Alas, I am in love with a soft-skinned boy, who to all my friends Reveals that this is true, though he does so against my will. I shall endure without concealment the many outrages done in my despite, For not ill-favored is the boy whose conquest I am shown to be. The love of boys has given delight ever since Ganymede Was loved by Kronos' son himself, king of the immortals, Who seized and brought him up to Olympos and made him Divine, possessing as he did the lovely bloom of boyhood. So do not be amazed, Simonides, that I as well have been Shown to be conquered by love for a handsome boy.