Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


) w$ k- P6 N0 B1 f  LThey both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
1 \2 @! F; {$ l* G! F2 {This certainty is beautiful,
% U+ p$ `+ z" Y, Q5 F. tEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

They thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
- P( v+ ?5 W! l( v6 bWhere they could have met so long ago?
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! W+ }$ z" F: Q; m/ yI would like to ask them,
1 C' L+ u3 n1 [  P- W4 ^if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
! y7 ?* ^9 F' }  j1 s1 r  Dface to face one day?
* I' f% k* ?; |! P. vA "sorry" in the crowd?
  e# S+ q6 C6 b"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
# m' y  n0 r8 H' P* M: k8 VNo, they don't remember.

) M* X; q" i$ S! h- NHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.

8 F% n/ J2 A7 n% g& ZNot quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
7 W/ c4 Z, q; i" T" zand stifling a laugh,
7 ?+ o4 y! Q( r5 O8 @! N) Bescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
+ _8 s5 Q6 ?. kundecipherable, what does in matter.
' S6 t- q) H1 S) V9 CThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
# i" g2 t' r# `. ]' n7 U; C2 V5 kthis leaf flying
2 g6 c6 n8 ]3 t& W$ zfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
3 {3 x% k2 ]! A. K* V; Gin the bushes, in childhood?
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5 W" B/ H- C+ m- J9 Y" lThere were handles, door bells,
; G: R# K" N4 Ewhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
- A  F+ O0 z9 {- ?' lsuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
- O" ]  s5 R0 W! K- _* m  ?And maybe one night the same dream
' z2 w3 y; n: G+ Qforgotten on walking;

1 `4 `+ T  P; n# a1 Y7 o, I1 NBut every beginning
& w0 K! K& B! f6 vis only a continuation
and the book of fate is
$ v9 a; K" }+ E% d/ h# jalways 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~!