Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


# t5 ~! o/ F8 _+ I' M" \They both thought
$ P9 c7 z. M/ E' x8 i8 p1 Pthat a sudden feeling had united them
5 E# F/ Y- u# ~+ ^2 k& T+ nThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
! `( j+ i, V# \0 dWhere they could have met so long ago?
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8 ~4 K' e' F& D# V4 AI would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
) q) [5 d* k, ~' m+ B: h9 k" tface to face one day?
6 O1 {1 b# C( x- ?8 K7 bA "sorry" in the crowd?
! {7 j1 i/ Y5 q# \% a0 i"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
9 R+ S4 {4 O5 s6 B$ wNo, they don't remember.

" Y& I8 O/ i+ R+ @( tHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
) _' }. s1 |2 s  Z8 \8 g1 W* ]5 oFate has been playing with them.

) O# J0 i+ w, Z+ z- g0 L4 eNot quite yet ready
: T$ N9 M0 f7 B% r9 X9 A% Oto change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
) [! ]* @  Y. D& X* v2 Y6 Wcutting their path
& |: ~3 q* l5 X% |0 u  U0 Wand stifling a laugh,
5 D+ ^# R# V! F7 pescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
5 ^1 |7 ]' q5 \! L7 k5 q. [& uundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
6 O' ]0 U# J# xthis leaf flying
! M' j1 x- b8 q& E: ]" Zfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
/ o3 B+ q4 _5 _- DWho knows, perhaps a ball already
8 Z  m- L- D& t/ u7 k0 q: bin the bushes, in childhood?

! U4 q: h$ |3 ~. RThere were handles, door bells,
- \  T* z, B+ c* z, L9 \: [7 Swhere, on the trace of a hand,
$ Y# t8 K: |# xanother hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
# d: X$ Z7 y/ Nleft luggage.
  S) K  j/ o4 O1 d3 e5 Z! vAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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2 I6 S! G' z+ C5 A& ~( ~But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
" t4 E* Y4 a# H* B$ falways open in the middle.
, G) e4 Z# {- _Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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