Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
+ x( F! N( F+ C1 j  j8 G* q4 [by Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
" G8 B$ ]/ D  q5 S! k) H) Kthat a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

2 t; W" d7 j6 JThey thought they didn't know each other,
* n, e+ u2 x; F8 v/ R- v# _5 b& {nothing had ever happened between them,
" ?, \7 X( F' @0 p2 QThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
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, s) l6 S, d4 ~- \: zperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
/ E' a* a& N' l& b2 A, wA "sorry" in the crowd?
: P6 h* T' s: W"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
' h1 |2 d6 K# X2 K, r' g- but I know the answer.
  b7 B2 z3 u5 h+ r* a8 n0 P9 yNo, they don't remember.
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3 A) \) z! R) [8 P$ t9 S# THow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
( [3 E" w9 T, t2 XFate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
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which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
8 _' O1 K+ l  O2 f9 d3 J* |1 pand stifling a laugh,
+ c4 T* z9 K" Q( Zescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
1 }! n* G) ]. z5 z9 \$ X$ ^undecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
/ y1 a& S8 b6 v3 lor even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
8 k$ R" k3 F1 M/ r$ G: Vfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
' V" m$ V4 m& S& u2 d& J  Lsuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
; M6 a5 k7 v! n5 s/ j; ?6 DAnd maybe one night the same dream
* {: ^9 V& X) n7 j# G; p# N) Dforgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
1 _" r% Q2 P0 B$ o4 h$ HTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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向左走向右走里面有用这首诗的一节哎~!