Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska

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& c& p4 i5 _# _4 f( [- H; S: N0 |# fThey both thought
' F% z7 \- B/ cthat a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
  W1 q$ ^+ D' h- JEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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7 _  |8 `. J* v9 N2 b; YThey thought they didn't know each other,
) I5 Y+ x2 Y  R( w5 Dnothing had ever happened between them,
- c( a5 x- x( h) T3 aThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
( {3 J# C: k6 }/ G" l' nWhere they could have met so long ago?

0 ~: j( _- B6 U! D4 Q: F0 _I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
2 y: m( t8 U$ T$ w  X( Zperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
$ F7 D7 m: U% f- but I know the answer.
: U, D: r- b% V" l0 U9 qNo, they don't remember.

7 a; ^9 G" i# b0 M  \6 MHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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/ i9 y) V- H4 B9 C+ ?# g& R3 {Not quite yet ready
, @  l4 N& \% g; n$ |to change into destiny,
( Z3 C5 Q) D% t3 ^which brings them nearer and yet further,
7 v. a% F$ U; l9 T, k6 J# f. d' ~  |cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
' _5 i9 T! q9 d2 t8 ?escaping ever further;
8 _1 K8 m6 H& J2 \/ \There were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
" n4 q& o) e( ]or even last Tuesday,
2 ^1 ]# F  W, qthis leaf flying
& r7 @2 {9 a5 cfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
+ T! ?# Y7 O  e* ein the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
$ m: q0 u% D2 s( C( P, h: L' uanother hand was placed;
: T3 k  f  w' f$ G% D# Xsuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
+ M. l9 j1 O# J% Xforgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
2 Z6 \) t9 H8 \! ?9 m! lalways open in the middle.
5 k- v' o0 d3 h% ?3 j* A$ MTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
; |* B# A2 Z4 T& L4 WTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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