Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
- a8 o2 F$ A0 t1 m( N0 bby Wislawa Szymborska

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5 i4 p1 j* [' f( NThey both thought
9 E9 }- l; h" D+ L/ Kthat a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
  d" s+ h9 o( S) [, oEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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% R$ J6 h; r4 h8 eThey thought they didn't know each other,
! W  R- l4 [* Y3 A% ]+ y" U' jnothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
5 n8 I4 Q- d# j& cWhere they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
5 ^( O3 U1 T  `- n9 @- Pif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
& _/ L! e$ L( E2 vA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
4 R3 A; E5 _: e+ R1 ^- but I know the answer.
. R, q& S, O+ iNo, they don't remember.

' [. J6 Y% v8 W# E) kHow surprised they would be
$ L( ~$ Q; n. s  \0 g. W, Z+ {7 ^5 PFor such a long time already
. D  R# j6 C" N3 E$ J2 e: }Fate has been playing with them.

' W0 T' `- ]7 s* |( b' xNot quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
2 t% ^8 H6 T5 d# Q/ l& k/ [5 Zcutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
7 }* {* k/ A( a2 r+ ]escaping ever further;
" l* n4 ]0 k3 [+ O- F8 a7 l" U- `There were sings, indications,
# \* W$ r+ J# M& Z- A* Sundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
$ V' M" h. N4 M+ q9 c6 F% _0 s1 O( Sthis leaf flying
0 T! l# L4 y3 i# i9 A3 u1 pfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
. D0 |5 w2 C7 s3 yin the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
9 B8 c( h% R9 N0 U5 ]  asuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
$ o& y7 \+ X/ Y8 ^4 UAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
9 Z) |' K- d5 m, [) q% kis only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
+ H1 k1 `4 f# M. \6 G) h  rTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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