Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska

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They both thought
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This certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
, ^3 _! S6 U0 u7 k5 Enothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

* w6 M4 l, b& X7 K1 P5 D$ `3 @2 yI would like to ask them,
% a: l' `* i3 S" R4 Rif they can remember -
0 l/ E2 a2 g9 J- Lperhaps in a revolving door
5 f7 f$ M4 z, \9 F: pface to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

$ ~+ g9 \2 f  S) d8 e" _' F* s9 yHow surprised they would be
8 Q8 @/ l, N! k$ x' RFor such a long time already
. A. W" [$ Q2 C5 nFate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
. V$ `. G. }  |8 gto change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
5 g; p8 m( D( c2 N& `and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
; E+ H+ R0 ^0 tThere were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
& ?+ ]; c7 `4 j5 [' w. h* N5 Y8 ]Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
0 y6 C2 C; s7 F4 B2 d1 LSomething lost and gathered.
' B- u5 ]9 z; lWho knows, perhaps a ball already
( A' H" l- E% y. u% i! J% Kin the bushes, in childhood?
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4 m4 i% r* \; G3 ]( kThere were handles, door bells,
+ g4 P1 l) |; S+ Rwhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
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  T# t6 P' [8 ?And maybe one night the same dream
# R  a/ J8 N. ?forgotten on walking;

But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
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Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
9 \3 i9 N( b5 w. O2 STranslation 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~!