Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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# H, G6 H( y7 f& D0 i" j/ CThey both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
! O) b* E  O: N' `& x8 B2 aThis certainty is beautiful,
: \7 h( _6 q0 O5 a  _# rEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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1 C& N& T# V* QThey thought they didn't know each other,
, j. q- c& V+ p9 }1 r, ~+ ynothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
" d0 f  n4 y$ Q) e% H$ wA "sorry" in the crowd?
& B( w8 \2 ?, |"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
  I% \/ d- t- B8 x- but I know the answer.
  J& Y: ~4 r; Y+ [' v  VNo, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
7 N) q6 J+ P+ `( l6 f$ P4 e. vFate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
: L# u. T/ F9 s7 y, Gwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
0 [; E" A: k' }) N5 `' Z$ mcutting their path
: l: @$ V( a# d1 x5 I; Mand stifling a laugh,
6 H9 P: m: `$ y2 U; t1 Tescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
+ _, x  Z3 q1 Z3 x( Sundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
4 w0 v9 ~! F' D1 d8 Ior even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
( j9 i/ r! A7 p$ Y4 b* F. lfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
8 R8 H% O1 @& G5 v7 x& C" ~Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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8 L$ b* Y  ^& ]# cThere were handles, door bells,
" R# M4 `9 T. y( Vwhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
/ n9 A. a/ @4 u; N2 {* Yforgotten on walking;

4 l4 J; g: T/ c4 R. cBut every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
1 W' P7 ?2 @+ i/ @% ?& falways open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
7 ?/ L" ?% [8 ?. U" ITranslation 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~!