Since Nine O'Clock by C.P. Cavafy
Since Nine O’Clock by Constantine P. Cavafy Half past twelve. Time has gone by quickly
since nine o'clock when I lit the lamp
and sat down here. I've been sitting without reading,
without speaking. Completely alone in the house,
whom could I talk to? Since nine o'clock when I lit the lamp
the shade of my young body
has come to haunt me, to remind me of shut scented rooms,
of past sensual pleasure; what daring pleasure.
And it's also brought back to me
streets now unrecognizab