Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
( Y1 ?/ f) D% ~2 i" D9 M3 Hby Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
9 O! k  q( c: W0 athat a sudden feeling had united them
& F- i( V7 j% u( D/ L& h  HThis certainty is beautiful,
5 F3 U3 a& Q  ^$ ]# c$ nEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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( T# T0 A" W. e8 a  JThey thought they didn't know each other,
nothing had ever happened between them,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

I would like to ask them,
. Q% x9 X% M: g+ x$ ~$ i- Dif they can remember -
. h! w  Z& b+ G; ]perhaps in a revolving door
3 g3 Q/ h5 D; ~6 t( Y& C* b5 t3 [face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
! X) @; K( `6 n$ l"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
" n% _2 M3 p7 lFor such a long time already
* q$ m3 [1 r7 @9 CFate has been playing with them.
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5 Z* Y6 r3 A' l0 @2 Z1 }Not quite yet ready
' F9 @2 r0 o# G- Dto change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
7 V& K. `% {) s% L3 E% tcutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
( M* Y6 ~; T4 ]4 j7 a+ EThere were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
" }, }6 v" M* Z) hThree years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
- i2 P# b' q% x6 mfrom one shoulder to another?
8 {! J% l0 L1 i1 d7 G& \: T2 @Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
. d2 u  Y- l- ]another hand was placed;
, V; a) Q3 ?5 fsuitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
is only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
! v7 R2 b% R' x: jTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
7 p, X7 h# N7 HTranslation 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~!