Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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' e6 N6 |) i1 ]  @7 H# M+ d2 R  LThey both thought
' @2 ]6 p$ N; ~# l$ q7 rthat a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
8 v8 P- F6 D) @# XThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
" S- O! P" t0 v4 Y5 S. NWhere they could have met so long ago?
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6 _6 d; V2 y4 k) wI would like to ask them,
8 n0 S7 e3 }% S* V: C1 @if they can remember -
: a$ V8 ^+ V- D2 bperhaps in a revolving door
0 [2 f- X8 n. f; u- U+ J1 `face to face one day?
2 S8 A& K" h9 B. i, K4 Q( BA "sorry" in the crowd?
6 J( q1 V6 @! Y"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
+ X1 N; ^; S: b4 z; s  }- but I know the answer.
+ i( w* U" ]$ K3 r# C3 X) O3 q, SNo, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
- n6 D: V: S% }! f1 \cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
* |6 j% ]& \8 [6 I" pescaping ever further;
: w& J/ k& R5 z$ ^There were sings, indications,
8 W( _# x: _. j6 Z' U. oundecipherable, what does in matter.
) E7 Y/ a/ j! l- v/ Y8 D1 u* U2 `: qThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
/ r/ [# A$ X; o: Y4 \" |! J4 Athis leaf flying
6 t, P5 ?$ x* W: D, p, K7 U( Z0 N& vfrom one shoulder to another?
/ K8 t& {( l& tSomething lost and gathered.
0 C) S8 w8 k7 n" g4 K$ ZWho knows, perhaps a ball already
+ ^0 R$ h$ H! rin the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
4 }) O; C- P4 v' u3 @& e8 bsuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
. v( S( p# L% U1 S4 s0 ~5 ]# fAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
( r# p$ A' U0 E% R: ^/ ?  @# zalways open in the middle.
0 n5 @( v% p2 p# I+ R) M" KTranslation 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~!