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Love at First Sight
1 T# o/ O8 `- Tby Wislawa Szymborska: H! q: h3 q1 D$ D
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R; c: |, D0 ~5 f4 D1 S. ]: r3 YThey both thought& q* n1 |& q! q8 _- A# n' M7 X4 E
that a sudden feeling had united them
8 h$ g1 j* l, GThis certainty is beautiful,
0 A2 e; V% u+ VEven more beautiful than uncertainty.2 E; K F! N7 g: U, K, g
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They thought they didn't know each other,
, F3 C" t) y. O+ h. ]nothing had ever happened between them,
, M$ u8 i, _. a; f8 [These streets, these stairs, this corridors,) I/ E) j+ t K) ^1 x' j) c: Z2 z: ^
Where they could have met so long ago?
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; d' P! p7 y* d: ?4 D( ?I would like to ask them,$ g) Y' Q/ R o
if they can remember -
4 L5 \8 m7 [5 L. g- f0 Aperhaps in a revolving door
9 m5 E/ o( c% {, [ ^" @face to face one day?# [7 g( j- s" Y v1 w1 V, h
A "sorry" in the crowd?
3 R8 Q% O3 y) }7 k7 r"Wrong number" on the 'phone?$ r2 ?" `5 e- B$ k9 l* _/ |5 R! a
- but I know the answer.( ?0 D! K0 s' {4 p
No, they don't remember.& l$ o& e3 n6 p; A* P$ [
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How surprised they would be$ d! _8 j9 A! I: `: f( _9 d3 @: {
For such a long time already
' c& |: @* n2 W% B* e6 S6 O' v( g9 N5 dFate has been playing with them.9 C1 B; f3 M0 B9 E5 {
% U6 D, ]' M Q; I' ^2 o; o% E& ~% vNot quite yet ready5 z E$ b+ I- |, t" z* T i/ B% {
to change into destiny," ]( {' n* r; ?1 A G
which brings them nearer and yet further,
: N x; |5 E" n' P; fcutting their path+ b; L+ S; a, J' R' t G9 g
and stifling a laugh,6 X5 V! L% |# l$ P
escaping ever further;
9 @1 g1 A- n' I/ t. A& fThere were sings, indications,2 t. c* b: h, e
undecipherable, what does in matter.
( [6 \! x" D% g5 ~6 g8 qThree years ago, perhaps
* W4 g1 c) O* B2 v, N B* zor even last Tuesday,9 D& [( C) K. `6 q; H& E( R4 X
this leaf flying7 b4 D. V" N$ ] Z
from one shoulder to another?6 O2 \' _! K+ r2 O3 t
Something lost and gathered.9 Y) g5 h, p5 \" h5 [- s. g
Who knows, perhaps a ball already( \) C, F1 I" r, w C; z: a# x
in the bushes, in childhood?. l: o" \' N; ]3 L3 s. m
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There were handles, door bells,
. \: }% O' o v& H) v3 Ewhere, on the trace of a hand,
" X6 c- F8 @1 o+ Y: U3 y% f) z5 h, ]another hand was placed;$ C6 _4 W; Z' B9 k% G& Q) r
suitcases next to one another in the1 J/ ?0 h& h! N9 J/ }8 P2 z
left luggage.
- q" d' }$ P- fAnd maybe one night the same dream+ L6 W6 x1 O/ G( U" N
forgotten on walking;8 t5 H$ i. |" b( l# @1 q4 \: B% X
* h$ Q y2 b% P8 _6 p, DBut every beginning
2 M5 J) V, v4 yis only a continuation. c) {. [( @. C! Y2 V1 D: h/ ^" ?7 z
and the book of fate is8 H" `+ o4 k; {
always open in the middle.
1 t5 I( t7 U& S, V" K7 k- kTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
n s$ e% i9 gTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg |
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