Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
3 g+ I( e( ]7 l* U' s- l8 _by Wislawa Szymborska

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They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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/ v* C) a$ C6 Z* J% |6 BThey thought they didn't know each other,
! n( b2 a% N" z+ ynothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
- x# [: k' t1 [0 kWhere they could have met so long ago?
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% O7 G' p0 ], a" }- m- t. PI would like to ask them,
' k% w% y/ L- u' {4 @if they can remember -
0 _! s: V8 e9 E& S& S: B+ Nperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
9 H% D. |% R1 q; E; ^# E& v3 MA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
( V0 g/ `4 |5 a- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
1 w8 g; }- g1 ?& z3 m- U# ^which brings them nearer and yet further,
* E( [% n5 r" @* ]cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
0 i2 r! \* q$ n2 N- yescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
; j9 D% a+ W6 N) t0 aundecipherable, what does in matter.
& N2 f: C* Q/ QThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
! d8 C) |* A' p: m4 d8 Q1 ithis leaf flying
; e5 j7 }2 S4 @  Lfrom one shoulder to another?
0 U) P4 b& v: ?* b, C# g, j( SSomething lost and gathered.
3 Z( `3 n. E) h) t% u; Z! b9 C/ NWho knows, perhaps a ball already
( G# k9 C- Q7 |1 J& W/ o) pin the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
8 }  e6 D, C: W9 J( ~+ X8 G) x0 Vanother hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
3 |! r4 D9 D& S! L7 H& l$ T4 qAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

; _% H# K- I: H$ F6 UBut every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
! S4 x  X: Q9 s4 `always open in the middle.
8 @* `( u. a1 e- }! t; o$ r: @Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
. A% h/ }) f" g3 C1 }0 o( oTranslation 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~!