Love at First Sight

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Love at First Sight
by Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
' L5 r7 i( z  F7 X8 ]that a sudden feeling had united them
, H- @9 Y, A% n' F; n* K7 _This certainty is beautiful,
1 Q) o! `7 }8 P, p! q$ SEven more beautiful than uncertainty.
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( g. V% V- l/ V8 J5 b" F' [They thought they didn't know each other,
7 \0 L3 h2 j, v- inothing had ever happened between them,
) f; @! j& H- q- \' V4 ^" l  B9 _These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
Where they could have met so long ago?
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: ~8 t# {' v  _' c- J1 }1 d- ~I would like to ask them,
& F, Y+ P' T! G. rif they can remember -
perhaps in a revolving door
4 J- s: S' T4 p* |face to face one day?
A "sorry" in the crowd?
/ j; }% p( y& {"Wrong number" on the 'phone?
- but I know the answer.
No, they don't remember.
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6 Y4 N6 Q8 L4 U; |# L" Z+ dHow surprised they would be
For such a long time already
Fate has been playing with them.
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! L2 |9 [# M  o4 x# t7 m: w( W7 [Not quite yet ready
to change into destiny,
8 t8 M% @5 x& s4 U$ O7 Zwhich brings them nearer and yet further,
cutting their path
and stifling a laugh,
escaping ever further;
There were sings, indications,
1 i+ M3 x& Y% \. Aundecipherable, what does in matter.
Three years ago, perhaps
or even last Tuesday,
this leaf flying
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) B+ V% a6 D: ~3 |( d. ISomething lost and gathered.
( n! R* G7 K4 H. hWho knows, perhaps a ball already
in the bushes, in childhood?

There were handles, door bells,
+ W5 {) {+ n  [3 ^( Mwhere, on the trace of a hand,
/ d5 _  q/ [" banother hand was placed;
  k! x2 I2 J! J  T) |suitcases next to one another in the
left luggage.
; x7 Q( H# F6 }6 `% pAnd maybe one night the same dream
forgotten on walking;
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But every beginning
3 O' ^9 a, v/ z$ P% Bis only a continuation
and the book of fate is
always open in the middle.
. ~2 ~5 ?. W( j* Z; }3 GTranslation from Polish by Roman Gren
8 g7 T4 a/ F2 s" X0 kTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg

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