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Wołanie do Yeti by Wisława Szymborska
3.0

"Nothing can ever happen twice. 
In consequence, the sorry fact is
that we arrive here improvised
and leave without the chance to practice.

Even if there is no one dumber,
if you're the planet's biggest dunce,
you can't repeat the class in summer: 
this course is only offered once

Why do we treat the fleeting day with so much needless fear and sorrow? 
It's in its nature not to stay: 
Today is always gone tomorrow."


[~]

“Nada acontece duas vezes 
nem acontecerá.
Eis nossa sina.
Nascemos sem prática
e morreremos sem rotina.

Nem um dia se repete,
não há duas noites iguais,
dois beijos não são idênticos,
nem dois olhares tais quais.”