Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
: x9 j3 r/ |6 [; s" \& x) K- ?by Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
* P, c4 {: ~7 u" {. Q! o+ Qthat a sudden feeling had united them
9 j* T' x1 P* d/ lThis certainty is beautiful,
" j( K- U& |" O% W7 VEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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They thought they didn't know each other,
3 Q/ q5 g% x/ C& X% ?nothing had ever happened between them,
* g- J& n6 @2 ?8 X6 E: y3 VThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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! C7 X  v% n6 O5 EI would like to ask them,
: ?; L/ o8 ^$ u" Rif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
1 I5 t4 S2 i0 N' H7 U4 U: GA "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
" B7 t( i9 L1 v7 D  i+ FNo, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
4 c' I( ^8 `& N' `- A* C# M# pFor such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready
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0 t& O' Q- X5 h5 ~which brings them nearer and yet further,
- c# u7 d2 d- C9 N1 J- b3 Zcutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
% P6 v2 A# I9 H. Y: L  _escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
undecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
5 j: K% y6 J- ?/ P+ ^/ }this leaf flying
9 U: l& }1 q) S5 l) B( b% r/ W, E5 ifrom one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
) f( k) ]. y- t- U9 A8 C9 |, Vin the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
where, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
; C8 h7 r- g7 ], }suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
+ ~9 c9 g+ z0 N4 k. gAnd maybe one night the same dream
4 Y2 Z4 x6 n$ ?  |forgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
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) Z8 d, {' W" [% }" R4 tand the book of fate is
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Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
2 Z% s# C) o! X9 Q! GTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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