Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
: q" `) m+ ^/ cby Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
" [! V3 a* q9 P8 U  `: PThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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, i5 a+ H# `! _They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
! \: ^1 I# l* f' I# H# b5 eThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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8 D6 z7 h  S1 c0 g& I8 g- W6 |I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
$ O7 o/ s) u' ^9 Eface to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
* R! i& W! T* w7 s, b"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
4 e5 u- I- z! _1 ~- I# KNo, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
( O6 V0 C/ x8 t/ XFor such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.

/ Y& k% H3 z8 fNot quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
; V3 b: J; W+ I" A8 N2 c  xwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
) t6 m" l' Y* S, G) d9 R- K; |cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
9 M5 X5 f* R/ ~0 @+ hundecipherable, what does in matter.
+ W0 q7 p; O0 @' P6 P; RThree years ago, perhaps
! z% g4 U2 v! l0 o! M3 aor even last Tuesday,
! i8 T; j1 \( r! B! u7 ^this leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
7 V" I* F. h% V( z6 Tin the bushes, in childhood?

$ Y, B# h: J3 A7 d5 ]- TThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
/ ~; g% v4 h/ R6 I6 Lsuitcases next to one another in the
  f( T1 R  b1 ^" S8 B! Rleft luggage.
, ^1 i# ]. y4 }7 ^4 Q( tAnd maybe one night the same dream
0 k2 }- v! F0 p/ q% F) Mforgotten on walking;

But every beginning
3 E4 F' }0 i8 `( Lis only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
  }! R- n  i3 d" m+ u4 N  yTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
- M& G( ?) W* @( T1 G8 wTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

晓晓晓晓

向左走向右走里面有用这首诗的一节哎~!