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Love at First Sight
' V$ F- L0 [( y u0 mby Wislawa Szymborska
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They both thought
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This certainty is beautiful,7 C1 ^; l) _5 N3 j" C0 {! j
Even more beautiful than uncertainty./ M- x0 F+ U5 l. _( w: X
, j. q9 s4 C; {They thought they didn't know each other,
* k6 Y6 A9 p# p+ u- tnothing had ever happened between them,2 e5 Q; D# V" l: t1 W
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
# K6 L7 N% V" e3 ^& O5 V, `+ p3 q1 LWhere they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
+ W& b4 U6 y0 \2 {) R0 ^if they can remember -
; x. [9 \4 T1 Sperhaps in a revolving door& v) s. S) C4 B4 {
face to face one day?* ^: G0 l8 g& O1 r1 z
A "sorry" in the crowd?0 U0 }/ ]5 q2 F0 s* [/ ?& l. c
"Wrong number" on the 'phone?* G9 g7 q. }# V. L8 c' I
- but I know the answer.) z" \% d' K4 Z; E# ~9 _
No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be
5 c% u2 J, [( X0 _( C7 ~" SFor such a long time already
4 J7 \" @* M4 l2 X" @) @& e* I5 f) iFate has been playing with them.
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$ s% m4 Q/ c4 k- fNot quite yet ready
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which brings them nearer and yet further, ]) D. E3 L/ o" P0 C/ g' f
cutting their path
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escaping ever further; `7 z9 b# i3 G6 |% ?8 X A1 b
There were sings, indications,
9 m% p* f) {. W& bundecipherable, what does in matter.
! n9 F2 U" a& `- F; oThree years ago, perhaps- h) U; `' ^& ]1 V% M; V ]& m! g
or even last Tuesday,
- z1 E s d9 i5 Zthis leaf flying
( `' D! ?; |9 r! Rfrom one shoulder to another?
3 g8 k) Z& ?2 O8 ?Something lost and gathered.$ U! T; V/ q' o7 C9 F/ ~, \2 X
Who knows, perhaps a ball already
% m7 c! p' `* w7 H7 [4 Fin the bushes, in childhood?& l9 j9 o4 v( n+ e" }1 T
1 a2 f: z) V* V; X) kThere were handles, door bells,
5 }( I ?* V/ I# s& Zwhere, on the trace of a hand,; u) _- L; I, ?% v
another hand was placed;
D2 d: |% o: }3 E. Vsuitcases next to one another in the
( D$ ]0 V' q: D$ T7 Hleft luggage.# `" U" R% { A+ U
And maybe one night the same dream
9 W$ a* r7 q; u, wforgotten on walking;9 h" a" R, s% W' M' C# E! b: ?
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But every beginning
. C9 @% [; F8 [2 _6 jis only a continuation# u6 s/ p" ?: k _) Z7 C( W
and the book of fate is" h, `& k+ ?. K7 h8 N2 `
always open in the middle.+ e! n! R- b7 x$ Z
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren, K \' t( I5 |; ?1 L( r) ^9 g
Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg |
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