Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
- B9 c$ r0 w1 @: }& z. t/ R1 bEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

1 M0 S6 o) h  q0 ~7 h; [% `1 uThey thought they didn't know each other,
( u; a% x+ Z, O6 k& \nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
# C* R* z; `5 R; n- T% [- }2 d- b3 SWhere they could have met so long ago?

. F0 F* E8 B' `3 v$ t9 ?7 u) BI would like to ask them,
5 ~9 Z4 k, k* \: h6 ?/ Tif they can remember -
# J' q% ?2 X. i6 K  o' c+ \1 {! W; @perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
3 B2 y$ m# K* ^7 q" b"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
' l, o; y, a5 k/ c/ S- but I know the answer.
1 ?* a+ u$ w: B' t" HNo, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
+ Z1 j+ j+ i$ _8 y& ?2 n6 c. ^4 |For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
" I) d% @1 x$ G5 z1 N' H! U$ ?to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
3 G& [  o6 g3 t, p2 V" S2 Zand stifling a laugh,
6 a5 C5 [) s* A% q3 y9 j: i/ Yescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
% B% ]. S. }: h, S- mundecipherable, what does in matter.
% u* r4 C7 @& z& t; KThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
" Z. |" w- t  f6 pthis leaf flying
+ F( ^7 w- o2 a# G. ~% \% }" K8 pfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
  V4 ~. m4 Y  G# y' x, Nin the bushes, in childhood?
% i' r$ g4 y1 K4 c  |) l, l
There were handles, door bells,
' p- z) w6 r) n+ I+ `4 L3 }, Ewhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
: D5 b; ~5 y' W4 a( O, l  Wleft luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
/ N" s! ~3 X; _. p3 W7 I# e6 S) {  vforgotten on walking;
& Z+ j. X' S3 [
! A' |. S, [: l$ C, O5 z* y3 TBut every beginning
/ j2 r; N, i( c* l% ais only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
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~!