I felt age within me. Distance. The futility of wandering. Torpor. I looked back setting my bundle down. I looked back not knowing where to set my fo… - Wisława Szymborska

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I felt age within me. Distance. The futility of wandering. Torpor. I looked back setting my bundle down. I looked back not knowing where to set my foot. Serpents appeared on my path, spiders, field mice, baby vultures. They were neither good nor evil now — every living thing was simply creeping or hopping along in the mass panic.

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About Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska-Włodek (2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist and translator. She was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was bestowed the title of Lady of the Order of the White Eagle in 2011. She was a member of the Polish Writers Association (1989) and the Polish Academy of Skills (1995).

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Alternative Names: Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska Szymborska Wislawa Szymborska
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Prva ljubav

Kažu,
da je prva ljubav najvažnija.
Veoma romantično,
ali ne u mom slučaju.

Nešto je među nama bilo, i nije bilo,
dogodilo se i zagubilo.

Ne drhte mi ruke,
kad naiđem na sitne uspomene
i svežanj pisama povezan kanapčićem
- iako bi bilo bolje da je mašnicom.

Naš jedini susret, posle mnogo godina,
bio je razgovor dveju stolica
za hladnim stočićem.

Druge ljubavi,
sve dosad, duboko dišu u meni.
Ovoj nedostaje dah da bi uzdahnula.

Međutim, upravo takva kakva je,
uspeva, što ostalim još uvek, ne uspeva:
da me neupamćena,
čak nesanjana,
miri sa smrću.

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