Love at First Sight

sweetspot

Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
# R$ V9 ^+ p) ]" uThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

8 l7 p* k% c: `They thought they didn't know each other,
# s) P, O! R  pnothing had ever happened between them,
8 d0 ^9 M4 B5 S# V; l$ }( e; E- M3 _These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
! Q; \; n6 c0 KWhere they could have met so long ago?
) z  t. w& U2 z0 |
9 c+ u+ F: m" u  G, ^0 OI would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
3 V$ L8 g  j7 H3 y+ f2 N% |# BA "sorry" in the crowd?
# \# ^9 o2 E5 {- c0 {/ \"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
% r  g# X3 z& D* Y0 c: f
6 k& |) H, [" j: ~4 d5 @How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
5 d( c& P% ^+ l# R! n& Z2 J9 yFate has been playing with them.

5 s2 i! t6 N1 P: [$ ~; ]5 p! T: iNot quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
5 |0 |) `% P1 c8 i8 B' p, w* x% Bcutting their path
' @1 J8 N2 }9 Q4 \/ ]and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
9 ^- v) `! K) }4 VThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
. F' ^5 G2 B' b2 h, R5 w9 ~, }6 }9 @+ fthis leaf flying
; O1 I; a8 z& t: zfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
% J. I: ^! t; n( nWho knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

- o  u2 N; x/ V6 _There were handles, door bells,
" z! [: j8 @. A1 j. c. f( K% Lwhere, on the trace of a hand,
4 J  c: d, [0 l0 O; g1 Danother hand was placed;
6 \+ z* z. M+ D2 @suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
6 }. o1 z3 P7 B' [& K8 Rforgotten on walking;

+ y" Y7 x9 S% X5 \+ |/ L( W, i2 YBut every beginning
2 o. _+ a" U, Zis only a continuation
2 a0 t/ h0 v% `# ~% V' m& Vand the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
! L0 |# W) f/ [3 _5 Y' MTranslation 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~!