| PEDICABO ego uos et irrumabo, |
1 |
I'll sodomize and clintonize
you, |
| Aureli pathice et cinaede Furi, |
2 |
oral Aurelius and anal Furius, |
| qui me ex uersiculis meis
putastis, |
3 |
who have supposed me to
be immodest, on account of my verses, |
| quod sunt molliculi, parum
pudicum. |
4 |
because these are rather
voluptuous and not very modest. |
| nam castum esse decet
pium poetam |
5 |
For the sacred poet ought
to be chaste himself, |
| ipsum, uersiculos nihil
necesse est; |
6 |
his verses need not be
so; |
| qui tum denique habent
salem ac leporem, |
7 |
which, in the end, only
have wit and charm |
| si sunt molliculi ac parum
pudici, |
8 |
if they are rather voluptuous
and not very modest, |
| et quod pruriat incitare
possunt, |
9 |
and are able to stimulate
desire, |
| non dico pueris, sed his
pilosis |
10 |
and I don't mean in boys,
but in these hairy men |
| qui duros nequeunt mouere
lumbos. |
11 |
who cannot move their
stiff thighs. |
| uos, quod milia multa
basiorum |
12 |
Just because you read
about many thousands of kisses, |
| legistis, male me marem
putatis? |
13 |
do you think I am not
a real man? |