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Love at First Sight
2 _, d4 |& `" A4 l' P( v- Rby Wislawa Szymborska
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% `9 \9 [ p3 b- XThey both thought: R& V% z$ Q. U T$ L
that a sudden feeling had united them g& _* ?' S s9 U% E
This certainty is beautiful,
- w8 x* r: g- ^' e# ?Even more beautiful than uncertainty.& h3 s( m$ X+ N% {) L
; p5 z5 T4 ~0 W: l- Q: K6 @They thought they didn't know each other,
6 Z& `1 ^9 F; d1 vnothing had ever happened between them,
! ~6 }' d( ~ jThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,6 O+ F, v+ x0 b/ g# T9 Y
Where they could have met so long ago?! ~' q. R }2 Z& K) P7 M' E+ W
' F: c/ ~# q. f5 p3 s. n1 AI would like to ask them,
9 U$ |; |! Z5 ^- hif they can remember -0 V3 P; g4 S c6 }2 J( W
perhaps in a revolving door
& f7 i5 C0 p1 o- J$ Z6 |face to face one day?0 v; P) c/ Y1 t- j7 V1 z+ C
A "sorry" in the crowd?9 a0 h2 v& H+ o3 C# a Z. J
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
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) A; ]% \* I0 J6 _/ \8 G* T; ~No, they don't remember.
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) s X% C( n" M1 D3 cHow surprised they would be% C! Z# d1 O9 E' x0 ]! i" {
For such a long time already( b: g2 s% D# A& B( H
Fate has been playing with them.! x+ @6 X8 k. c4 ^- x* }- S
% r# o: {4 K. F3 |6 ]/ t) MNot quite yet ready5 L4 k, g) e; R- S$ ~# e5 K
to change into destiny, f. P; U S) t6 P1 I
which brings them nearer and yet further,
g. K2 O7 A+ m2 ?8 P( s4 U5 F; jcutting their path3 m+ n- l0 ]1 V% `+ k
and stifling a laugh,$ R1 Q+ X4 ?' x7 r7 I7 h7 p
escaping ever further;
# z8 N1 K! k3 E; M4 qThere were sings, indications,
6 M2 G4 o9 k" D Uundecipherable, what does in matter.
; C) U3 p" |9 d# n$ PThree years ago, perhaps: o: [# _7 Q6 G5 J5 N# v( G
or even last Tuesday,# J4 l A3 z8 \) ~/ R
this leaf flying# A2 z! i2 y8 @% P; ?
from one shoulder to another?
9 w$ J) D8 g& T: f2 nSomething lost and gathered.
0 T1 V! }( ]0 T# O; v# CWho knows, perhaps a ball already" S- ?& A, H% y, J
in the bushes, in childhood?
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1 f. {. B: a) S: c1 UThere were handles, door bells,& k e/ H4 e5 Z# D2 Z
where, on the trace of a hand,. N1 S5 s: h& V( I2 K- P% N6 A
another hand was placed;
5 F' |& h9 }) x& N5 D4 B/ Osuitcases next to one another in the
" `4 o$ U& F& }left luggage.& L4 Y2 W/ j/ I- C: C
And maybe one night the same dream
; |$ q2 }" s8 v9 F% O* ^$ mforgotten on walking;
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5 E, d5 r. W, N$ ~: ~/ ZBut every beginning
% A8 P$ i& n3 G2 s0 C' G5 jis only a continuation6 Q0 t. e% r1 i+ I' d& q# G
and the book of fate is
2 D) t e; q! s! Ualways open in the middle.
2 e- C& h1 |* C `6 O2 N6 dTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
g: _# ` A6 w" m6 OTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg |
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