Hymn XXXI: To Antinous, my god

I will wear a garland of red lotus in your honor, Antinous.

I will put my hands to work and write hymns in your honor, O Bithynian.

I will dance because your body is beautiful, most beautiful god,

that my body also may become beautiful.

All my pleasures will be yours, offered on your altar, O most lovable god,

like flowers, like incense, like chocolates, like wine, like kisses.

When I look up at the stars, I will look for your star, Navigator.

When I see the moon, Antinous, I will remember you are beloved of Selene, like Endymion.

The light of the sun is your light to me, Antinous Apollon.

The fragrance of the greening earth after rain is your fragrance, Antinous Dionysus.

The life that wells up again and again in me in spite of all defeats is your life, Antinous Osiris.

I will wear a garland of red lotus in your honor, Deus Frugiferus, Deus Amabilis,

Homo Deus, Hero, Daimon, sweet thing, I will wear a garland of red lotus

in your honor, and I will sing, I will dance, I will sing.