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I don't know if I can read this one without laughing but
下面这个我一读就想笑
A well-known Florentine carnival song Canto di Cardoni
一首著名的佛罗伦萨狂欢节歌曲《菊蓟之歌》
rhapsodizes about the cardoon
一首关于菊蓟的狂想曲
and as you hear it, I am sure you'll know
只要一听见，大家就能明白
to what part of the male anatomy it is oh-so-unsubtlely referring too
这里菊蓟露骨地指的是男性身体的哪个部位
ladies we are master growers of cardoons
女士们，我们最会种菊蓟
which in our gardens grow big and good
园中的菊蓟长得大又好
we shall give you this recipe of ours
我们把食谱送给你
besides which we have no greater gift to give
除了这个就是两手空空
the cardoon should be in size a span or a little more
菊蓟的大小应该刚刚好
for nature cannot digest anything
要么太大太硬
so big and hard
就没法消化掉
even though we always like big mouthfuls
可是大家都喜欢大口吃
well so much for the cardoon
好了，菊蓟就讲到这里吧
horticultural motifs were not the only coded references to sodomy
园艺主题并不是文艺复兴时期
and homoerotic pleasures in the burlesque lexicon
文学和艺术的粗俗词汇中
of the both literary and artistic of the Renaissance
隐晦提及鸡奸和同性欢爱的唯一手段
a more ubiquitous metaphor
还有一种更加普遍的隐喻
and we saw this on plate already was the bird
我们在这只碟子上看到了鸟
slang in the Renaissance and throughout the ages for the penis
鸟是文艺复兴时期及先后年代里阳具的俚语
and more specifically in the sixteenth century either
更确切的说是十六世纪
for that particular part of the anatomy
既指人体的这个特定部位
or for the rear end of an accessible boy
也指与之交媾的少年的臀部
the political theorist and playwright Niccolò Machiavelli
政治理论家兼剧作家，马基雅弗利
in an epistolary novella
在一篇书信体中篇小说中
employed the bird metaphor to
运用了鸟这个隐喻
describe the sodomitic appetites of one Giuliano Brancacci
用以主人公朱利安诺·布朗卡其的肛交的癖好
who believed that every bird was in waiting
此人认为，寻找猎物的过程中
when in search of quarry
每一只鸟都在等待
enticing a little bird into an alley
他引诱一只小鸟进入小巷中
he kissed it repeatedly
他不停地亲吻着这只小鸟
straightened two feathers of its tail
抚平它尾巴上的两根羽毛
and put the bird in the basket behind him
并把小鸟放进他身后的篮子里
the protagonist of this account is supposedly
这个故事的主角
the literary invention who just happens to
也许只是文学创作碰巧
have the same name as the real Giuliano Brancacci
与真实生活中的布朗卡其同名而已
who is mentioned in letters written to Machiavelli
弗兰切斯科·维托利给马基雅弗利写信的时候
by his friend Francesco Vettori
提到过真实的布朗卡其
Machiavelli makes it clear that
马基雅弗利明确表示
anyone from a long list of names
他那爱鸟的虚构人物布朗卡其
could be substituted for his fictional bird-loving Brancacci
其实有一长串真实人名都可以代入
there by confirming that bird-hunting or sodomy
从而确认了，猎鸟，或说鸡奸
was common practice in Renaissance Florence
在文艺复兴时期的佛罗伦萨是司空见惯的行为
a reality confirmed in contemporary written documents
这也是经同代书面文件确认的一个事实
I think the bird on this majolica plate
我认为这只锡釉碟中的鸟图案
is a metaphor for sodomy
即隐喻着鸡奸
an alternative to the carnal pleasure of female flesh
是女性肉欲欢愉的替代品
offered by the woman who displays her breasts
这个女人展示自己的乳房
a profane gesture of offering
就像我们看到的，这是一种淫荡的
as we have already seen
奉献自己的手势
she attempts to persuade the viewer
她试图说服观赏者
a perspective client
一位潜在的客户
one who's natural inclinations might incline more to bird-hunting
有可能这位客户的本性更倾向于猎鸟
to sample her particular charms
邀请他来品尝她的特殊魅力
such would seem to be the essence of the inscription
盘子上的铭刻似乎也证实了它的本质
take it and don't regret it
铭刻字样是，来吧，别后悔
the worst that can happen
大不了
is you will have to give it back
退货就是了
try it, you will like it
试试看吧，你肯定喜欢
