Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


8 _6 F- v3 @! CThey both thought
+ Q. j) {  m; b2 V5 k; ?that a sudden feeling had united them
; j! A$ a0 [; q0 e0 S  eThis certainty is beautiful,
& v- J. Z8 A  e" u* O' S, }- I" ^/ g5 DEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

  k! q" l9 Q$ d+ pThey thought they didn't know each other,
/ A7 z  ^7 e. Wnothing had ever happened between them,
: l: j6 V& \9 X2 vThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
- x: W0 D% Q. m5 w: X( d) s( j7 jWhere they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
  g' _  T. J% V# xif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
' E& t- ^5 d3 H/ L( ZA "sorry" in the crowd?
- G5 s, F/ X. G7 u" @" P"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
9 K- i) ]2 u' }No, they don't remember.
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: H# [" m: t' l- E0 XHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
% z; @& ~) U) y+ kFate has been playing with them.
6 M; @; L% H2 \4 W  v( }
/ S$ Q# ~# ^/ i% l5 i, l5 K7 fNot quite yet ready
. N  Z7 I0 T* Q  t- s- uto change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
from one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
" i6 E! e: R: o- N" F. A1 oWho knows, perhaps a ball already
% h% R) |$ x( X! |* Yin the bushes, in childhood?
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There were handles, door bells,
where, 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
5 i& R; t, _0 c! N7 Wforgotten on walking;

* w6 a1 h2 {% F" vBut every beginning
is only a continuation
: P( Q/ ]! p+ _7 a5 p2 V/ I+ mand the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
2 }. \' D4 J# e+ W% rTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

晓晓晓晓

向左走向右走里面有用这首诗的一节哎~!