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Love at First Sight! w8 O) Y# j# g7 i
by Wislawa Szymborska
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8 p" K0 u M3 r `1 U1 u* X- R3 NThey both thought
3 q) Z4 a @& y6 n3 c( B9 {' lthat a sudden feeling had united them7 m/ H/ F M* h
This certainty is beautiful,0 j% F& m/ Z, }0 w
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.: p0 Y, F" o2 ]4 D# T, X* v' I( v' V
9 z& L* v4 w6 G! n# ~( w; u \" uThey thought they didn't know each other,4 P! {+ c! n' ]0 h
nothing had ever happened between them,
* m4 {( f8 m8 p: A6 F) P# Q4 zThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
. ~9 [) g, ]1 i* m+ kWhere they could have met so long ago?
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" Q) h0 t; [- S% R% X6 z( S8 @; zI would like to ask them,: C8 b V# Q a5 Q2 p g
if they can remember -* s0 s7 A0 {6 ~+ M
perhaps in a revolving door
9 y: G6 O! {/ G: U8 jface to face one day?, i5 C1 Y* _; W1 S4 x: L' x3 d# Z
A "sorry" in the crowd?
$ [. i8 E; N8 S8 Z/ H# B"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
& `8 s- U" n7 e+ K$ ]. E- but I know the answer.
" L" u; N; g; T. T/ z4 wNo, they don't remember.4 o" l V2 Y# k
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How surprised they would be
, h% t# K6 V$ lFor such a long time already
% z- N$ S+ Q0 s6 x% vFate has been playing with them.: J, B4 X- t3 C: [' a5 `
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Not quite yet ready
. n4 A5 z! m4 ]. fto change into destiny,) E, E- f' u, B
which brings them nearer and yet further,
" ~9 K8 f3 Z9 p, C+ y2 ycutting their path
# ]% G; H4 J' c+ t: G2 Aand stifling a laugh,
. e, u a( W. J, V9 Jescaping ever further;
" _' l- |. f8 JThere were sings, indications,
7 R; |. W, l( i: K2 L$ G$ yundecipherable, what does in matter.+ x: J2 M% I. x: p
Three years ago, perhaps- A' g' K4 A3 g; ^" k2 Q
or even last Tuesday,
1 F# x$ J1 J3 B# `8 U4 C& [# G5 fthis leaf flying0 `' r2 Z) k4 j' d
from one shoulder to another?
) `4 u1 o1 p6 t3 C2 WSomething lost and gathered.# Y- }0 g' T; i: v8 I( \) y
Who knows, perhaps a ball already4 e' j! r) U6 v9 M9 e4 r5 K
in the bushes, in childhood?7 _8 F5 G$ S/ n- u- Y) I) H: K7 w
; [- r- `8 s7 K4 mThere were handles, door bells,0 T. w- ^' S! p- _2 ~& w
where, on the trace of a hand,* q0 j) V6 e6 B: T: q
another hand was placed;/ t [) o: L2 `, O' C' B4 X$ g
suitcases next to one another in the) f& V5 Q+ V n9 Q3 i6 E% w) I
left luggage.
' K% G I4 B0 j7 O5 Z( CAnd maybe one night the same dream
2 Y( ~4 \6 f4 S* Sforgotten on walking;4 v6 x/ M5 A& K, e' z, n) |6 [
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But every beginning/ L) K' U' S) D5 o: E
is only a continuation
% ]0 }$ A9 E6 k3 `/ o- F0 eand the book of fate is
) ~- Y/ R% r, t) M p9 o$ u! C" ]9 ]always open in the middle.
% t& z! X: k; M+ ?Translation from Polish by Roman Gren) y( X7 [+ x3 [& [" I+ ~' [
Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg |
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