Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


7 A' Y4 n# H7 y$ y+ k& M6 X8 pThey both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
, c* G; X" I5 z' zThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
3 K4 Y1 n# m2 ]
( X1 B4 s0 B, P5 x3 M" G1 wI would like to ask them,
* t$ Z8 Q! s: O) w3 pif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
: M+ w/ }  [* ?face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- e+ o6 E1 T  t- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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+ s+ C3 r( q# K9 A) SHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
2 c4 j5 U" Z3 ]4 R9 K/ bFate has been playing with them.
& Z  Y: Y) d$ j! d5 ?
2 g: n; A7 B8 v% f- O  ZNot quite yet ready
8 w3 i. b2 \+ ^8 W% dto change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
. k: V$ \0 X" Z5 [7 Y1 A1 W2 tand stifling a laugh,
0 ?; z+ M& x% l! l, }# _6 i) mescaping ever further;
  S: U* G- w( M- \There were sings, indications,
7 L$ Z  W3 r5 O6 M/ L' pundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
# W; a2 I8 M+ ^. [7 q4 dor even last Tuesday,
, d/ Q! G7 `5 s, ^" hthis leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
' w6 _: l& J$ i) x+ o4 PSomething lost and gathered.
; U' i) p) U5 ^0 Y/ y; v( z! OWho knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
2 l7 x2 k0 e  P8 q; ysuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
) |# @/ `- b7 l1 Cforgotten on walking;
3 i) E( a3 X3 g) m: z, r
0 ]* l% I5 S4 SBut every beginning
is only a continuation
5 f# R: n5 U0 H+ D3 mand the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
# i, D) s' ^' B) _+ C; |Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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向左走向右走里面有用这首诗的一节哎~!