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Love at First Sight- r) e6 K7 Y) o8 i; K! ]
by Wislawa Szymborska/ v' q1 r& b' ]
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E) [# V, |! |8 IThey both thought
/ F6 ^& A) o$ H2 U9 b( cthat a sudden feeling had united them
4 m1 ~: j) [! i5 ]8 X' l' @This certainty is beautiful,# l/ |3 @. o1 Y% P
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.0 N# ?! H$ } q% \5 k
) S* U! t }) A1 F9 V2 M- MThey thought they didn't know each other,
, g# T4 g3 G. O6 h0 N3 _5 Q& y' dnothing had ever happened between them,! }- P" S$ `! Y% W+ B. t
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,, V; K& N# Y; a, O5 e! z
Where they could have met so long ago?9 [9 o8 J6 c; i: m. y( ^! m
( `7 M. p: }( SI would like to ask them,
8 P8 C1 [ W; p; m6 \if they can remember -0 p. z$ N4 R' q
perhaps in a revolving door
- I) I9 A6 x6 z4 ~0 w3 f- ~7 N- Sface to face one day?; x8 e5 t2 v& D+ U
A "sorry" in the crowd?
8 l' i8 b( t7 }7 g4 s"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
% I8 ]+ ?! F% q, F5 N- but I know the answer.7 H% t' w$ w3 n, m) Q1 N7 a3 G
No, they don't remember.' P3 N; {- P" [' L! ~3 R* }5 |
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How surprised they would be9 i" y9 p; a9 ~# D' v9 o
For such a long time already
* N0 W' ]9 g4 MFate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
5 f% a" Z7 j) z3 }6 Q6 T* G9 Eto change into destiny," P# \' ^7 b& G9 z- b- j" X
which brings them nearer and yet further,
7 ]6 G: R8 z+ Hcutting their path
) Z8 ~0 t; y, gand stifling a laugh,
: c& ~8 Q# ]; \escaping ever further;- y2 d7 K# {7 a a
There were sings, indications,
: A4 c1 w7 Z6 Y3 [! Kundecipherable, what does in matter.9 ^/ q7 {5 J6 A" e
Three years ago, perhaps( V6 y: Q7 m1 {3 B: ^3 H
or even last Tuesday,6 f* C) c, \6 X0 x
this leaf flying
: {8 S$ q2 c% l' Afrom one shoulder to another?2 `- p; ]1 j, H( X" d# {5 j
Something lost and gathered.# l/ x6 i+ ~4 q, ~! c6 k7 l/ p
Who knows, perhaps a ball already! @8 t# X- p! K0 b
in the bushes, in childhood?3 T' R) x! g: z6 |, U H5 M+ R- j+ X
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There were handles, door bells,
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another hand was placed;
5 s, i0 R- \$ L0 J+ Hsuitcases next to one another in the
' K" h* Z9 s8 ]" \/ o+ pleft luggage.8 j, m. E1 J+ C" K4 e# v
And maybe one night the same dream
$ b! b- u9 ?- o( j6 A$ d7 nforgotten on walking;
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But every beginning5 i; O4 N) j7 E: ?; w4 J+ q
is only a continuation
* y. D! x; a A. sand the book of fate is
* v: A, O2 e- q" J& w" W7 ]always open in the middle.
. h% O4 x7 Z0 d$ c2 R# I4 i! iTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren6 ~* h7 j+ X; o! {1 h
Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg |
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