Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
$ ]' N1 T3 z0 W: x) H7 oby Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
- c( C5 A# D- r# rThis certainty is beautiful,
+ G8 @. [+ _6 i, ^0 p1 NEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
( T) j  M4 |/ k$ |" P, ]7 ~# Rnothing had ever happened between them,
1 R4 k- ~8 D, `: H- EThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
; P) K! @: Z: o& sWhere they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
; A+ S% d, |  T8 j% [) }face to face one day?
* [! H& _* `; wA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

How surprised they would be
4 |5 q' p9 j8 C6 X) D7 UFor such a long time already
2 B$ @) G' v2 b5 rFate has been playing with them.

# W; M. n$ u% @2 [9 z+ L. tNot quite yet ready
) Z( \' N4 R, G0 V2 f4 Gto change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
$ b  Y  b) H- S# Uescaping ever further;
2 p9 W9 ]! n4 Y1 d. S; \/ SThere were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
0 y. k# q5 s! H5 t" L9 \6 ?- S& Z! |from one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
3 ?8 e( P& h/ i7 f( e& [Who knows, perhaps a ball already
3 L6 L& H8 J9 H% m/ Q* H0 ~7 h9 ]in the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
7 x& j$ e: Y* s. ~where, on the trace of a hand,
# v& O2 }9 E0 F: [: `9 vanother hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
, g# S& f4 K. ~9 N9 h- Eleft luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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3 m! w, _" d5 D0 q$ ?9 D2 HBut every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
. u( Y; F7 A' F  D0 P) ^always open in the middle.
7 V( K/ L4 u+ R$ C$ {5 e$ E9 s' T$ ITranslation 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~!