Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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2 ^2 K6 X! q9 r7 F  ]# i( p. JThey both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
# j! R! \' e  aEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
$ D  Z( f/ c5 `; G  Dnothing had ever happened between them,
3 U( ^$ b* l% R, j1 D: A% b* tThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
- {- q5 l+ m% q' Y, }) O2 KA "sorry" in the crowd?
! i( y1 x- W2 {0 y"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
0 Q7 d* m6 Q; k( m9 WNo, they don't remember.

' _0 h" {& i; T- u, h% n& {* D9 X# UHow surprised they would be
1 c! ?$ v  C8 g* \For such a long time already
- e1 x, c" ]8 s" H. q3 `* D! Y) KFate has been playing with them.

* E* `( z" o" Z, ~/ vNot quite yet ready
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which brings them nearer and yet further,
7 I+ B- A: h5 s( R4 @cutting their path
+ R2 T9 }2 Q- N# I/ Zand stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
, C. L8 y7 D& {7 v; u( T/ tundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
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from one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who 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,
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suitcases next to one another in the
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And maybe one night the same dream
% l/ S1 l" Y' |# g+ ~8 Bforgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
is only a continuation
; Z; n2 h3 O: j: y7 Qand the book of fate is
' n/ s# I* ~' h$ F/ r" c, Dalways open in the middle.
, M% K5 P% @  h6 \% TTranslation 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~!