虽然失去了实体，但记忆是不会磨灭的 翻译成英语

Altough the clay has gone , the memory does not fade away .
fade要更美一些~

“虽然失去了实体，但记忆是不会磨灭的”，这句话本身就有问题，怎么翻译成英语，唉。实体是啥，“尸体”，还是“肉体”？

Although has lost the entity, but the memory will not obliterate