Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska

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They both thought
6 s( Y! ^; y5 r, l1 p  p( ?5 O# Q5 Cthat a sudden feeling had united them
% k/ B4 e; o! j$ [/ @This certainty is beautiful,
: {( l. {5 Q  e9 [) d  n/ k+ OEven more beautiful than uncertainty.

6 c4 D4 Y0 R2 s$ l+ I" N& |8 gThey 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?

4 Y& z2 z! p: L8 y6 b9 D  M( TI would like to ask them,
if they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
8 E0 r- g) f0 H# z& X* g- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

- t8 k" A* E  o" WHow surprised they would be
- n( `: Z4 N6 i: W" Z: {- l0 oFor such a long time already
/ b: h" y) ?* t8 AFate has been playing with them.

Not quite yet ready
; Q& u+ m* S9 W) X" cto change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
5 I7 G  u* r0 y' k: c. o' Kcutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
& j6 L' \. p' ?. }; Iescaping ever further;
8 a9 a0 H$ C% m# n* ?1 I0 ^There were sings, indications,
. P9 u& A6 E4 Q9 [1 mundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
2 Q: ^& D4 s, J  ?2 I. Yor even last Tuesday,
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from one shoulder to another?
2 n3 n% `" Z( CSomething lost and gathered.
' J1 |9 f  L+ I( N0 c; F* T7 DWho knows, perhaps a ball already
+ z% P3 w+ H0 u) pin the bushes, in childhood?
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& M9 r+ e4 u- I- J* N- Q$ qThere were handles, door bells,
; H1 W* Z$ d( jwhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
% s1 @' j; X2 Q3 Hsuitcases next to one another in the
) \" h4 w- I  c$ `1 i9 \( fleft luggage.
And maybe one night the same dream
4 i( @0 p  b* o' F) U' hforgotten on walking;

1 {5 f! z4 I3 Y- P/ M7 ^0 JBut every beginning
is only a continuation
: i5 x* ?4 z4 p2 ^and the book of fate is
0 y" @" T% s$ X" K0 Valways open in the middle.
Translation 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~!