Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska

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They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
( ~" K6 A0 w. S/ n2 |( T3 qThis certainty is beautiful,
& B# z2 k) i& _Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
" L: I/ g2 c) Y4 kWhere they could have met so long ago?

. }" }+ ~9 [* E- l0 F1 E) A" B, HI would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
; O$ l2 e* K% K- B0 k, pperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
; Q: W4 W% S3 y! v"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
9 I. U3 }" m' g& V' `- but I know the answer.
9 e  q9 Y  G' ?, j! J% A1 iNo, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.

) F, a* Q# @7 j. r. E5 l+ E+ i4 VNot quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
1 C# u5 D1 H$ Z- T- l; Eand stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
( Q) f/ b) k+ J) y5 ?  }There were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
) A: H! }: C$ k9 U. C9 d* WThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
4 y  x; W+ d7 i5 ]this leaf flying
8 ?* c% g1 W3 w/ }& J) Y7 l+ C' xfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
) c, N! Z! ^6 q1 p* tWho knows, perhaps a ball already
, p/ b" S& @& s6 ]( x2 e; \in the bushes, in childhood?
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' G9 @( p2 C2 l3 E! I* c5 M& CThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
5 P8 V8 K" n' |' wAnd maybe one night the same dream
, f( w8 C# a9 n( l5 ?forgotten on walking;
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8 D' J2 G7 d& b2 c9 {4 v1 R9 MBut every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
- G% N( R& [/ u% e: h$ w: yalways open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
% g( q7 }, `( QTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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