Body Remember by CP Cavafy

Body, remember not just how much you were loved, not simply those beds on which you have lain, but also the desire for you that shone plainly in the eyes that gazed at you, and quavered in the voice for you, though by some chance obstacle was finally forestalled. Now that everything is finally in the past, it seems as though you did yield to those desires ― how they shone, remember, in the eyes that gazed at you, how they quavered in the voice for you ― body, remember. --- Body, remember not only how much you were loved, not only the beds on which you lay, but also those desires for you  that glowed plainly in the eyes, and trembled in the voice—and some chance obstacle made futile. Now that all of them belong to the past, it almost seems as if you had yielded to those desires—how they glowed, remember, in the eyes gazing at you; how they trembled in the voice, for you, remember, body.