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Alexander the Great and his beloved eunuch Bagoas.

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This poem I written in Russian, and I with Elv literally translated it.

Oh you the Light of Aryan, the Gift of God!
If I incidentally offend you, you sadly sigh in noble loneliness, turning away your face, but not turning away with your soul, you were and remain my beloved celestial Star.
You gave an endless tenderness to me, and I know - there is no friend more true than you, oh Beauty, who is dearest and most precious to me.

Wherever I went, you are always by me, there is no friend more faithful, there is no beloved more close than you, oh the Light of a Noble Land, under the roof of high and great skies.
You were pure as an Angel - the Great Sorush; like the bright Mithra, you illuminated my path.
In the hardships of war, in the affairs of ruling, in joys and sorrows, you were closer to me than a fellow soldier, than a husband to a wife, than a father to a son, oh Rose of the East and a ruler of hearts.
You are my fortress and a tender flower, your heart and your face - the abode of the gods, you embodied two beginnings of different truths, you are a servant of invisible True.
And I love you passionately, purely, reverently... not because most brightly you light up my sky, but because only to me alone you lit up.
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Notes:
Aryan - the ancient name of Iran (Persia). Also, the Persians called themselves Arians, which means "noble".

The name Bagoas is latinized form of Persian name Bagadata - means "The Gift of God".

Sorush - or Sraosha is the Avestan name of the Zoroastrian yazata (archangel) of "Conscience" and "Observance", which is also the literal meaning of his name. In the Gathas, Sraosha's primary function is to propagate conscience and the beauty of life. Directly evident in the Gathas is the description as the strongest, the sturdiest, the most active, the swiftest, and the most awe-inspiring of youths (Yasna 57.13), and as the figure that the poor look to for support (57.10).
In the ethical goals of Zoroastrianism ("good thoughts, good words, good deeds") as expressed in Yasna 33.14, Sraosha is identified with good deeds. This changes in Zoroastrian tradition (Denkard 3.13-14), where Sraosha is identified with good words. In Yasna 33.5, the poet speaks of Sraosha as the greatest of all (decision makers) at the final renovation of the world.
He shares with Mithra and men an enigmatic epithet tanumąθra , which perhaps means “who embodies the holy word.” He is very closely connected with Mitra. Later in Islam Sorush became associated with the archangel Gabriel.

Mithra - is the Zoroastrian angelic divinity (yazata) of Covenant, Light, and Oath. In addition to being the Divinity of Contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing Protector of Truth.
The Romans attributed their Mithraic mysteries (the mystery religion known as Mithraism) to "Persian" (i.e. Zoroastrian) sources relating to Mithra. Mithra is also a deity of sunlight, friendship, kind love, he commands the angelic forces and he fights against Ahriman (Angra Mainyu); the main evil spirit.

Art by Deva.

Description
Alexander the Great and his beloved eunuch Bagoas.

Zoom in: develv.deviantart.com/art/Unde…

This poem I written in Russian, and I with Elv literally translated it.

Oh you the Light of Aryan, the Gift of God!
If I incidentally offend you, you sadly sigh in noble loneliness, turning away your face, but not turning away with your soul, you were and remain my beloved celestial Star.
You gave an endless tenderness to me, and I know - there is no friend more true than you, oh Beauty, who is dearest and most precious to me.

Wherever I went, you are always by me, there is no friend more faithful, there is no beloved more close than you, oh the Light of a Noble Land, under the roof of high and great skies.
You were pure as an Angel - the Great Sorush; like the bright Mithra, you illuminated my path.
In the hardships of war, in the affairs of ruling, in joys and sorrows, you were closer to me than a fellow soldier, than a husband to a wife, than a father to a son, oh Rose of the East and a ruler of hearts.
You are my fortress and a tender flower, your heart and your face - the abode of the gods, you embodied two beginnings of different truths, you are a servant of invisible True.
And I love you passionately, purely, reverently... not because most brightly you light up my sky, but because only to me alone you lit up.
____________________
Notes:
Aryan - the ancient name of Iran (Persia). Also, the Persians called themselves Arians, which means "noble".

The name Bagoas is latinized form of Persian name Bagadata - means "The Gift of God".

Sorush - or Sraosha is the Avestan name of the Zoroastrian yazata (archangel) of "Conscience" and "Observance", which is also the literal meaning of his name. In the Gathas, Sraosha's primary function is to propagate conscience and the beauty of life. Directly evident in the Gathas is the description as the strongest, the sturdiest, the most active, the swiftest, and the most awe-inspiring of youths (Yasna 57.13), and as the figure that the poor look to for support (57.10).
In the ethical goals of Zoroastrianism ("good thoughts, good words, good deeds") as expressed in Yasna 33.14, Sraosha is identified with good deeds. This changes in Zoroastrian tradition (Denkard 3.13-14), where Sraosha is identified with good words. In Yasna 33.5, the poet speaks of Sraosha as the greatest of all (decision makers) at the final renovation of the world.
He shares with Mithra and men an enigmatic epithet tanumąθra , which perhaps means “who embodies the holy word.” He is very closely connected with Mitra. Later in Islam Sorush became associated with the archangel Gabriel.

Mithra - is the Zoroastrian angelic divinity (yazata) of Covenant, Light, and Oath. In addition to being the Divinity of Contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing Protector of Truth.
The Romans attributed their Mithraic mysteries (the mystery religion known as Mithraism) to "Persian" (i.e. Zoroastrian) sources relating to Mithra. Mithra is also a deity of sunlight, friendship, kind love, he commands the angelic forces and he fights against Ahriman (Angra Mainyu); the main evil spirit.

Art by Deva.