Hidden Things
C. P. Cavafy (translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard)
 
 
>From all I did and all I said
let no one try to find out who I was.
An obstacle was there distorting
the actions and the manner of my life.
An obstacle was often there
to stop me when I'd begin to speak.
>From my most unnoticed actions,
my most veiled writing---
from these alone will I be understood.
But maybe it isn't worth so much concern,
so much effort to discover who I really am.
Later, in a more perfect society,
someone else made just like me
is certain to appear and act freely.