Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
% A# L* M, Y: [( i! U8 c' `' R6 r5 jthat a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
2 {$ A$ x) \- j/ r* F- |Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
4 A  D7 l  E# Q" S& `6 pnothing had ever happened between them,
1 W! \! V) z4 |6 ^1 D' ]These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
2 r4 s# N# a) {" I5 l3 vif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
1 ^3 k5 z7 I. u6 j8 l$ t" _A "sorry" in the crowd?
5 B1 f8 p6 o  N* y0 W7 n"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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# Y0 F% L8 n  N: g! Q& \$ j7 bHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
6 T3 B1 i2 w+ R2 X) j& `% FFate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
7 P1 D% {3 |% e$ `+ wcutting their path
" j, |8 z' l' d; O7 s$ v6 }6 ^and stifling a laugh,
- u  D+ s/ @2 ^3 l4 d0 ^escaping ever further;
! ^" p& ?* `* b# _3 OThere were sings, indications,
$ a* q& \' W4 T% Nundecipherable, what does in matter.
! F' {! ^$ W8 j; t5 h$ X  N. a6 sThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
/ R" w! H+ v1 n. Ithis leaf flying
' P1 o" D9 ^/ Z# [8 Afrom one shoulder to another?
% K+ C' {5 W" R! f( d+ [Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
1 T& S# O3 J2 }( Q) rin the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
# g9 W" ~  E# h( rsuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
/ H* L0 `: e- p: S; k1 h8 galways open in the middle.
7 p7 S/ d4 ~0 C" z2 t- w3 qTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
Translation 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~!