Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
' [! f/ ^/ D/ w  f+ f; v- x4 Lby Wislawa Szymborska


1 T* [/ |! q; x- o- s- ~. KThey both thought
5 R8 Q: \6 q5 I1 mthat a sudden feeling had united them
5 ]- N* c3 D4 E. a0 FThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

" \; M1 j6 f6 U1 n" b1 Z  N6 _They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
2 c$ x3 {) `; ~" q. z2 {6 eThese 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 -
perhaps in a revolving door
1 w  d+ Y0 o( C) _; [) }! Vface to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
% m8 h! k. P7 d1 x"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
# _/ O( c7 W5 k% PFor such a long time already
0 p! U& o6 J- \% r4 [  dFate has been playing with them.
2 @- W# Z& w/ i% Z
7 b( k# b' W. ]Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
1 ]0 K$ J1 [5 h% }* D: rcutting their path
4 P0 N/ }1 [; e, {& M; ~9 Nand stifling a laugh,
  M, u3 J9 a) F8 Yescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
% H  O2 I( g: F: A0 @7 r4 Nundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
: S/ v- y) O: h4 B8 [or even last Tuesday,
( c6 f  ^4 l6 g, `1 jthis leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
! d9 Q( t2 T7 ]% a7 D3 d. q: vWho knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
, T7 e) Q. o$ ^another hand was placed;
) H8 v% W  [! D3 Z% Jsuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

% e/ s6 l0 c3 W$ \5 x& dBut every beginning
( j! \% O$ G( h# Y  ois only a continuation
and the book of fate is
5 a9 Z' H, }( V8 P: V4 }. v7 V0 Halways open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
Translation 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~!