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Love at First Sight! A, e$ n9 }& a& U2 ^% v* @& J
by Wislawa Szymborska- ^2 Y8 P6 H4 d- @9 v
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( Y6 ~3 n w4 ?7 n, f0 YThey both thought' T1 K* U: `& e/ T) g
that a sudden feeling had united them/ E4 {6 E. {. ^2 `8 o& k, Z2 A
This certainty is beautiful,7 H* \) B8 S. u. W/ o" f
Even more beautiful than uncertainty." \( ?* D8 C; O& [; _7 z, v6 |
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They thought they didn't know each other,
6 p- N6 j2 m& c5 v) hnothing had ever happened between them,' r2 w, P& B( i; \. W
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
; [ R- Q6 Z# f5 o2 P+ AWhere they could have met so long ago?
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I would like to ask them,
. z+ v* f/ |6 p8 o8 sif they can remember -
. F5 L# @% y3 J" x" Wperhaps in a revolving door
( m" S' d9 t! \face to face one day?1 g3 u$ ?. T" k5 [4 }7 \
A "sorry" in the crowd?
" o. I9 V- U* ?; E- H2 C$ c"Wrong number" on the 'phone?4 O( a9 U. I" J
- but I know the answer.
! h( n# e3 ^' I; @8 }# gNo, they don't remember.% V: O$ b1 v* B( B) }# b
6 l, q- [) V9 V7 @) Y# nHow surprised they would be
+ o. W1 q" D- C3 X6 z3 b, FFor such a long time already
. }/ m5 f% P) z3 S4 Y4 y) hFate has been playing with them.* K- H; a/ @( \) W% Z& T6 l
G/ D# I9 N U: |# |. ^( ENot quite yet ready9 o) K0 \6 _' z
to change into destiny,
5 S& y1 {) D0 }# P5 s1 ewhich brings them nearer and yet further,& l' p; _1 Q9 @' R; z
cutting their path
- c' R P; S/ F7 T5 x- o+ F$ Iand stifling a laugh,
' n& {; W+ i1 `2 b0 x, gescaping ever further;
, \7 d0 H- h3 v: h! t9 TThere were sings, indications,
' n W' [8 a, e! r$ nundecipherable, what does in matter.: U4 Q" {) ^1 H6 [, A" P- _4 q
Three years ago, perhaps0 Q9 g2 W2 G, a5 k8 b9 [# \/ R
or even last Tuesday,6 l) V" I* R, I' _
this leaf flying, n$ @6 T$ Z% z
from one shoulder to another?
5 i+ \: _+ a+ }( U' M1 z# W# r/ j. dSomething lost and gathered.
5 H: Y. D9 _# M( nWho knows, perhaps a ball already; Q. d# Z: t# W) {% h0 F+ O n
in the bushes, in childhood?
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4 O3 n m$ e# S8 V* \+ |There were handles, door bells,
1 M* D+ B5 d% r( @where, on the trace of a hand,
2 S0 |7 i& a! S- ?: sanother hand was placed;
6 v8 [9 P/ p3 nsuitcases next to one another in the
. \' {7 _8 L" ^, f _left luggage. R! Z% _; s4 i( R4 e
And maybe one night the same dream
: ~+ r/ z/ ~& J$ B7 s, o0 gforgotten on walking;
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0 }, t O* A' rBut every beginning
6 {) o* V& z+ L2 j$ Fis only a continuation6 @- V7 }0 G, h: w3 t
and the book of fate is
; k6 b! u; Q: N% u! malways open in the middle.6 ~' @0 V. s3 `6 h( {4 h8 Z
Translation from Polish by Roman Gren
$ G: l$ h' L6 b: }& w, z- bTranslation from French by Sarah Hardenberg |
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