Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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! O+ X8 p8 q5 h5 \+ T* T! xThey both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
) X1 {) d& F/ _+ v1 R0 g: f7 TThis certainty is beautiful,
+ I! h- H5 A1 `' QEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
9 z( g9 \9 e) k7 C4 k3 r, `& Lnothing had ever happened between them,
  ?# L. t% r5 K: CThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
  u, P( Y0 ?: i5 uWhere they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
: e8 A2 Y; D8 G/ ^3 L& c9 J( PA "sorry" in the crowd?
4 [- s+ @9 T9 m9 U; K' q"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
3 x7 \3 H/ \4 `& U. f: TNo, they don't remember.

7 |0 j1 _% F- m9 [* {5 o( zHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
7 l8 @/ Z5 g4 V+ z+ Q( T# t! DFate has been playing with them.

0 C: p" }8 H0 o2 l! O$ GNot quite yet ready
5 r: l% ^! z3 o% uto change into destiny,
. H! ^) \3 y( M$ y4 X, mwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
  Z% Q/ P% t) t7 F4 y$ S4 C8 Jcutting their path
" J% f2 c! C* M- r; k4 v5 jand stifling a laugh,
* Y. ?, ], \* F7 @: f. @escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
% T* e( W- g* x8 cor even last Tuesday,
/ J5 X) b* @0 J4 a$ zthis leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
5 l& Z/ V, c& LSomething lost and gathered.
/ Z& l# \# d2 H4 D, l/ J' xWho knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

3 ~( ~3 P7 b8 NThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
0 J( t" F) @& j! S1 ksuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
4 F- \" [" e' ^) ^/ wAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

4 n) [' X1 O! w6 O% f0 j, z$ oBut every beginning
is only a continuation
: W9 E# ?, d2 |and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
5 q/ m. Z0 l% i9 p" E- ATranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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