Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
% {# Z8 s6 K+ t% r( X. J0 Xby Wislawa Szymborska

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, B8 R! q% z. F( |5 OThey both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
, |+ x  }; G% x: ?$ ZThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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' g+ B) ]+ a, q5 |They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
  r% j% P- G% c0 YThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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1 K8 ~1 D' y# U" \I would like to ask them,
/ [& F( [9 _# T; Iif they can remember -
$ M, c# N5 p0 D; V# s8 ]; [1 }perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
5 u& n- }+ p9 p+ KNo, they don't remember.

! v$ w# E  D  B# A# r+ U0 pHow surprised they would be
5 \' _; M0 m! q/ P; w9 ZFor such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.

( b& j: M! v* b2 D9 ONot quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
; n$ {8 K! E+ |2 Z+ Y$ d; jundecipherable, what does in matter.
- a& r0 u4 \; \$ n' CThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
# T) B5 x: R; d/ Vfrom one shoulder to another?
& Q; ^  V6 i; u( K+ BSomething lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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1 Q- d. B8 B7 w* t/ l& Y: ~2 m6 qThere were handles, door bells,
6 [( B  q! r& \& d5 U/ x9 Owhere, on the trace of a hand,
3 h9 a6 s  s) D' }! Z% Manother hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
6 k' Y, M2 _# A+ pAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

! A. z. s1 N9 ~" |. {' }6 yBut every beginning
is only a continuation
8 Q8 t7 n8 m' m4 u5 r- B* tand the book of fate is
7 L0 A( {/ d. X& f+ t# x& @* ^" dalways open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
, L8 n; K# M' P+ Z+ @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~!