At the Cafe Door

Cavafy was Greek, raised in Alexandria, Egypt. Here, his poem titled At the Cafe Door:

Something they said beside me made me look toward the café door,and I saw that lovely body which seemedas though Eros in his mastery had fashioned it,joyfully shaping its well-formed limbs,molding its tall build,shaping its face tenderly,and leaving, with a touch of the fingers,a particular nuance on the brow, the eyes, the lips.