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Love at First Sight
2 s4 u7 I. x" l T3 gby Wislawa Szymborska5 l0 ?" X5 N5 {! H
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They both thought
/ O; S5 Q& h0 S2 `% othat a sudden feeling had united them
2 y" o8 `# i x ]" N0 ?This certainty is beautiful,
1 f5 B# x1 T# oEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
5 O1 C2 A9 ~0 a/ s- anothing had ever happened between them,
+ S9 v1 V; [& {* ?" E- IThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
/ O% A0 y7 a& R5 a" K+ wWhere they could have met so long ago?
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" a1 N0 G6 v: o# }/ RI would like to ask them,& A8 {: O* U. c, Y, A- e
if they can remember -* k% i% R* E/ L) u' H. u
perhaps in a revolving door/ T& G) v( w# e& H! c2 P
face to face one day?1 |: a. {! J' w8 A- b& U9 e
A "sorry" in the crowd?, D$ m* O+ U' U8 m N
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?$ Z* H& H9 b) W! b
- but I know the answer.$ G- q# Q4 ]! t- z" D9 f$ [
No, they don't remember.
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* Z* J q0 y- ^0 ^5 jHow surprised they would be
. q% K, {: Q( }7 }/ w3 `For such a long time already& |5 ~* \/ \& X W$ K* r
Fate has been playing with them.4 U1 a) I1 E* Y. x4 S
0 H: @( @, b& k2 p. b$ NNot quite yet ready
, {2 i6 h8 k, H0 i1 a9 fto change into destiny,
1 g( j/ F) }; x, i/ z0 E ]5 Gwhich brings them nearer and yet further,$ B: w# D- U* Z0 l' ?+ `4 k
cutting their path
; G! e0 s7 V& K* L1 Q7 Land stifling a laugh,2 {5 Q/ j% S/ S
escaping ever further;; u/ S. }9 [1 ^2 {( q8 z4 @
There were sings, indications,8 z! B- h7 t# y G W$ W
undecipherable, what does in matter.
" q) F9 `6 W% P& o* ^Three years ago, perhaps
& \8 T/ h# A+ E kor even last Tuesday,
* B* z }# H' @3 tthis leaf flying. ~; J3 p. r% p0 z7 U; J" C
from one shoulder to another?
4 o- z& f# a: y/ P- `Something lost and gathered." E0 J: q' F/ |3 b4 u
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
) v$ k+ q/ f" W. A2 d# y+ din the bushes, in childhood?6 |4 }& T: }" T" x8 N
$ I& @! w5 C0 cThere were handles, door bells,' A, t: }- X: v
where, on the trace of a hand,
6 A; Z5 F3 Q6 x2 _ }2 x& n) Panother hand was placed;
4 ^. k" P9 p2 D- m1 Psuitcases next to one another in the
& R* D7 h% q: A* Dleft luggage.
' l$ e+ H$ \# O' @# L @And maybe one night the same dream' }6 |6 w& \. V2 ^/ V+ u
forgotten on walking;
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" t6 @2 ?! y* @0 p# |8 w1 ^But every beginning& _5 ], w* s; O. _: s
is only a continuation
3 }3 w ^, f8 d4 Fand the book of fate is0 o! r5 ]; ]$ S, U' Z: a
always open in the middle.
2 C; Z1 Z! Z& A% M' tTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
9 ^/ d2 H4 P6 V& {, O, \Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg |
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