Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
0 Y* j. @0 d0 l5 o( bthat a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
) ?# Q' x2 V' W6 Z( u3 L5 K5 Z- VEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
' B5 X* E  D$ m1 N5 g  w  Wnothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
. H+ l- g8 l( y9 J! Y+ ^# |  Y  ]perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
9 v# I& C3 h) x7 qA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
; g. z# U! B& W% x3 J6 A) P1 }- but I know the answer.
6 B* |  @  ]1 ?& ONo, they don't remember.

5 i% L" L: D$ }0 ?* a; T2 O  ZHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
4 P' `+ M7 D' Gwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
7 ]3 g! J( {# J, H. O) G! K+ Z9 hcutting their path
- m& {8 r) K3 [; z5 land stifling a laugh,
8 [9 @- ^! }) A' z9 K4 c: ^% w/ fescaping ever further;
* \% W. D/ U6 U7 y9 j4 r2 PThere were sings, indications,
: T4 w+ K* P$ m1 P0 `$ k4 Eundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
& f- B: ]2 R) @/ H. S; |  Ufrom one shoulder to another?
2 k8 u. v: \& T- r: DSomething lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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6 _2 f; w7 `" z, l# g# JThere were handles, door bells,
" m2 A( I( H' G& q- t7 [/ {/ v" [2 ?7 ^& _where, on the trace of a hand,
+ Q7 k5 Z6 K' |+ m3 S0 y# b4 l. ^4 T% danother hand was placed;
0 [  T3 U9 u1 Q: w* T3 T4 lsuitcases next to one another in the
' G0 D8 _7 T; s) ~  T. Y- d8 xleft luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
6 y2 F: L7 I) O# U/ G9 J: Xforgotten on walking;

But every beginning
+ ^  @, o) |1 `1 tis only a continuation
and the book of fate is
$ M" h. N4 j) C. zalways open in the middle.
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~!