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,
: a' X+ B; u! J% z) `Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

* Z; @! w+ U2 N5 }They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
& A# f, k, }! K, vThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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2 Y/ t9 Q  V$ [  L4 m' ~1 `I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
! X! T* J( y, e  A8 {face to face one day?
1 L& o: J& L" x5 d* wA "sorry" in the crowd?
) ?" ?* u) V% q"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
+ c0 o1 z" }; {6 A- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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$ [6 ~- g0 \& iHow surprised they would be
7 X: O' x( \  eFor such a long time already
; d8 b9 G7 o) t1 ~Fate has been playing with them.
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$ R) U' l" [! |+ E5 qNot quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
% }+ v! l# Y& `, k9 K: F* H! d# D5 xwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
( P  J. @9 p5 z/ h7 B' Vescaping ever further;
, t1 Y. f! u$ d6 K- @2 EThere were sings, indications,
* K: b- w, J2 G$ H$ nundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
7 l. f# X' Y2 w, lfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
$ Q# r9 V6 p2 s8 Q* Min the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
1 B8 O. C9 K4 f" Lwhere, on the trace of a hand,
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suitcases next to one another in the
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And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

But every beginning
5 p8 O) Q& ?0 ~* Z# o9 l7 k' Mis only a continuation
( J  C0 W3 u; l: Land the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
. K4 V4 {8 y( _; bTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
, I) f( H& c6 V* d$ TTranslation 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~!