Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
9 ]1 ]2 C& J/ @/ B% I& ?by Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
7 @' ?" V+ j  H( @that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
0 C4 m: a3 x9 p0 @% N6 HEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
0 Y9 m5 ^+ |2 X+ M3 Znothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
1 T6 V2 k( ~( N4 R3 N" u7 U* m% DWhere they could have met so long ago?

# r% d. M! `9 u& Y4 o! O+ uI would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
1 {$ Y5 ?: Q& p# d" kface to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
/ V, [2 L+ o: J"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
; a# w, g7 U  B/ i( W6 o- but I know the answer.
! l. Z! E3 T) G/ h+ B1 BNo, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
6 v) `% N: b" \7 O# t/ E% P7 [For such a long time already
5 }& Q- e6 c, W! @0 L" ZFate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
- W5 N" p, ]/ R7 S/ S! P" mto change into destiny,
, @4 Q1 ~3 }' G* ?- P$ ewhich brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
! h0 u: O" C: ^escaping ever further;
4 m$ b$ _- R5 d! U) K: qThere were sings, indications,
& R* P: K& k) n- S: zundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
1 U; B% W+ F$ ~1 F( G9 Z) Kor even last Tuesday,
2 D( d5 E% y3 |, O- W) Bthis leaf flying
/ r' ]9 ]* X! m' P1 z- ^( y0 z% ^$ wfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
- e( D9 L$ X. h/ |; l, QWho knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

6 g2 t5 q4 Q* k2 J7 k4 \There were handles, door bells,
5 ]% N7 X4 |. h. h5 l9 zwhere, on the trace of a hand,
4 }3 i0 N5 t! [. \0 T5 j' ?; |another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
; G/ w  k4 U' E$ \( eleft luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
, F7 |" ^" g! a6 O4 F! R# ~! W  f6 {forgotten on walking;

- Y& I! @! n# M, n" O, S& YBut every beginning
is only a continuation
  |9 k( ?5 |, I) Xand the book of fate is
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8 g7 U2 D; t  n6 F. GTranslation 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~!