Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
0 {3 j3 A2 B! u8 d$ _) Q. M5 A) `+ iby Wislawa Szymborska
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4 Y7 v. \# m! \1 U- V: |They both thought
: m" Y1 |2 e. v0 ^that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
0 g2 I8 b) i4 R- S: Y3 jnothing had ever happened between them,
/ k8 x5 y' K- G6 m4 U* }8 MThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
6 V, I( w- Z. c# I5 E0 Lperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
; d$ d4 @7 R& ^0 U9 \) z8 s"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
% H. i3 C3 W# ~' K. P3 N' Q% e- but I know the answer.
& A9 Y% z3 d* R; b5 J7 y. bNo, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
  j" Z! B  w* f1 {Fate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
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which brings them nearer and yet further,
! J% P1 F. T, lcutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
2 R7 v8 }& n% _6 v! J6 w1 @1 eundecipherable, what does in matter.
! Z- O/ L( M  y! i  R0 t, [Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
5 d2 {2 X! V& m  I0 hthis leaf flying
: V8 Y/ P- c3 a- ofrom one shoulder to another?
% I1 ?# R# K3 A! N$ BSomething lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
8 [5 u8 i, V4 _1 j3 din the bushes, in childhood?

% ?9 x  l/ R! B" L3 }, LThere were handles, door bells,
, S* x7 A* `1 y4 }2 b3 fwhere, on the trace of a hand,
. l, }- U5 r5 u% ranother hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
/ ]& _! p1 [# k8 B/ xleft luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

$ M( g8 N+ n+ k- c5 G8 |But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

晓晓晓晓

向左走向右走里面有用这首诗的一节哎~!