAnd maybe one night the same dream' H% h' U8 z4 w1 H4 p
forgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
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and the book of fate is& N+ U n) \% J5 i4 I
always open in the middle.4 [& Y4 C* S j7 ` a- I
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
7 b3 y0 F9 l# J1 H \Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg |
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