Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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) y6 x$ {$ Z8 }5 z) VThey both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
! o; R+ z& j/ G1 n$ dThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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: D! ]: I& v, P8 HThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
/ C  A* E  J/ }* c% eif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
  u$ j  O& b! L$ y" Z7 ~; b1 f0 [A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
7 z0 W1 @9 E# z' _* U% R, U6 l6 c* \- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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( n: \$ C% K7 d2 Q( p' WHow surprised they would be
4 y( h! J# C$ s6 RFor such a long time already
& l+ }) b3 P# N9 n0 D" ZFate has been playing with them.

, l% S* B- @; m. p8 {5 INot quite yet ready
2 j1 j% F7 M3 s0 `6 P1 Cto change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
* y0 g$ T0 o/ vand stifling a laugh,
* Y, {+ X. G( ^) O, K, sescaping ever further;
. Q- [- k. @5 h2 I. J: mThere were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
) R2 l* h: L: d* g) p  S. gor even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
) g! n8 D' A( G" a& kfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
$ |& P0 ^, Y6 Q  Pwhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
  M$ f8 S$ `* Y! ]# ]* ?left luggage.
3 J0 X, ~2 @% nAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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( r$ T) U7 z6 V2 _  ~; `But every beginning
. M5 P# |8 U7 N7 O4 y$ c/ xis 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

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向左走向右走里面有用这首诗的一节哎~!