Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
* g8 N- u- n) K" [! I* qEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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5 E. i. k# F2 z' k5 n3 W, TThey thought they didn't know each other,
' a# t3 K: }+ hnothing had ever happened between them,
1 b% x2 a8 i1 S# ^  x9 d# LThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
2 D. V: l, r$ {+ {3 {9 Z+ _, @" CWhere they could have met so long ago?
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  J$ c$ a4 @' T; {( [% gI would like to ask them,
0 i2 A9 o+ M8 D) a2 Vif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
( ^" w8 R2 x" c! z+ L  L% Oface to face one day?
$ |! m) v1 v6 A2 ~7 M. H) f5 RA "sorry" in the crowd?
  N/ g1 ~, V- z0 A"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
  f& A4 ~( \0 L: P  E# O: i& G5 a- but I know the answer.
7 H5 U4 ~( p" E" i9 D$ E  n$ CNo, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
# ~6 I/ _/ }4 t; W3 YFor 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,
cutting their path
) c4 [* N) L. U7 \5 B  Mand stifling a laugh,
9 q( u8 k. y2 G  ]6 O$ Eescaping ever further;
% c2 J. V: |" ~# e. G# {5 Z' ~# c. W2 ]There were sings, indications,
, W* Z2 s, c9 ]# L, i: ]7 i! @undecipherable, what does in matter.
7 t& L7 B' e; C$ ?Three years ago, perhaps
) k( L6 A0 ^, \5 [or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
4 j/ p- z) c/ ~" X+ {from one shoulder to another?
3 C1 u2 T. P5 e) E& @( O* KSomething lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
# h9 H. E6 u. z8 i. r" Oin the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
9 a5 [* T$ ]+ Q' `another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
5 m3 }, ~# t5 g, y/ B$ xforgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
" d" R/ y$ i0 H' `* o0 [is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
. T/ u7 D9 ~2 v8 ~Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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