Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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2 g8 m; k5 Y4 D" bThey both thought
: f! F: t3 `* {; n. h8 k8 y" athat a sudden feeling had united them
# H& t& H% ^- BThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
4 K' `9 D3 H2 e2 @% q0 D. q) V5 Unothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
* X* g" g7 A( I! [4 ]& j9 bWhere they could have met so long ago?
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* c+ e1 o( e1 }, Z- N- aI would like to ask them,
0 M& C) p& t( e  D6 {if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
( W; X; p. C+ n# ]1 f8 R9 h4 J2 D"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

: b9 S+ ^7 p' o5 W( t; XHow surprised they would be
" `; y! A' p: n- ]For such a long time already
+ e9 p4 E2 M8 ~7 vFate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
  w) W: a3 q8 X( |; ?which brings them nearer and yet further,
) z# }7 u6 Z8 J. T+ j: Lcutting their path
+ o! x4 h( p4 n5 b$ r& s1 band stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
1 q& m0 Y1 [! [. a) _. Wundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
! D3 w5 X$ I2 V3 M! TWho knows, perhaps a ball already
8 p! p2 J1 p: G: u+ n& k- S$ Iin the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
6 C* e' @( X6 l; U3 u  B7 dwhere, on the trace of a hand,
' `3 a3 n% }1 tanother hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
0 C1 Z8 u9 h) W* u" R  Kleft luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

But every beginning
is only a continuation
8 W8 m7 k# Y5 o1 }and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
6 i$ s! a' u- T6 k2 L7 ETranslation 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~!