Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska

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! l& u( l5 T1 c# ?# n( P  _0 U0 z; eThey both thought
+ {6 T3 x  Q& b# T9 ]9 K0 Kthat a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
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,
8 y6 h+ i' o5 G5 aWhere they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
! D0 q" v4 Z, m# y! K: ]( XA "sorry" in the crowd?
/ }* M  }2 `- u! ["Wrong number" on the 'phone?
( L, r4 x) a8 H# Q6 Q( ^- {$ d- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

0 j4 c' Y; t( x5 \! q6 PHow surprised they would be
5 N/ w8 D" p6 }- \7 u# R; Y& M) ZFor such a long time already
; c8 \% Y) H% p  vFate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
# A" _0 B& J0 Y' S2 r) [to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
. k7 m0 ]1 [) N2 R4 ?5 E% r' bescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
8 f- Y/ f& l% P7 aundecipherable, what does in matter.
; S' D* W' M5 N. ~; v# nThree years ago, perhaps
% j5 C% y+ K2 c: d, i7 bor even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
( ~- B1 s3 L4 o, L4 mfrom one shoulder to another?
+ l- H9 S) }$ E2 @% _Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
8 l/ H( n+ d& q2 h8 win the bushes, in childhood?
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  C. ]* `3 ?6 m3 c! r% u8 g! `) H) {There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
) |& g9 \) `) {3 w: o" Dleft luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

9 u, l' [" ?- t3 b/ bBut every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
4 e/ U# B8 W: n1 B# @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~!