Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
5 |# N. M0 e) VThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

3 O4 g: M) }4 ?1 E) n1 J3 \They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing 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,
% T6 v" Y. ~6 @; pif they can remember -
/ R" [2 W2 ?, Pperhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
0 E! Y5 K; K$ k) }A "sorry" in the crowd?
4 h8 N" W# g- B$ p: h7 H"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
+ W3 ~$ ?# d1 j: n1 ?3 N, mNo, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
; f" J4 @# O) H" @  ZFate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
/ H) V3 H6 }3 y: kwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
" u" t" v. X* |0 a+ ucutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
1 n7 r/ O# K3 `; m' V) eescaping ever further;
4 |8 T; b) P# N, R$ bThere were sings, indications,
* K" i9 I# }/ Y2 y; {* w/ x; jundecipherable, what does in matter.
& [0 U' p& \4 p- P; uThree years ago, perhaps
- _5 l) s3 H) Xor even last Tuesday,
- t$ l7 \! ~( d: gthis leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
) h: ~# }! [3 T+ Z  M% kWho knows, perhaps a ball already
# V; h& D' B1 |* s! M1 `2 tin the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
5 H! N  r6 X, |9 p! Nwhere, on the trace of a hand,
1 }) e9 l: `$ B! \another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
3 l! C; M8 E5 Xforgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
is only a continuation
1 K1 r* f! e2 Hand the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
; |: d* A' Q: R# j: [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~!