Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
8 q" H4 M6 l3 N' {) k  |by Wislawa Szymborska
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7 X1 {8 B/ x9 E0 o# x. i* v1 S4 GThey both thought
; P: n, s% h  z+ ?" @0 Cthat a sudden feeling had united them
& D, ~  z& J! RThis certainty is beautiful,
7 \4 @6 L9 E" g, NEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

2 l6 Z6 A9 y. e) |3 yThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
0 G" ~+ r% ?2 w; X! `8 z: ]( EThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

) {" C4 f% d' v9 }" x; II would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
. m3 v! m- U0 t" V( s. z! AA "sorry" in the crowd?
( W- x  m5 p! ^$ \; K"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
5 h6 k* j8 Z5 l3 Z6 q2 J# [8 d- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
% T2 |+ H1 Y1 P) N+ NFor such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.

; c, U) {& X( _( U& b* nNot quite yet ready
: E5 `/ a/ E' J: r9 Xto change into destiny,
0 G8 M, [' b- g7 Jwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
; P! c- b+ o: w# G! pand stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
# n) t- z" W2 {There were sings, indications,
) e  i# f% q6 z+ w+ Z. Kundecipherable, what does in matter.
' N( a8 i: p) `& ]  F6 ]$ R4 V, A, NThree years ago, perhaps
7 ~3 g) B+ a! D, s% G: \- x% ^or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
& R! ^: `5 m' {" U, \: rfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
8 k; t$ u6 S( W! vin the bushes, in childhood?
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6 Z$ ^, Y5 N8 a  N; mThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
( J1 T& G. p4 D8 G$ ?0 ]+ b+ ksuitcases next to one another in the
! d, K/ E; w5 \left luggage.
& I! C8 x$ [. l- J0 ZAnd maybe one night the same dream
# Y% d* R) c/ L- Xforgotten on walking;
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& X6 E& e6 a7 |6 K! h% kBut every beginning
is only a continuation
0 [& C( z8 f, ~' O( T/ ?& iand the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
/ }$ i: l0 p; m& BTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
$ t% e' }1 y' j+ p" {Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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