Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
, c+ c+ J: n5 N7 g. ~8 `. [; I' J/ `by Wislawa Szymborska
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, U+ ?4 I: i( z4 G7 H* qThey both thought
5 m  Q8 s) m. j, Zthat a sudden feeling had united them
  y+ t9 Q7 T; U/ hThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
8 e% Q" J, \% m, |: c: \nothing had ever happened between them,
# \6 {: s- b. M  S( C* MThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
% z% J# e/ E0 N5 B- Kif they can remember -
: n( q. u) l; rperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
6 U4 T  c# g! `A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
9 J6 s4 [0 J* F! a+ J9 J) x# T- but I know the answer.
  q: u. b( D: }4 SNo, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
8 G( k3 g$ _4 bto change into destiny,
5 }. ~! s, D- Z2 Hwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
0 W8 o9 ?0 g7 d) rcutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
: i( M& D" w9 A7 |escaping ever further;
8 y9 N, E8 c: i: M3 [3 d; [4 [There were sings, indications,
  t& |2 Q, A$ g1 L! xundecipherable, what does in matter.
) a: w& B7 a: d4 S( l( U$ `Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
: C  d* J7 R; R3 E# Vthis leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
1 K) d9 F* H. zSomething lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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; F4 ~5 V# K. {& T; g4 g& k( WThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
% n  ?% V# J1 E1 b% o9 Dsuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
) K0 v! G. I3 V$ }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~!