Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
0 `9 }3 o1 h1 Gthat a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
8 B4 ~. {" u5 x4 ~" z& ~Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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, w6 L  _$ t- m! Y" jThey thought they didn't know each other,
4 z' V) ^, A) znothing had ever happened between them,
( G  }2 H& {, `2 }These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
. g7 _. X! {5 n+ AWhere they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
; S; B+ q* L8 q. o4 sif they can remember -
. [9 K/ y( s/ \: tperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
' m, _: Q" T2 U: c5 f" ~0 y/ |( Q"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
/ T2 w% @+ \( Z- k2 b) {- but I know the answer.
; L- L; h, }6 Q" c4 _" LNo, they don't remember.
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; ^8 T$ X! V& |8 B7 iHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
9 a+ L, S: y1 NFate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
8 d, ]/ l( K# S, C) i1 K2 B6 Gwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
3 T" y$ Q) L% z  g: N: Bcutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
3 ]  U. B% g( J4 h& J8 m9 K" f. tescaping ever further;
! }# A( V) T4 p  ~: M, j  u; oThere were sings, indications,
, ?( e5 G- {: uundecipherable, what does in matter.
3 E2 V0 ], y: |Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
" I9 r' ]4 e' Gthis leaf flying
# f5 P1 `# h7 i  ~/ h  Ufrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
, f- ~  `  I8 {2 Z+ W) F6 Y' VWho knows, perhaps a ball already
, u4 m$ \7 }; ?: i/ ]/ Z* Nin the bushes, in childhood?
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7 H9 j! G6 |2 u: L: M' x; i5 {There were handles, door bells,
, n1 v" |7 N; i: I' W1 Ywhere, on the trace of a hand,
6 ]9 n) U/ b/ `8 y8 M8 D2 A; o7 `8 Manother hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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% s% m! T+ o( v, E* r4 HBut every beginning
is only a continuation
# I7 Z( {  D, }& V  ?6 G9 P! {% aand the book of fate is
6 r; Q3 D  P  V9 N) [3 ^; J, ]always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
7 r: a6 e! b9 F! NTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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