Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
. g& {3 ~' n( Z% w4 c# ]that a sudden feeling had united them
/ l  h. S/ z% o  D+ _3 zThis certainty is beautiful,
7 b) @( q8 H4 wEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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% q# ^; ]3 W- u# D5 WThey thought they didn't know each other,
/ E4 C  u% A5 R2 }8 v, |nothing 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,
. I4 G- I& B8 D0 R$ m! V# aif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
, W3 K" t) e, K5 ^1 ?/ H( o4 |face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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/ z6 p- F$ H, N6 g0 XHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
- I7 ]( d% S) EFate has been playing with them.

( q5 h& T: m. M7 r7 b% T: [Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
$ ?; z  a4 Z2 M0 @) X4 Acutting their path
. _( z' Q2 @. H0 Sand stifling a laugh,
# k" ^) M7 ]0 X( lescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
) s8 U7 t  P, bundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
- R4 n1 X# \& J& Aor even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
8 X$ u5 E0 O4 a$ W" I+ K# Afrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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. ^8 N0 T7 Q2 h9 T. [( p( W; k' lThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
3 k3 V3 w: `) Y  b# F8 Xanother hand was placed;
6 A, y( [( G# S2 M/ y9 ksuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
7 v5 @' b& K0 P$ BAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

But every beginning
! Z: ^9 P! C0 e4 `is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
/ n) {$ ^  E8 h) ^6 nalways open in the middle.
7 b; |7 p4 e+ y: u# v, \5 Z  f* CTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
+ R5 A/ O: N$ x- q% 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~!