Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
! [0 `3 S. p7 L6 b& m' Uby Wislawa Szymborska
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! O4 l" q: ^0 WThey both thought
& t+ e& p/ I! K5 w7 i8 nthat a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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, Q; r/ s2 X2 k" D1 z( b& dThey thought they didn't know each other,
: h/ Z# o7 L* j. cnothing had ever happened between them,
/ \4 d  w6 n2 k8 ^These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
' b# a6 |" I2 ]3 P3 G3 [perhaps in a revolving door
! `" B. T- F6 Z2 m/ @) Tface to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
1 ~& M% M. n$ x5 T1 v$ j- but I know the answer.
4 I1 C0 ?+ b+ }No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
; Q" M  c& S$ C: UFor such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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) t" a' a6 x# u& d  u6 ^Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
# e$ e5 ]/ I3 ]+ ], |which brings them nearer and yet further,
; i* y. i8 L8 ?/ U) i6 ncutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
0 t3 H2 j6 K; ^& @& E/ Yundecipherable, what does in matter.
6 z9 ~( |+ W% A( B" ^  sThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
5 V2 H( Q  i4 e! A! j/ uthis leaf flying
from 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;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
0 {$ L- f3 L1 P$ u1 P) kAnd maybe one night the same dream
+ f7 X( z1 u4 uforgotten on walking;

  Y' j! ^- h$ ^But every beginning
& U* h: |. N' r$ ?% uis only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
6 ]: U6 u4 ?" _' [Translation 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~!