Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
that a sudden feeling had united them
This certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

* b9 D3 x# e. @# }( }# VThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
& Q% |# y6 |9 l6 IWhere they could have met so long ago?

4 ^3 e6 q5 Z9 ^: VI would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
. i) Q9 s3 W: a0 W2 tA "sorry" in the crowd?
  N4 r+ c! k. V"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
7 h, x( L) Y1 ?9 |- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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: |  T% O9 r' N+ e9 U( |How surprised they would be
" ]+ ~9 r, \: Y- K  }" CFor such a long time already
$ [6 T& h. u' D* c" J4 b# SFate has been playing with them.
& d3 z4 @" e) f# X
Not quite yet ready
# O8 [1 c& y0 i4 k5 Bto change into destiny,
0 q1 l5 R- w( b: F* v$ ]which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
* p4 z! c: v6 a, M* Y" yundecipherable, what does in matter.
5 h( L4 N( c0 ]; N5 U. ~9 iThree years ago, perhaps
+ U% m+ W* a: f: \; ?$ G0 R% oor even last Tuesday,
+ g+ J' g' e" K0 Athis leaf flying
* n. \/ Q, F& x' L: a+ mfrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
0 j& E- f, v7 x" k/ W% {9 yWho knows, perhaps a ball already
& v) T% z9 ]2 N( h1 y6 ~4 O+ u0 oin the bushes, in childhood?
5 }! R2 S3 ]- o$ f! }
  k4 a! Z; V& m* zThere were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
2 m# O6 ?. r  W# F8 ssuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
/ b$ c$ `& ~3 C. _& mAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

But every beginning
5 J4 c' h' i' R) B) Z; W$ j; nis only a continuation
* D, O( z6 c7 k( ?$ `: r7 g+ S8 Nand the book of fate is
7 ?3 t& e! q/ d& z/ Jalways open in the middle.
# \2 {% P- r7 G2 n% q2 s9 @3 i9 _Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
3 ]) V5 X0 Y' L- W' J( a8 E4 P. oTranslation 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~!