Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska


They both thought
! W  y" S$ d$ C4 xthat a sudden feeling had united them
  i1 a% d, V: a( IThis certainty is beautiful,
Even more beautiful than uncertainty.

( k5 ^6 ]* x9 E1 P, G/ _; ]They thought they didn't know each other,
- z1 p) l9 F' f  `8 Znothing had ever happened between them,
: @7 y1 v& Y) k9 MThese streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?

5 b1 [. ~0 N( h+ v3 h8 o) ?. n- g9 NI would like to ask them,
6 k. ^& ]8 H% b3 c, ~! Hif they can remember -
* E1 R: |  F6 X* ]perhaps in a revolving door
7 a7 D# O) c  fface to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.

  O9 X5 t- `) ]4 B$ ^/ H, }/ a7 G: HHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
, {: V- Q' ]  Z; N. oFate has been playing with them.
+ _# U! h/ i( A% C3 \
/ [2 h) Y( A0 v4 j2 G; iNot quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
which brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
- n4 c) d0 q# Z% Z$ p! Gand stifling a laugh,
' }. D' I' t: ?( g6 W7 k) L$ iescaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
7 l1 L$ g; I3 }$ f% u! J( F8 Y2 dundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
* Q- r  s# Z* I; e# i4 ~or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
1 |$ Y2 l8 }2 d% ^from one shoulder to another?
Something lost and gathered.
& z- m3 _$ C4 \& M9 H6 Z5 d) JWho knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?
9 `* B3 V; n% G- l! f; x
) H5 Y2 n$ x$ UThere were handles, door bells,
: p- P  _" k& ~$ B5 O5 pwhere, on the trace of a hand,
another hand was placed;
suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
' {  ^; e! @, c5 r( F, k4 ?2 s% r, R' ]1 WAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;

0 I3 R5 b1 ?$ L' nBut every beginning
is only a continuation
9 f7 U* Q2 A0 S4 C5 ^6 h4 Pand the book of fate is
) ^2 Q. d9 c/ T, G" ralways open in the middle.
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
! l  ]2 _: q" K$ s& g8 t! |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~!