Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
- r+ U5 C0 ]& s% ]" `, {3 A( ]Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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: C% q( N8 l- s" R' dThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
! f2 K5 o' E. G5 Z& `/ b. `These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
/ y& d  }0 |. nWhere they could have met so long ago?

1 k) W1 _1 n$ t" ~8 y/ {2 ]( {I would like to ask them,
$ Q* V& x/ C1 G6 u" C# R3 xif they can remember -
0 f9 x( X5 Z" ^2 U, }perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
0 v( U2 Z6 m9 h2 K"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
( Q+ _6 m3 [/ H% ]! M7 l5 @- but I know the answer.
* f9 y$ Z% `5 ?' `- |No, they don't remember.

3 y$ G' R$ }4 }- H# q0 V& SHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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' y  Q0 f- J  G; j" x( t' g: [2 }, FNot quite yet ready
8 _7 Z4 U# g0 R+ Fto change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
( C; V( ?, R4 o* B1 nescaping ever further;
( G& O0 t1 T2 w  F( g; wThere were sings, indications,
- A: S) `" i; Z" t9 eundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
0 K0 I0 @; {  u* f% U9 m' ]8 CSomething lost and gathered.
$ M6 Z( i% q2 @8 @5 V& N* WWho knows, perhaps a ball already
' S  b1 }% ^& C5 C- _5 G2 gin the bushes, in childhood?

/ ^5 o# c7 E3 O  U, A* ]4 v# iThere were handles, door bells,
  o7 i+ f. F% Dwhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
/ m1 y" A5 o7 ksuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
& A  [4 t# Y  o# JAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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* j, I4 x, o4 `( OBut every beginning
( B) H, S( ]; V0 ^# d0 Eis only a continuation
and the book of fate is
5 d0 @- J. i6 Q1 j% U( Z7 o5 Balways open in the middle.
7 H! L, i3 y; Y) g) F. e1 NTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
+ \( ^, n; E% k& }' ~. aTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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