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Love at First Sight
; M: m8 s9 d- x5 ~% g/ }1 c- @by Wislawa Szymborska" i) s: z8 y3 j. Q5 |7 V( y% ]
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They both thought8 E( T7 v3 f+ t
that a sudden feeling had united them
0 d) G" x# d3 m$ i. c2 E4 ]2 GThis certainty is beautiful,. C0 F/ c/ z) Q3 P! u% E5 J) [
Even more beautiful than uncertainty. z( |6 S' b4 r* C4 _
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They thought they didn't know each other,# D) m* a9 W/ I* O$ Y0 D
nothing had ever happened between them,
+ x8 B9 _. ?) r6 @# L, Z5 y: YThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,1 {: W2 X5 [# O* r
Where they could have met so long ago?3 B: U. j- C6 g+ ]% U$ I
- m* F' n* P4 L. i$ S: x3 D J8 jI would like to ask them,* R9 S: n, c" I( Q& V3 u$ q+ q
if they can remember -1 ], [: u0 x- V) U2 j7 g/ o
perhaps in a revolving door
6 X# M8 c" ~% |8 T8 |1 T( mface to face one day?
4 \( x9 D5 S) j) x" w6 jA "sorry" in the crowd?% W: @ A3 h9 h6 \* `2 n& ?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?9 }2 h5 m# s" A% W; S% q
- but I know the answer.6 N$ O6 K* G$ \0 v0 B
No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
3 m3 q4 { y: q+ {For such a long time already
* ~, @$ L9 @( a( bFate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
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- z# o" t* ]2 j- \4 \/ ^4 F" `which brings them nearer and yet further,' W: V8 L' e; \/ X; V0 z
cutting their path
) V- Q% Z. d9 a9 |8 |and stifling a laugh,7 _% o# t* T; \
escaping ever further;
. }/ }$ B4 v. b- v7 kThere were sings, indications,5 v0 {. C+ W+ ^/ T
undecipherable, what does in matter.
3 I' R$ e3 ~5 S( X8 R6 p: @Three years ago, perhaps% @0 H: d/ O& k* K: N9 g
or even last Tuesday,4 h- Z# T7 j( r+ p9 Z# o7 p
this leaf flying
* r$ f; B4 Y2 p/ h$ L9 Vfrom one shoulder to another?7 h e% W! s( C! D8 t/ }$ v
Something lost and gathered.
/ U$ i$ ^. o* dWho knows, perhaps a ball already
' o3 |* P9 e) k3 {& R- y8 i* win the bushes, in childhood?/ t: f; ^7 z, p8 G. ]. S
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There were handles, door bells,
8 E. N$ A$ _( z: z& B/ {0 H8 Hwhere, on the trace of a hand,
3 i! w/ l5 q% Y8 h& H8 `- panother hand was placed;
3 |* D1 Q9 R! k8 e, V$ |$ S$ l2 N: S! hsuitcases next to one another in the
- @; K& d2 m3 Z: d: d' @/ Gleft luggage." P' `2 c( S9 C6 P7 C; x9 g: C
And maybe one night the same dream
8 M) o+ w* C- I- }- n7 N, Aforgotten on walking;
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1 h: R1 J7 f/ `% n: T2 s4 vBut every beginning% M+ s. n/ T, m/ F5 H, J
is only a continuation3 v5 M' ^5 m" J* g9 g: ^1 D! h; }) }. m
and the book of fate is+ k: [- O( }7 I! Z
always open in the middle.. k) E6 ^% v6 E6 M5 d5 k2 G
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
% m+ o; }9 Y7 c- `Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg |
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