Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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8 X! T- D( e! s  nThey both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
  O  o4 u8 o4 a. o* {/ |. qThis certainty is beautiful,
; E8 z2 E  G2 ^+ K0 BEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
3 K2 ~. n: |/ j, E  u3 x( o4 H: E- Enothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
# x6 k: W+ \# B8 H# y. u$ nWhere they could have met so long ago?
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0 ^+ j' I0 ]4 L7 W- HI would like to ask them,
  e$ q  @$ m% j/ z' c7 bif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
' s1 |+ J0 ]4 s. k1 Z$ k0 c- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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( S; Q4 N; S0 b. `5 g) b/ o* @How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
0 T& P- r$ Q0 E" SFate has been playing with them.
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8 C( }( G4 X5 _+ G; x1 Z/ [3 ~' O* n! wNot quite yet ready
1 A: ~. j% B3 @2 Q$ ?. [5 _to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
1 X4 x7 r- R( Y1 O/ F0 P6 Land stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
* \6 W! N0 h5 z2 S8 oundecipherable, what does in matter.
1 ]; W0 [3 D2 H& {) A) gThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
5 @6 s7 }, q+ S" |* p( R$ hfrom one shoulder to another?
5 O: ]& s: A; o- T) P0 c! ZSomething lost and gathered.
7 E2 x& u' N' `0 HWho knows, perhaps a ball already
9 y% q; U% q& f8 D% x9 Fin the bushes, in childhood?
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9 I  T. F2 E1 dThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
. Z0 b5 S0 i5 i3 ranother hand was placed;
) M) g8 F3 V1 L/ R( Z' z. asuitcases next to one another in the
) r" W# L# @( ]0 ]" I/ \. E9 Fleft luggage.
$ e5 s6 C; Q: ]7 K/ L! tAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

But every beginning
3 c! ~, {5 L0 h8 o" \/ Ais only a continuation
  O! ]! ^( w- s( q, Y) @9 y( fand the book of fate is
3 y( s+ M5 T  I8 O: [1 ialways open in the middle.
Translation 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~!