Hail to every last God and spirit
gathered round the throne
of Zeus’ indomitable son,
the King of Nysa,
Dionysos the Starry Bull;
may they never thirst!
Hail to his wives,
and to his lovers,
his brothers and sisters,
his mothers and his children,
and any divine friends who may be visiting
from far off lands;
may they never thirst!
Hail to the Titans and the Toys; may they never thirst!
Hail to the Nymphs and Nurses; may they never thirst!
Hail to the Muses and Sirens; may they never thirst!
Hail to the Centaurs and Gryphons; may they never thirst!
Hail to the Satyrs and Silens; may they never thirst!
Hail to the Fauns and Paniskoi; may they never thirst!
Hail to the Korybantes, Kabeiroi, and Kouretes; may they never thirst!
Hail to the Kallikantzaroi, Kukeri and Kobaloi; may they never thirst!
Hail to the Fairies and Goblins; may they never thirst!
Hail to the Harlequinade; may they never thirst!
Hail to the Furious Host; may they never thirst!
Hail to those who have joined his mighty Army
from numerous places and pantheons;
may they never thirst!
Hail to the myriads of Dionysian Dead;
the Martyrs and Prophets; the Blessed Initiates;
the Orpheotelestai and all those who performed
his sacred rites and dances;
the Boukoloi; the Nyktipoloi; the Rhizotomoi;
the Bakchoi and Bakchai; the Bassarai; the Lenai;
the Thyiades; the Aletides; the Klodones; the Mimallones;
the Komastai; the Technitai; the Basileis;
the Tragic Heroes and Heroines;
the outcast, the lost, the drunkards, the insane,
and all the rest; may they never thirst!