Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
8 Z- p$ z2 Y! m6 Fthat a sudden feeling had united them
5 G+ d8 H- m4 H& L1 LThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
- O3 d+ A. U% Y/ u# ^nothing had ever happened between them,
" t3 P. a, B4 Z! nThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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& O! P# n: G' S  W7 g# ^# ^' dI would like to ask them,
. _/ x% J6 {) a, }9 b1 \" mif they can remember -
8 r# h1 x4 F' h5 M5 E' b- |, Aperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
2 l1 W, g# e2 S6 f  }  W$ R/ AA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
7 x, t: G6 w( `, D) Z8 A0 }/ |No, they don't remember.
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4 s# j6 Z) s# t7 {9 e% T2 AHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
) E- J; i9 g5 ]2 D4 mFate has been playing with them.
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2 t7 f% E' ]! s7 a! ?3 kNot quite yet ready
- e$ f# F0 I& i1 T3 ]8 _' Q& }* jto change into destiny,
. i+ W( c8 V: r" V% c  @2 Dwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
5 l( d" j1 r* z4 `' n2 E! P. A# k2 Jcutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
6 d: ?! S  O5 ?There were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
4 U5 d# Z! J! r4 X" wThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
/ M7 U- ]4 h6 B5 k) k& K: Qthis leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
1 }$ D) B% l& KSomething lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
/ f4 L# ~5 H  d9 iwhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
# }9 o' i3 A5 p, ?1 k$ ^And maybe one night the same dream
0 o5 t3 ~% f; u) n# l& u" S( d. sforgotten on walking;

But every beginning
& F' L- u: \9 W: q* t& {6 Ris only a continuation
and the book of fate is
+ F; Y( M7 I3 ^; ]3 a! Valways open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
% ^$ e& y+ Y) f1 ?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~!