Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
1 n# ^- k1 o1 n9 e; a4 h! G; cby Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
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This certainty is beautiful,
2 {1 C! z, k: GEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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* U& U* d9 b8 `( y$ qThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
) e6 e  }2 D# BThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
; ]1 i& U. a: u4 J- U+ a) ^2 c- ZWhere they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
( o, X9 _( {" pperhaps in a revolving door
& V- }& M: b* U0 {- |, e  |face to face one day?
  Q- m: e- O0 m' O& R! EA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
1 j: H# y$ ^9 L" Z: n- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
- {/ k9 Z9 Y3 A! _9 eFor such a long time already
, [* f+ e" G% CFate has been playing with them.

; J+ G; D' A. W* Y( q" P8 iNot quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
: `7 f2 @/ V6 s2 T, y7 X4 @+ RThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
3 B* }% P) E7 Q2 B, ~this leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
4 F( r, n+ {9 ]4 P) }8 h% r  D6 KSomething lost and gathered.
3 ?0 l  }  L  K! @Who knows, perhaps a ball already
: V  o, g4 E+ c# _9 a! p! Bin the bushes, in childhood?
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/ p. G( {' x, `3 L* t, i/ nThere were handles, door bells,
# @0 D/ W$ l4 e2 b5 Iwhere, on the trace of a hand,
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suitcases next to one another in the
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And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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* ]3 v# d; j/ S' P, v! J7 uBut every beginning
is only a continuation
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always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
% [: g) A0 |5 }, y$ m: Q$ c2 F3 @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~!