Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska

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! M$ [9 }3 |# {7 B# w( i+ [! JThey both thought
/ |9 x' I% V1 W% M+ H- q4 p( ithat a sudden feeling had united them
0 F' D. }* z6 G( D) H$ hThis certainty is beautiful,
7 g$ M4 [; J( t, K* ]Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

! b' N+ `9 b3 u( wThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
+ }2 [5 o  D- y! X( ]+ fThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
9 q. w# H, ^& j8 u0 Rperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
. g5 p  q9 }; }' w4 o"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
" i6 b+ z6 Z5 n& V7 {No, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
$ Q( P5 R* x/ u% V) P1 cFate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
5 u* x" E; X2 q1 Fwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
) L" s/ \8 P; ?  aand stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
8 P! `/ z1 c% E) m2 I" nThere were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
- N* M: B8 G) H% [$ N; }Three years ago, perhaps
7 L8 U( D& k! N1 U5 S# x% ^% d% @or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
* O' C/ U, ]8 r. H# k; S, ifrom one shoulder to another?
! ^, i% C  t, f% O2 ?6 y) L4 A" qSomething lost and gathered.
2 c& _# A8 |9 g  qWho knows, perhaps a ball already
. j7 ]" n8 n9 B" zin the bushes, in childhood?
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7 T3 f$ P( T  |' s* r4 DThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
, p( Z% w# X# @! ^9 f. f9 rleft luggage.
) [/ M4 e, T7 c! [' t1 u. {And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

8 o; G5 H* D" }5 }( [But every beginning
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0 O, D, l: ~9 ^and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
% p% @/ n' U2 c# X; GTranslation 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~!