Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska

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They both thought
: U! I0 N& G& m# _3 xthat a sudden feeling had united them
8 f) h7 s* a5 uThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
- A: z1 |* r2 d" E$ X3 Operhaps in a revolving door
+ S4 n$ N9 ^" X$ L: L7 R. n! u# Gface to face one day?
# D9 q2 h) R  }0 ?A "sorry" in the crowd?
9 L9 q' t/ i3 r  t3 V" V" p"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
: u* ?9 J) c4 L1 x3 oNo, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
/ X1 B6 j2 M# O! J/ x# V/ WFor such a long time already
$ b, Y" C; V% k8 k% B& {! d; o" i( ~Fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
5 C% \) ?4 D) e4 hwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
! d1 U7 T4 K, @6 _' x/ T- Wcutting their path
% h( V: k+ `/ r0 B; u, s+ {" r( G7 pand stifling a laugh,
7 j% J# m0 v4 w0 Yescaping ever further;
/ E" m* _' p) W7 {$ CThere were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
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from one shoulder to another?
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1 U6 v4 |; ?" J+ ~9 K% v6 jWho knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
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another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
/ p( t: l: k% W# T: xAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation 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~!