'Desires,' by Constantine P. Cavafy

Poem. Cavafy was born on April 29, 1863 and died on April 29, 1933. His parents, who were Greek, were from Istanbul. He was born and died in Alexandria, Egypt. Translation by George Barbanis, grateful acknowledgement. First image is a slide of a painting by Donato Giancola, grateful acknowledgemet (check out his work). Video clip by DieterG on Pixababy, used by permission: thank you.