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
This certainty is beautiful,
* Q! }0 M, k: w' w2 T! q" A, fEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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. i& J  x" C' E9 d4 K5 |/ uThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
$ e" ?2 b$ v: w  HWhere they could have met so long ago?
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4 \: Y+ \8 B; X9 J) ~- w- nI would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
  c! r1 P, }7 o' p5 Q( wperhaps in a revolving door
- E: G7 o) V) n8 N. Cface to face one day?
( I! J7 D! W; Z+ W* w0 b% A  o* ZA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
8 E- P  y! W, s* X- but I know the answer.
  c% P& Z( Z, @3 aNo, they don't remember.

# g9 b. ?, Y4 r* ~How surprised they would be
For such a long time already
# d# X; n$ |# ?+ [5 g+ |8 sFate has been playing with them.

. L- u7 m3 B; n) i% |3 sNot quite yet ready
- c2 X3 Y& L; c; v  g8 hto change into destiny,
  Y% V  [" M0 |which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
8 d* c% ^' l% X9 o7 [undecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
5 n/ ~6 V+ I0 s7 I$ h. Ror even last Tuesday,
% o8 V2 q9 ]2 t) |this leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
- U3 i+ \8 t4 |. Y. gSomething lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
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6 g# {% g% d2 O0 LThere were handles, door bells,
' r# y( H4 m9 _5 gwhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

/ g8 G! f' o" T4 l6 y& }But every beginning
" r3 V* @" b2 H0 v; q$ yis only a continuation
and the book of fate is
& \! N2 B( ?, y2 Ralways 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~!